BBC Studios Asia has agreed licensing deals with SMG Holdings for Bluey and Studio Acorn for Hey Duggee, two of BBC Studios most loved and prestigious kids hits. The deals cover a wide range of children's products including publishing, apparel and accessories, homeware, local food product and live events. The Emmy award-winning preschool animation Bluey follows a Blue Heeler puppy who is characterised by her abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity of the … [Read more...] about BBC Studios Asia’s new licensing and consumer products team announce two licensing deals for South Korea
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BBC Kids launches in South Africa and Taiwan
BBC Studios today announced that it has partnered with Switch Media and MTN to launch BBC Kids in South Africa from 1st September 2022. BBC Kids offers inspiring, educational and entertaining BBC content for families and children aged 0-12. The agreement with Switch Media and MTN makes South Africa the fourth market to launch the BBC Kids brand, following launches in Australia, the U.S., and most recently on Taiwan’s most influential OTT platform MyVideo, on 1st July this year. Bringing more … [Read more...] about BBC Kids launches in South Africa and Taiwan
Hey Duggee hits over one billion video views in China
CBeebies BAFTA and International Emmy® Award-winning preschool series Hey Duggee celebrates the hitting more than one billion video views in China. The show launched in China on Tencent, iQiyi, and Youku in January, April and May 2017 respectively and in less than a year has hit over one billion combined video views across all three streaming platforms. Hey Duggee is a Studio AKA production with BBC Worldwide and Henrietta Hurford-Jones, Director of Children’s Content at BBC Worldwide is … [Read more...] about Hey Duggee hits over one billion video views in China
Chinese children choose CBeebies
Following the success of Sherlock and Planet Earth II in China, CBeebies programming is the latest British cultural export to be taking the country by storm.Increasing numbers of Chinese children are tuning into CBeebies favourites including Hey Duggee and Go Jetters as British kid’s programmes prove popular throughout the nation. Figures released by BBC Worldwide show that BAFTA and International Emmy Award-winning Hey Duggee has racked up more than 200 million views on China’s online … [Read more...] about Chinese children choose CBeebies
CBeebies debuts in Taiwan
BBC Worldwide’s award-winning children’s channel CBeebies makes its debut in Taiwan as a dual-language, localised channel on 13th March. CBeebies will be available across 15 cable operators in Taiwan, reaching over 3.8 million households. Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Tainan and Chiayi are just some of the regions that will receive the new 24-hour channel. CBeebies, a multi-platform brand for pre-schoolers aged six years and under, encourages children to learn through play. The channel … [Read more...] about CBeebies debuts in Taiwan
CBeebies debuts in China on iQIYI
BBC Worldwide, on the first day of Showcase 207, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with iQIYI, China’s largest online video platform, to bring almost 300 hours of pre-school content from CBeebies to its viewers. This is the first time that CBeebies programmes will be available in China on a digital platform. iQIYI is the leader in providing online services in China with 20 million paid subscribers (as of June 2016). CBeebies content will be available on both the platform and on … [Read more...] about CBeebies debuts in China on iQIYI
