Luke Bradley-Jones has been appointed EVP, managing director for BBC.com, the international version of the BBC's website run by BBC Worldwide. Bradley-Jones, previously executive vice president, digital media and business development at BBC Worldwide in New York, will be responsible for the ongoing strategic direction and management of the BBC.com business. Bradley-Jones joined BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, in 2006 as head of strategy after seven years at media and … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide appoints Luke Bradley-Jones as Managing Director of BBC.com
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BBC Worldwide licenses major new titles to ABC TV
Nature stories will air on ABC1 following a content deal with BBC Worldwide Australia. Life (10 x 50) is a natural history blockbuster, shot in HD, and the definitive exploration of the diversity of life on Earth; Yellowstone (3 x 50) follows the intertwining stories of the inhabitants of one of the world's last and most spectacular wildernesses; and Nature's Great Events (3 x 50) unveils the spectacular power of nature as it witnesses the planet's most breathtaking natural events. … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide licenses major new titles to ABC TV
BBC Worldwide drama takes centre stage at MIPCOM 2008
London - Murder mystery and bittersweet comedy top the list of new dramas BBC Worldwide is taking to MIPCOM 2008. Major BBC 1 drama Wallander is based on the award-winning and popular novels by Henning Mankell. The comedy, Mutual Friends explores the modern dilemma of choosing between family and responsibility or fun and reckless abandonment. Action adventure Survivors covers a group of lone survivors faced with the challenge to survive - after a strange disease wipes out the rest of the … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide drama takes centre stage at MIPCOM 2008
BBC Worldwide strikes deals at BCWW
BBC Worldwide has announced content licensing deals struck at the recent BCWW exhibition, held 3-5 September in Seoul, Korea MediaCorp's TV12 (for new okto channel) bought David Attenborough's Life in Cold Blood; Cartoon Network bought Charlie and Lola; Nickleodeon Korea bought The Secret Show. CJ Media bought Primeval for its cable movie channel CGV, as well as buying crime drama Kiss of Death. … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide strikes deals at BCWW
Second Teletubbies Play and Development Centre opens in China
London - BBC Worldwide announced the launch of the second Teletubbies Play and Development Centre with their licensee Shenzhen Tianyuan Business Management (SZTY) in Southern China. The centre, which provides a one of its kind environment for Chinese children to learn through play, opened to the public on September 20 in Shenzhen, China. The second Teletubbies Play and Development Centre launches following the success of the initial Centre which opened in the same province in February 2006. The … [Read more...] about Second Teletubbies Play and Development Centre opens in China
BBC Worldwide for Australian subscription audiences
Australia - BBC Worldwide Australia has licensed more than 550 hours of lifestyle, factual and comedy content in three separate deals with XYZnetworks, FOXTEL and HOW TO Channel. All three deals will see premier titles, classic BBC comedy and award-winning lifestyle programs screen across a host of subscription television channels. HOW TO Channel, the Australian home and garden network, will premier a selection of BBC Worldwide lifestyle content, having concluded a deal for 192 hours of … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide for Australian subscription audiences