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BNET
- 2009-12-01
Project Kangaroo – the failed web-video joint venture between the UK's largest broadcasters – is set to be reborn after the website's new owner, Arqiva, secured its first content from the BBC. SeeSaw, as Arqiva's service will be called, is also close to a licensing deal with Channel 4, according...
Tags: service, Video, YouTube Inc., British Broadcasting Corp., BBC Worldwide Ltd.
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Financial Times
- 2009-12-01
Project Kangaroo ? the failed web-video joint venture between the UK's largest broadcasters ? is set to be reborn after the website's new owner, Arqiva, secured its first content from the BBC.SeeSaw, as Arqiva's service will be called, is also close to a licensing deal with Channel 4, according...
Tags: YouTube Inc., U.K., Video, BBC Worldwide Ltd., Broadcaster, SeeSaw, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Company News, Joint Ventures, Strategy, Financial Times
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ReutersUK
- 2009-11-24
LONDON (Reuters UK) - The BBC has been holding talks with City advisers about floating part of BBC Worldwide, its commercial arm, the Financial Times reported in its Wednesday editions.Two people close to the early stage discussions told the Financial Times Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse were acting as advisers.A...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., BBC Worldwide Ltd., Investment, Finance, Ft, Oukbs
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Strategy Eye
- 2009-11-23
BBC Worldwide is allowed to acquire the remaining 50% stake in the UKTV network it jointly owns with Virgin Media thanks to the granting of exceptional permission by its regulator, the BBC Trust. The trust has given permission for the deal in a bid to secure the future of...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., BBC Worldwide Ltd., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Channel 4, BBC, UKTV, Lonely Planet Publications, BBC Worldwide, Jasper Jackson, Virgin Media Inc.
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BNET
- 2009-11-16
ZenithOptimedia will plan and buy all media campaigns around BBC Worldwide's key brands, including Top Gear, BBC America, BBC Knowledge, Planet Earth and Doctor Who. The appointment is part of BBC Worldwide's ongoing strategy to reduce its number of agencies and expand outside the UK. Global director of marketing for...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., ZenithOptimedia, BBC Worldwide Ltd.
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Strategy Eye
- 2009-08-20
Popular shows such as Top Gear, Planet Earth and Doctor Who will be available on the Blinkbox site, following a deal between BBC Worldwide and the online video platform. The deal is the latest in a string of moves in the UK video-on-demand VoD market, as a host of...
Tags: VoD, U.K., BBC Worldwide Ltd., Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Channel 4, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Arqiva, ITV, BBC Worldwide, BlinkBox, Andrew McDonald, Microsoft Corp.
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BNET
- 2009-08-20
Blinkbox, an online video site, has secured the rights to BBC shows, including Doctor Who, Planet Earth and Spooks, as the race to fill the void left by Project Kangaroo intensifies. Project Kangaroo was the codename for a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV to bring catch-up...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., iTV, BBC Worldwide Ltd.
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BNET
- 2009-08-14
De Boer joins from Endemol's Dutch production offices where he was head of business development, responsible for generating new business and new funding models, exploiting Endemol's intellectual property across multiple platforms and building third party partnerships. In his new role he will report directly to Marcus Arthur, managing director of...
Tags: Endemol
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BNET
- 2009-08-11
11 August, 2009 | By George MacDonald The BBC???s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has won a court case against Woolworths??? administrator Deloitte over the value of joint venture 2entertain. The High Court dispute centred on whether a licensing agreement between BBC Worldwide and 2entertain ended when Woolworths collapsed and on...
Tags: BBC Worldwide Ltd., British Broadcasting Corp., Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Financial Times, High Court, Woolworths
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Strategy Eye
- 2009-05-11
Channel 4, Time Warner and BSkyB are the only firms left in the running to acquire Virgin Media’s three vmTv channels, Virgin 1, Bravo and Living. Virgin is thought to be confident of receiving a good price for the channels. However, City analysts are pegging the likely figure at...
Tags: Channel, Time Warner Inc., BBC Worldwide Ltd., Virgin 1, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Channel 4, Jasper Jackson, BSkyB, British Sky Broadcasting Group, Virgin Media Inc.