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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...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., BBCWW, Video On Demand (VoD), Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, BBC, BBC Worldwide, Robert Andrews

External links 2009-10-07

BBCWW's U.S. Head Leaving, BBC.com America Localising Next Year

BBC Worldwide is losing the president of its fast-growing U.S. operation, Garth Ancier. No news on his next role, but he’s staying on as a non-exec director.Deadline Hollywood has Ancier’s exit memo to staff, in which he says: “Next year, our digital story will get even stronger with the...

Tags: U.S., Advertisement, British Broadcasting Corp., BBCWW, Industry Moves, Companies, BBC, BBC Worldwide, Robert Andrews

External links 2009-11-20

No More Lonely Planets: BBC Blocked From M&A

BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s profit-making commercial wing, is being barred from doing any mergers or acquisitions unless in “exceptional circumstances”, after its £89 million acquisition of three quarters of travel publisher Lonely Planet ruffled commercial rivals’ feathers.Concluding an 18-month review in to BBCWW, the regulating BBC Trust says it...

Tags: Acquisition, M&A, British Broadcasting Corp., Lonely Planet, BBCWW, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, BBC, BBC Worldwide, Robert Andrews

External links 2009-11-24

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Hulu Still Missing UK Shows, Still Dangling Equity For ITV

Updated It’s been 10 months since we first learned NBC, News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and Disney’s U.S. TV site Hulu wanted to open up shop in Britain - but still there’s no sign of it actually being ready to pounce. The venture may have rights to show some UK...

Tags: Equity, U.K., Hulu, paidContent:UK, Channel 4, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, ITV, Robert Andrews

External links 2009-08-24

Lonely Planet Picks U.S. Chief As Digital Sales Reach $20 Million

The BBC Worldwide majority-owned travel guide publisher Lonely Planet is appointing John Boris, SVP of marketing at Zagat Survey, as its new U.S. head, after online revenues doubled to $20 million (£12.4 million) this year, according Kara on AllThingsD.He’ll report to former Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) digital exec Matt...

Tags: Sales, Lonely Planet, Smart Phones, Operational Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Patrick Smith

External links 2009-10-13