BBC Worldwide Channels has unveiled two new additions to the slate of original productions for its BBC-branded portfolio worldwide. The new programmes are the first co-productions with the BBC’s in-house team since plans were announced last month to treble the number of original programme hours ordered for its international audience. For factual channel BBC Knowledge comes Dara O Briain's Science Club, a brand new science magazine format, hosted by Dara O Briain, the Irish comedian and … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide Channels unveils first co-productions with BBC Two for BBC Knowledge and BBC Lifestyle
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BBC Worldwide Channels to boost amount of original hours commissioned in 2012
BBC Worldwide Channels is aiming for a threefold increase in the number of original hours ordered for BBC Knowledge, BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle and UKTV (BBC Worldwide’s general entertainment channel in Australia and New Zealand) this year. In line with the roadmap developed by Tracy Forsyth, Vice President of Commissioning, the plan will also see the business commissioning 100 hours a year by 2014 as the international portfolio diversifies from a largely acquisitions-based content … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide Channels to boost amount of original hours commissioned in 2012
BBC Knowledge tops factual channel chart
BBC Worldwide Channels Asia announced that BBC Knowledge has topped viewership charts in June to emerge as the top factual channel in Singapore, beating all 11 channels in the factual entertainment category, which according to Kantar, includes Discovery Channel, History Channel, Nat Geo, Crime & Investigation, Animal Planet and truTV. BBC Knowledge soared to the top of the factual channel charts during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend. Momentum carried through the month with … [Read more...] about BBC Knowledge tops factual channel chart
BBC Knowledge topped Singapore’s pay TV charts during Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend
Singapore – BBC Knowledge has achieved the highest share of viewing across all individuals and was the most watched pay TV channel in Singapore from the start of the London Calling programming season (June 1) through the Jubilee weekend (June 5). The Singapore premiere airing of the three part The Diamond Queen led the way on June 1, taking BBC Knowledge to the number one spot among factual pay TV channels for most of the primetime. The first and exclusive premiere of Crowning a Queen … [Read more...] about BBC Knowledge topped Singapore’s pay TV charts during Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend
BBC Worldwide takes Crash Course with Top Gear’s Richard Hammond
BBC Worldwide Channels has announced Richard Hammond’s Crash Course, an adventurous new series that will feature BBC Top Gear’s Hammond driving some of America’s most hazardous vehicles. Richard Hammond’s Crash Course is the latest global offering from BBC Worldwide, reinforcing the network’s commitment to stage bold and ambitious global television events that showcase the very best of British programming and UK talent to the world. The series will be aired … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide takes Crash Course with Top Gear’s Richard Hammond
Life on BBC Knowledge
BBC Worldwide Channels Asia is premiering Life, a ten-part natural world documentary series on April 12 on BBC Knowledge’s Asia feed. This is the series’ Pay-TV debut. More than four years in the making and filmed over 3,000 days, the series explores the great variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics that animals and plants have developed to stay alive. The ten episodes will focus on themes such as reptiles and amphibians, mammals, birds and … [Read more...] about Life on BBC Knowledge
