BBC Home Entertainment Summer Highlights

Posted by on Monday, April 20th, 2015 in

New York, NY – JUNE MISS MARPLE: VOLUME THREE Street Date: June 9, 2015 Suggested Retail Price: DVD $39.98 ($49.98 in Canada)                                         Blu-ray $44.98 ($55.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 450 mins / 3-disc set (DVD), 2-disc set (BD) Four deliciously complex mysteries keep you guessing in the lively company of Miss Jane Marple, played…

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BBC’s Iconic Drama Doctor Who to Premiere on Disney XD Beginning May 9

Posted by on Thursday, April 16th, 2015 in

New York, NY – BBC’s world-renowned science fiction drama Doctor Who will premiere on Disney XD beginning SATURDAY, MAY 9 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT).  Disney XD, home to other top-rated action adventure programming including Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars Rebels” and Marvel Television’s animated series, has picked up seasons two through four of the global sci-fi hit. The…

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BBC AMERICA Reveal Maisie Williams As Doctor Who Guest Star

Posted by on Monday, March 30th, 2015 in

New York, NY – Having landed back in the UK fresh from touring the US, today Maisie Williams sets foot on the Doctor Who TARDIS to take up a guest role in the hit BBC AMERICA show that returns to our screens this fall. Maisie has already found global fame and is renowned for her…

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BBC AMERICA’s Ripper Street Returns For Season Three on April 29, 10:00PM ET

Posted by on Thursday, March 26th, 2015 in

New York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s critically-acclaimed and BAFTA nominated original British drama Ripper Street returns in April. Picking up in 1894, four years after the culmination of season two, the new season reveals a vivid and sensual descent into the lives of the men and women who must live on the violent streets of…

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BBC Home Entertainment Spring Highights

Posted by on Thursday, March 19th, 2015 in

New York, NY – APRIL RUBY’S QUEST Street Date: April 7, 2015 Suggested Retail Price: DVD $19.98 ($24.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 80 mins / single disc The forests of Central and South America can be downright noisy places, but amid the whistles, howls, and chirps no animal can hold a candle to the gregarious…

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BBC Worldwide North America Promotes Christine Black to SVP, Communications and Events

Posted by on Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 in

New York, NY – BBC Worldwide North America announced today the promotion of Christine Black to Senior Vice President, Communications and Events.  Reporting into Herb Scannell, President, BBC Worldwide North America, she will also be part of the global BBC Worldwide communications team. As SVP, Christine will be responsible for driving the communications and events…

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BBC AMERICA Premieres New Natural History Co-Production Wild Alaska March 10th

Posted by on Monday, February 23rd, 2015 in

New York, NY – Alaska is huge – a fifth of the size of the US – but with fewer than three-quarters of a million human beings. Instead, it has a phenomenal range of wildlife. Why should such a vast land, part of the most modern nation on earth, still be so untamed and barely…

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BBC.com Reaches Highest Traffic Levels Ever with Continued Quarterly Growth Throughout 2014 Across the U.S.

Posted by on Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 in

New York, NY – BBC.com today announced that Q4 yielded its highest traffic to date, on the heels of four successive quarters of growth across 2014, making BBC.com one of the top ranked sites within the general news category according to comScore. Total digital population (desktop and mobile combined) for BBC.com in Q4 averaged 31.6M…

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Leading Public Service Broadcasters BBC and PBS Announce Major New Partnership

Posted by on Monday, January 19th, 2015 in

Pasadena, CA – PBS President and CEO Paula A. Kerger announced today at the PBS portion of the Television Critics Association Press Tour a unique new multi-title co-production deal between PBS, BBC and  BBC Worldwide.  It will create 8 – 10 new programming specials across approximately 20 hours a year, both stand out singles and…

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BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who Finishes 2014 with Highest Rated Season Ever

Posted by on Monday, January 5th, 2015 in

New York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who finishes the year with its highest rated season ever on BBC AMERICA, plus the annual Christmas Special delivered over 2.3 million Total Viewers and was the #1 non-sports telecast in all of cable during the time period among Adults 25-54 in Live+3. Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and…

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