BBC Worldwide announced the promotion of Sunita Rajan to Senior Vice President, BBC Advertising, Asia. Rajan will become part of BBC Worldwide’s senior management team. Her new Asia-wide remit includes overseeing all advertising activity across BBC Worldwide' commercial businesses on multiple platforms. These platforms include television, online and mobile products such as World News, BBC.com, Worldwide Channels, Lonely Planet and BBC Mobile. They come under BBC Advertising, the newly … [Read more...] about BBC Advertising Asia appoints new Senior Vice President
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Australian Outback and the Kangaroo Gang for BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Channels has confirmed two new factual titles set to launch internationally this year. Originating from Australia, Free Rein and The Kangaroo Gang: Thieves by Appointment come from the production powerhouses Lonely Planet TV, Freehand and The Full Box Productions, and will air locally on UKTV, as well as on international feeds of BBC Knowledge, BBC HD and BBC Entertainment. In Free Rein, a 1 x 50’ special for BBC Knowledge, film and television legends Bryan Brown and Rachel … [Read more...] about Australian Outback and the Kangaroo Gang for BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide at MipTV
London - BBC Worldwide will be taking six new formats to MipTV. The six new formats on offer at MipTV next month include The House That Made Me, Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands, Toughest Place To Be, Generation Gap, Cook Off and A Farmer’s Life For Me. The House That Made Me is innovative new biographical format, where famous figures take an emotional but frequently uplifting trip back to meticulous recreations of the homes they were brought up in. Junior Doctors: Your Life In … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide at MipTV
Italy buys Opera!
London - BBC Worldwide is to provide Italy with the history of Italian opera, it was announced at the 35th annual BBC Showcase in Brighton. Public broadcaster RAI has acquired Opera Italia, a three-part documentary presented by famed conductor Antonio Pappano that takes the viewer on a whistle-stop tour through the country’s opera history, from Monteverdi and Rossini to Verdi and Puccini. Further music titles secured by the broadcaster include Rolling Stones documentary, Stones in Exile … [Read more...] about Italy buys Opera!
300 hours of VOD drama deals for Korea
London – BBC Worldwide’s Sales & Distribution business in Asia has announced nearly 300 hours’ worth of drama has been sold to digital cable VOD service HomeChoice and telecoms company SKTelecom (SKT). SKT is the number one mobile service operator in South Korea with a subscriber base of 26 million. This is BBC Worldwide’s first mobile deal in Korea, and subscribers will be able to view content on their mobile device and TV and PC screens with one purchase. The same … [Read more...] about 300 hours of VOD drama deals for Korea
Human Planet going global
London - BBC Worldwide has announced 22 sales of Human Planet, one of the natural history titles on its slate for BBC Showcase 2011. The eight-part co-production with Discovery Channel and France Television, has been sold to broadcasters in countries such as Japan (WOWOW), Italy (RAI), Israel (IBA), Slovakia (RTV Slovak), Spain (Wanda Films) and Thailand (Thai PBS) amongst others. Human Planet is the first programme from the BBC's Natural History Unit to focus entirely on human beings as a … [Read more...] about Human Planet going global