The BBC has updated its report, “The Economic Value of the BBC”, which shows BBC Worldwide has increased the amount of Gross Value Added (GVA) it generates for the UK economy to nearly £1billion. In 2011/12, GVA for BBC Worldwide was £947million, up 7% from £881million in 2009/10. This increase was due to a strong financial performance of BBC Worldwide last year (profits up by 8% and sales up 5%) and to the company’s support for the UK’s creative … [Read more...] about BBC updates financial report
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BBC Worldwide appoints Jon Penn as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand
BBC Worldwide has announced that Jon Penn, currently CEO Asia Pacific, FremantleMedia Enterprises, is to take up the new role of Managing Director, BBC Worldwide Australasia in April. Penn succeeds former General Manager Tony Iffland and Australasia’s interim General Manager Blair McQuade. His responsibilities will include ownership of the region’s P&L under BBC Worldwide’s new Balanced Regionalisation plans, which aims to significantly increase revenue in the … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide appoints Jon Penn as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand
BBC Worldwide appoints Amanda Hill as Chief Brands Officer
BBC Worldwide has announced that Amanda Hill has been appointed Chief Brands Officer. This new position has been created as part of BBC Worldwide’s restructure from divisional to geographic lines of management and will play a key role in building and developing the channel’s global brands, such as Top Gear, BBC Earth and Doctor Who. Hill will join the senior executive team and be responsible for developing an overall strategy for BBC Worldwide’s global brands across all … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide appoints Amanda Hill as Chief Brands Officer
BBC pay-TV channels launch in Burma for the first time
Singapore – The BBC and BBC Worldwide has announced the inaugural launch of three of its pay-TV channels in Burma – BBC World News, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies. All three channels including BBC World Service in Asia in English will launch on private broadcaster Forever Group’s pay-TV platform, on January 1, 2013. BBC World News is the BBC’s commercially-funded international 24/7 news and information channel. BBC Entertainment shows light British … [Read more...] about BBC pay-TV channels launch in Burma for the first time
ATF 2012: BBC Worldwide licenses music programmes to CCTV-15
BBC Worldwide’s Sales & Distribution business unit in Asia has licensed a package of over 80 hours of music programming to CCTV-15. The package includes Doctor Who at the Proms and various other BBC Proms titles, plus the Brit Awards 2012 (1 x 90’), Take That: Progress Live (1 x 75’), and the Royal Variety Performance2010 (1 x 120’). CCTV-15 is the music channel of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Launched in 2004, it broadcasts … [Read more...] about ATF 2012: BBC Worldwide licenses music programmes to CCTV-15
“Space Dive” lands with international broadcasters
BBC Worldwide has licensed Space Dive, the documentary charting Felix Baumgartner’s record-breaking skydive, to broadcasters in 13 countries across the globe. VRT (Belgium), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), RTL (Germany), VPRO (Holland), France 4 (France), Russia 2 (Russia), NRK (Norway), Channel NewsAsia (Singapore), Chosun (Korea), TVP (Poland), Kompas TV (Indonesia) and Sportsnet (Canada) are all ready to screen the documentary, which contains exclusive never-before-seen footage charting … [Read more...] about “Space Dive” lands with international broadcasters