Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, BBC Earth’s New Landmark Natural History Series, A Perfect Planet, Makes its Canadian Broadcast Debut on January 3, 2021

Posted by jjeon332 on Monday, December 21st, 2020 in

Toronto, ON– The world’s most well-traveled broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, lends his distinctive voice to the new landmark BBC Earth series, A Perfect Planet, to draw attention to Earth’s power and fragility. A Perfect Planet offers a unique fusion of blue chip natural history and earth science that explains how our living planet…

BBC Earth Canada Brings Viewers Stunning Four-Part Live Broadcast Event, Blue Planet Live

Posted by jjeon332 on Thursday, March 21st, 2019 in

Toronto, Canada – The renowned team behind the award-winning Blue Planet series is back with a four-part live broadcast event Blue Planet Live on BBC Earth Canada. Three of BBC’s top presenters broadcast live from three different international locations to give viewers a first-hand look at the challenges marine life face today. The four-part special…

Blue Ant Media Greenlights Life Below Zero: Canada

Posted by Lisa Bastone on Monday, February 11th, 2019 in

Toronto, Canada – Blue Ant Media, an international producer, distributor and channel operator, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with BBC Studios to be the first to license the series format rights for the international hit Life Below Zero. In the U.S., the series recently celebrated its 100th episode on the National Geographic…

BritBox Launches in Canada

Posted by Lisa Bastone on Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 in

Toronto, Canada – BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, announced today the launch of BritBox in Canada. The subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service will bring Canadians the very finest and largest collection of British TV available in the market today. Five by Five, produced by and…

BBC Earth to Premiere the Worldwide Phenomenon Planet Earth: Blue Planet II in Early 2018

Posted by jjeon332 on Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 in

Toronto, Canada – Planet Earth: Blue Planet II, the next installment of the Emmy Award-winning Planet Earth franchise, will premiere in Canada across three Blue Ant Media channels, including BBC Earth, Cottage Life and T+E, on Saturday, January 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Subsequent episodes will appear Saturday nights on BBC Earth. The new seven-part series, presented by Sir David Attenborough, scored by Academy Award-winner Hans Zimmer…

Quebecor Content Snags Format Rights for BBC Hit Show You’re Back in the Room

Posted by bbc_ops on Friday, March 24th, 2017 in

Montreal, Canada – Quebecor Content is pleased to announce that it has acquired the format rights for the ITV hit series You’re Back in the Room through a deal with BBC Worldwide North America. This fantastic gameshow format sees contestants performing simple tasks with hilarious results as they are all under hypnosis. The sometimes slapstick,…

Sherlock: The Final Problem Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman Comes to Cineplex Theatres January 19, 2017

Posted by Lisa Bastone on Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 in

Toronto, Canada – BBC Worldwide North America and Cineplex Events present Sherlock: The Final Problem, starring Emmy® Award winners Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in their iconic roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, in movie theaters nationwide for one night only on Thursday, January 19, 2017. Audiences will experience laughter, tears, shocks and…

BBC Earth Unveils Programming Line-Up for Canadian Launch on January 24

Posted by Lisa Bastone on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 in

Toronto, Canada – The wait is finally over. BBC Earth officially arrives in Canada as a commercial-free channel on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 with a slate of treasured programming that connects viewers to the extraordinary sights, stories and characters of our natural world. This launch will include the highly anticipated Canadian premiere of Planet Earth…

BBC Worldwide and Blue Ant Media Partner to Bring BBC Earth to Canada

Posted by Lisa Bastone on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 in

Toronto, Canada – BBC Worldwide North America and Blue Ant Media announced today that they have entered into an agreement to launch BBC Earth, the BBC’s premium factual channel in Canada. Scheduled to debut on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, the commercial-free channel will give Canadians exclusive access to BBC Earth’s slate of high-profile programming including…

BBC Worldwide North America and AMI-tv Sign First Content Deal

Posted by Lisa Bastone on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 in

Toronto, Canada – BBC Worldwide North America has signed a deal for over 50 hours of factual content with AMI-tv, the digital cable channel owned by Accessible Media Inc. Program titles in the deal include David Beckham: For the Love of the Game and 24 Hours on Earth. AMI-tv is a unique Canadian television channel…