Seoul, South Korea – BBC Worldwide announced deals with three TV operators in South Korea on April 3, ahead of MIPTV. The deals were linked with pay TV operators, Hyundai Media and YTN, and free-to-air TV operator, KBS. Consisting of predominantly natural history, factual, and science genres, the deals are expected to carry programmes to a combined 40 million households in South Korea. This will mark BBC Worldwide’s first foray into Hyundai Media’s newly launched factual … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide secures deals with key players in South Korea
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BBCWW inks VOD deal with Sohu
London – BBC Worldwide has announced a programme deal with China’s Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU), offering information, entertainment and communication. The programmes will be available as VOD across China. This deal, consisting of BBC factual and drama programmes, marks the milestone for Sohu to invest more resources in U.K. drama by the BBC. “We are very excited about this deal with Sohu,” said … [Read more...] about BBCWW inks VOD deal with Sohu
BBC Earth documentaries win at International Gold Panda Awards
Africa took home the Grand Prize for Documentary (Nature and Environment) as well as Best Long Documentary (Nature and Environment), while Earthflight took the prize for Most Innovative Documentary (Nature & Environment).The awards were given out at the annual Sichuan TV Festival held in Chengdu. Neil Nightingale, Creative Director, BBC Earth as well as Pierre Cheung, GM and VP of Greater China for BBC Worldwide received the awards at the … [Read more...] about BBC Earth documentaries win at International Gold Panda Awards
Gearing up for ATF
BBC Worldwide is introducing Top Gear Korea at the Asia Television Forum (ATF), during a launch event on 7 December. Joyce Yeung, GM & SVP for BBC Worldwide Sales & Distribution Asia, said, “We’ve had a hugely successful year launching formats in Asia, particularly in Korea where audiences have embraced Top Gear and Dancing with the Stars.” Korea’s local production of Top Gear outperformed the XTM prime time average across all major demographics. Dancing with the Stars … [Read more...] about Gearing up for ATF
