All BBC Worldwide articles – Page 41
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NewsBBC Earth set for online launch
BBC Worldwide is preparing to launch a “future-focused” online natural history brand BBC Earth which will be available around the world – including in the UK.
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NewsNat Geo hires Fox exec as a commissioner
Nat Geo has hired Fox executive Mark Francis as a commissioner in its global content hub in London.
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NewsRory Peck Award 2014 finalists announced
British filmmakers Ruhi Hamid and Ben Steele are among those nominated for the 2014 Rory Peck Awards.
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NewsRona Fairhead passes CMSC test
Incoming BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead believes the BBC’s plan to effectively privatise its in-house production arm presents some “very large commercial issues”.
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NewsCineflix UK bosses seal MBO
Camilla Lewis and Rob Carey will strike out with their own indie after sealing a management buyout deal for the UK operations of Cineflix Productions.
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The Broadcast InterviewAntonia Hurford-Jones, Sky Living
Sky Living director reveals plans to defrock the channel of its fluffy image.
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NewsUKTV boosts content budget
UKTV is to increase its programming budget to around £150m next year, with Dave set to benefit from a 70% rise in spending by the end of 2015.
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NewsInternational TV execs to help Welsh indies
International TV executives from Nordic World and National Geographic are among those headed to the Welsh town of Portmeirion to help local indies sell their shows globally.
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NewsLive blog: Rona Fairhead faces MPs
Click for a look back at incoming BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead’s session with the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in which she addressed her £1m payoff from Pearson, the future of the Trust - and revealed her viewing habits.
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NewsCBeebies-branded schools to launch in China
BBC Worldwide has sealed a deal with Singaporean education firm Popular Holdings to launch a chain of CBeebies-branded English-language schools in China.
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NewsJonathan Boseley exits London Live
London Live commissioning chief Jonathan Boseley is to leave the local TV channel following its proposals to scrap original content outside of news and current affairs.
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NewsWild Things travels to Watch for second series
Watch has acquired the second series of Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan from BBC Worldwide (BBCW), after the first series aired on Channel 5 almost two years ago.
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NewsTop Gear to be remade in France
Top Gear is to be remade in France by terrestrial broadcaster RMC Découverte.
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NewsEdinburgh TV Festival’s key commissions
Broadcast picks the most interesting and significant shows unveiled at Edinburgh TV Festival
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NewsDanny Cohen rallies support for BBC
Danny Cohen has made an impassioned appeal to the industry to get behind the corporation as it approaches its “biggest moment for a generation”.
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NewsBBC First creates interactive Twitter drama
International channel BBC First has called for Twitter users to contribute ideas to an online drama.
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NewsCohen: BBC in-house will hold onto hit shows
Long-running BBC in-house shows, such as EastEnders and Top Gear, will not be put out for tender as part of plans to scrap quotas and free-up internal producers to pitch to all broadcasters.
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NewsPact calls for radical BBC production overhaul
The BBC should become a fully fledged publisher broadcaster to save £35m a year and free-up £575m of commissioning spend, according to a Pact report.
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NewsGreenbird and Argonon launch Scottish indies
Production network Greenbird and super-indie Argonon are both setting up new Scottish production companies.
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NewsNetflix eyes Charles Dickens drama
Netflix is in talks to come on board for a new Channel 4 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities, which will be produced by Parade’s End indie Mammoth Screen.