BBC Studios announced that it will be heading to MIPCOM with a standout slate packed with distinct, high-quality programming across all genres. Rebecca Glashow and Ralph Lee, CEOs for Global Distribution and Production, will participate in a fireside chat to discuss how BBC Studios is leveraging its global reach, unique creative depth, diverse content portfolio and commercial strength to support commissioning and distribution customers and breakthrough in a global content marketplace with … [Read more...] about BBC Studios unveils compelling MIPCOM 2023 slate and bespoke market events
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ITV Studios’ Blue-Chip Natural History specials picked up in major global markets
ITV Studios has unveiled a host of global sales for its stunning natural history one-off’s, India’s Wild Karnataka and Wild Tokyo. BBC America has opted to pick up both documentaries for its dedicated bluechip natural history strand “Wonderstruck”, with the two titles also being acquired by Bilibili and Huanxi Media in China and TVNZ in New Zealand. India’s Wild Karnataka, narrated by Sir David Attenborough and produced by Icon Films and Mudskipper, has also sold across Europe, as well as into … [Read more...] about ITV Studios’ Blue-Chip Natural History specials picked up in major global markets
Doctor Who gets brand boost in China
London, UK - BBC Worldwide announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with leading Chinese media company, Shanghai Media Group Pictures (SMG Pictures) that will see expansion of the Doctor Who brand in China. The MOU was inked at a signing ceremony at BBC Worldwide’s Television Centre in London, with Mr Chen Sijie, GM of SMG Pictures and Jaclyn-Lee Joe, Chief Marketing Officer, BBC Worldwide. Madam Wang Jianjun, Director General President of Shanghai Media Group, Tim Davie, Chief Executive … [Read more...] about Doctor Who gets brand boost in China
Blue Planet II presented by Sir David Attenborough
The BBC has announced that world-renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough is to present Blue Planet II, the brand new seven-part landmark series from the multi-award winning BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, which will be broadcast later this year on BBC Earth. Twenty years ago, a team of wildlife film makers from the BBC’s Natural History Unit set out to make a series on the world’s oceans, the breadth and scale of which had never been seen before. Broadcast in 2001, the multi award-winning … [Read more...] about Blue Planet II presented by Sir David Attenborough
Ideate teams up for BBC America
Kuala Lumpur– Ideate Media has teamed up with AMC Studios, IDW Entertainment and Circle of Confusion to produce eight one-hour episodes of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, a new original scripted series for BBC America. Looking to not only share Dirk Gently with television fans around the world, Ideate Media and its partners plan to bring the property to other platforms. Last May, Dirk Gently appeared in his first-ever comic-book series, jointly published with IDW … [Read more...] about Ideate teams up for BBC America
Endemol Studios teams up with Mandeville Films and ABC Studios
Endemol Studios [Hell on Wheels (AMC), Kingdom (DirecTV)], Endemol North America’s independent scripted studio operation based in Los Angeles, is bringing on board, under a co-production deal with ABC Studios, to adapt the award-winning hit British psychological crime drama Wire in the Blood for ABC Television Network. A.M. Homes is attached to write. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Laurie Zaks of Mandeville will executive produce with Sandra Jobling of Coastal Productions. The hit … [Read more...] about Endemol Studios teams up with Mandeville Films and ABC Studios
