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BBC Worldwide strikes Africa SVOD deal with Iflix
BBC Worldwide has sold a raft of programmes including Top Gear and Luther to African…
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Ofcom to set UK originals quotas for BBC
The BBC’s new regulator, Ofcom, will demand the UK’s pubcaster produces a minimum number of…
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TV Connect 2017: BBC and Opera showcase HbbTV 2 content syncing
The BBC is partnering with Opera TV to showcase a number of HbbTV 2 implementations…
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BBC names new board members
The BBC has named the three executives that will join director general Tony Hall on…
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British broadcasting at terminal risk from SVOD ‘insurgents’
The future of British broadcasting is at risk from SVOD “insurgents” like Netflix and Amazon,…
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Kids SVOD service Azoomee secures BBC deal
Kids SVOD service Azoomee has snagged a raft of BBC kids shows. The on-demand service…
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BBC calls for iPlayer prominence on TV platforms
The BBC has called for on-demand players like its iPlayer service to be guaranteed prominence…
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BBC reports record iPlayer traffic in February
Daily programme requests to the BBC iPlayer reached a record high of 9.9 million in…
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BBC brings authenticated on-demand to Malaysia
BBC Worldwide has launched its authenticated SVOD service BBC Player in Malaysia in partnership with…
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All3Media cofounder joins BBC board
Steve Morrison has joined the board of UK public broadcaster the BBC. Morrison is the…
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BBC Worldwide takes Cbeebies to Taiwan
BBC Worldwide, the UK public broadcaster’s commercial arm, is launching kids channel Cbeebies in Taiwan…
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Netflix launches European charm offensive
Netflix has launched a European charm offensive, claiming a to-date spend of US$1.75 billion in…
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UK government ups BBC licence fee price
The UK government has confirmed that it will increase the price of the BBC licence…
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Sony BBC Earth finally launching in India
Sony BBC Earth, the long-awaited natural history channel for India, will finally go live on…
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BBC to create new channel for Scotland
The BBC is to invest £19 million (€22.4 million) in creating a new TV channel…
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BBC to up its investment in Welsh programming
UK pubcaster the BBC is to increase its funding in English-language programming at its Welsh…
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BBC rolls out personalisation for connected TVs
The BBC is rolling out new iPlayer personalisation features for connected TV viewers, in a…
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Clementi takes up BBC Board chairman role
Sir David Clementi has taken up his position as chairman to the new BBC Board,…
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Freeview kicks off 700MHz clearance with Selkirk BBC move
Freeview is to quietly begin the process of clearing the 700MHz spectrum – which it…
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BBC to run iPlayer box-sets
The BBC is due to publish a new run of box–sets on its iPlayer digital…
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BBC hires former Sky digital platform chief
The BBC has named Matt Grest as director of platform. Grest was previously Sky’s director…
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YouGov: BBC iPlayer ‘treading water’ compared to Amazon and Netflix
The BBC is “treading water” with its iPlayer service while Amazon and Netflix are “starting…
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BBC reports record international web traffic
BBC.com, the UK corporation’s international news platform, received record web traffic in 2016. The BBC…
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BBC’s director of transformation leaves to lead DPP
The BBC’s director of transformation for design and engineering, Mark Harrison, is stepping down to…
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Endemol Shine’s Shillinglaw poaches BBC programming exec
Former BBC channel controller Kim Shillinglaw has hired BBC formats and features commissioning boss Donna…
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BBC restructures specialist factual and natural history
UK public broadcaster the BBC has restructured its specialist factual and natural history units team,…
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BBC, Amazon partner on apocalyptic comedy
UK pubcaster the BBC and subscription VOD service are creating a six-part comedy based on…
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BBC Sport taps Net Insight for scheduling
BBC Sport has tapped Net Insight to provide its ScheduALL linear and non-linear programming schedule…
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BBC reports record iPlayer traffic over New Year
The BBC said that it received more iPlayer programme requests in the week from December…
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BBC must ‘reinvent PSB’ to take on Netflix and Amazon
The BBC must “reinvent public service broadcasting” in a bid to take on digital video…