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- BBC Planning Pay-For Global iPlayer; $10 For Doctor Who?
- BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s commercial wing, is planning to launch a pay-for video-on-demand portal, a range of new paid mobile apps and a series of ecommerce partnerships overseas, after enduring a “nightmare” year in the depressed international advertising economy.Similar to iPlayer in the UK, the VOD platform has been...
- External links 2009-10-07
- Channel 4 could merge with BBC Worldwide
- UK ministers and execs from broadcast regulator Ofcom are discussing a plan to merge the BBC’s profitable Worldwide wing with Channel 4 in a bid to save the beleaguered channel from bankruptcy. Though Channel 4 makes its money from advertising, it is publicly owned and, in the eyes of...
- Articles 2008-12-11
- BBC to share iPlayer with rivals
- The BBC is proposing sharing its iPlayer technology with its UK TV rivals. The plan forms part of a wider set of public service proposals, which the BBC says could benefit public service broadcasters by more than GBP120m per year by 2014. ...
- Articles 2008-12-12
- BSkyB eyes UKTV stake
- CEO of BSkyB, Jeremy Darroch, says he is interested in buying UKTV and claims BSkyB is looking broadly at acquisition targets. The comments come a week after it emerged that Virgin Media is considering selling its 50% stake in UKTV, which it co-owns with BBC Worldwide. ...
- Articles 2009-03-03
- Virgin Media content chief quits amid sale reports
- Virgin Media's head of content, Malcolm Wall, will leave the company next month, sparking reports that Virgin has opted to sell its entire content division, which includes its 50% stake in UKTV. Following months of speculation about a sale, company...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- Orange to buy Project Kangaroo technology – Rumour
- Orange is reportedly in talks to buy technology developed by BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV as part of their aborted video-on-demand VoD venture, Kangaroo. The broadcasters invested approximately GBP20m (USD29m) into Project Kangaroo before the Competition Commission blocked the...
- Articles 2009-04-05
- Microsoft reveals UK VoD service
- Microsoft plans to launch an ad-funded video-on-demand VoD service in the UK ?within a week?. The US software giant will partner with BBC commercial arm BBC Worldwide and UK content distributor All3Media to provide the ?post catch-up? service called MSN Video Player. The service...
- Articles 2009-07-29
- Blinkbox signs content deal with BBC Worldwide
- 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...
- Articles 2009-08-20
- BBC Considering Selling Part of Its Worldwide Division
- [by Jane Martinson] BBC executives are considering the part- privatisation of the corporation’s lucrative commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, as part of a wide-ranging review, the director general, Mark Thompson, has told the Guardian.Among the options under consideration is a stockmarket listing of the business, which had annual revenues of...
- External links 2009-09-14
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- Ragdoll Ltd and BBC Worldwide to set up New Joint Venture Ragdoll Worldwide Ltd; Ragdoll and BBC Worldwide create new venture to manage and exploit Ragdoll catalogue including Teletubbies, In The Night Garden, Brum and Boohbah.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 September 2006-BBC: Ragdoll Ltd and BBC Worldwide to set up New Joint Venture Ragdoll Worldwide Ltd; Ragdoll and BBC Worldwide create new venture to manage and exploit Ragdoll catalogue including Teletubbies, In The Night Garden, Brum and BoohbahC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...
- Research articles 2006-09-21
- BBC Worldwide.(Who's who and who's new on Asia's television scene ...)(BBC Worldwide Ltd. appoints Christine Leo McKerrow as vice president)(Brief article)
- BBC Worldwide has appointed Christine Leo-McKerrow as vice president, TV channels, in Asia. Besides her existing role at BBC/Discovery's jointly owned channels in Asia, Leo-McKerrow will ... BBC Worldwide has appointed Christine Leo-McKerrow as vice president, TV channels, in Asia. Besides her existing...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Asia's television industry is talking about ... Ragdoll and BBC Worldwide set up Ragdoll Worldwide.(Ragdoll Productions (UK) Ltd. formed joint venture)(Brief article)
- Ragdoll, the creators of Teletubbies and BBC Worldwide, the main commercial arm and subsidiary of British Broadcasting Corporation BBC, have teamed up to form Ragdoll Worldwide. The joint venture will see the launch of two new shows, In the ...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- BBC, Ragdoll ink for library action.(BBC Worldwide Ltd. and Ragdoll Productions (UK) Ltd created a joint venture company as 'Ragdoll Worldwide')(Brief article)
- BBC Worldwide, pubcaster's commercial arm, and children's TV firm Ragdoll have created Ragdoll Worldwide, a joint venture to manage and exploit Ragdoll's 1,400-program library, which includes worldwide hit "Teletubbies." Venture will bow Ragdoll preschooler "In the Night Garden" and CG/live-action program...
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- China, Oz deals for BBC.(World News)(BBC Worldwide Ltd.)(Brief article)
- BBC Worldwide, the Blighty pubcaster's commercial arm, has announced its first global clips deal with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV and a major content deal with Aussie pubcaster the ABC. Under the former, brokered by BBC Motion Gallery, the archive clips sales...
- Research articles 2007-04-24
- News Briefs.(appointment of Garth Ancier at BBC Worldwide Americas Inc.)(Keith Olbermann's contract with MSNBC Cable Network)(American Broadcasting Companies Inc. to broadcast the Academy Awards)
- Ancier, Ex-WB Head, to Lead BBC U.S. Unit Garth Ancier, former chairman of The WB television network, is taking over as president of BBC Worldwide America, a new position in which he is to oversee all BBC Worldwide activity in the U.S. He will be...
- Research articles 2007-02-19
- BBC Worldwide promotes two.(Brief Article)
- New York -- BBC Worldwide announced two promotions during the Licensing Show here last month. Helen McAleer was named deputy managing director of Children's BBC Worldwide. McAleer will be responsible for the global exploitation of children's New...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- Classical music arrives on the Internet - care of BBC Worldwide; BBC Music Magazine launches on beeb.com.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 June 2000-BBC: Classical music arrives on the Internet - care of BBC Worldwide; BBC Music Magazine launches on beeb.com C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22062000 http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.beeb.com BBC Music Magazine, one of the world`s most respected classical ...
- Research articles 2000-06-22
- BBC: BBC Worldwide & Scottish Telecom deal offers free Internet access to all.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 June 1999-BBC: BBC Worldwide & Scottish Telecom deal offers free Internet access to all C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:090699 * BBC Worldwide's commercial web service, beeb.com, launches new free Internet access service, "freebeeb.net" * http://www.beeb.com ...
- Research articles 1999-06-10
- BBC Worldwide and BBC World Team with Amazon Unbox to supply exceptional multi-genre programming.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 September 2006-BBC: BBC Worldwide and BBC World Team with Amazon Unbox to supply exceptional multi-genre programmingC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08092006 London:BBC Worldwide and BBC World are partnering with Amazon.com in the US to provide nearly 400 hours of content...
- Research articles 2006-09-08
- BBC Worldwide and THUS relaunch beeb.net - Brief Article
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 March 2003-BBC Worldwide and THUS relaunch beeb.netC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The ISP arm of BBC Worldwide beeb.net has been relaunched with a range of new services due to an extended agreement with THUS plc, a communications solutions provider. The web site now offers unmetered ISP services...
- Research articles 2003-03-04
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