Helen Jackson, BBC Worldwide’s Chief Content Officer announced on June 19 two promotions within her senior management team with the creation of two Genre Director posts. The move supports the business’ ambition to place more premium content at the heart of BBC Worldwide, backed by an increase in content spend to over £200 million annually. Tracy Forsyth, previously VP for Commissioning, has been promoted to Genre Director of Factual Entertainment and Entertainment overseeing … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide appoints two new Genre Directors
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BBC ​AMERICA and BBC Worldwide​ green light new original series
In a co-production first, the show will launch across BBC AMERICA and the BBC’s international channels network and is the first original commission to be announced for BBC Brit – the new male-skewing factual entertainment channel due to launch in several worldwide markets in 2014. Hosted by Brits Tom ‘Wookie’ Ford and Jonny Smith, two real-life friends and U.K. car journalists, the daredevil pair work as rival team captains, accompanied by two fellow car enthusiasts. … [Read more...] about BBC ​AMERICA and BBC Worldwide​ green light new original series
BBC Worldwide commissions original format “Million Dollar Intern”
BBC Worldwide Channels has ordered Million Dollar Intern (10 x 48 mins), a brand new factual entertainment format from Outline Productions, to air on its network of BBC-branded channels around the world. The title reinforces BBC Worldwide Channels’ commitment to increasing the number of original programme hours on the global network to 100 by 2014. Million Dollar Intern will be fully funded by BBC Worldwide Channels as part of the strategy outlined by Vice President of Commissioning Tracy … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide commissions original format “Million Dollar Intern”
