BBC Worldwide

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Drama, Nature, Music and more for New Zealand audiences

BBC Worldwide Australia has completed a host of sales in New Zealand with broadcasters acquiring programs as diverse as action-packed contemporary drama and landmark natural history, food, lifestyle and children's though to classic comedy and hard-hitting factual.
BBC Worldwide heads to Brazil to host 7th Annual BBC Showcase Latin America

Hispanic Market will be in attendance to preview the best of BBC Worldwide's catalog.
Deirdre Brennan joins BBC Worldwide as Director of Television

BBC Worldwide Australia has appointed Deirdre Brennan as the Director of Television for its Channels business. She will be responsible for production, programming, acquisitions, on-air promotions and presentation for BBC Worldwide's portfolio of channels within Australasia.
BBC Worldwide and IGN Announce Global Exclusive Distribution for Doctor Who PC Games On Direct2Drive.com

BBC Worldwide and IGN have announced that the upcoming PC adventure games, based on the hit series, Doctor Who, will be globally available exclusively by Direct2Drive.com, IGN's digital retail game store.

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is a fast-growing media and entertainment company. Our mission is to maximise profits on behalf of the BBC by creating, acquiring, developing and exploiting media content and media brands around the world. We are self-funded and return profits to the BBC to be reinvested in programmes and services to help keep the UK licence fee as low as possible.

Our primary purpose is to bring value to the BBC in the form of profits and programme investment. We acquire the commercial rights to great programmes such as Planet Earth, Doctor Who and Top Gear and find ways of earning money from these across different media and markets. We then channel funds back to the BBC to be invested in new programmes and services. READ MORE >

Our Business Areas

Channels

The UK's leading international television broadcaster, BBC Worldwide Channels operates a diverse portfolio of 22 channel brands, bringing the best British programming to over 100 countries. Wholly owned channels comprise BBC America, BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies, BBC HD and UKTV (Australia). In the UK, BBC Worldwide co-owns 10 UKTV channel brands through a joint venture with Virgin Media. READ MORE >

Content & Production

C&P

Content & Production provides financial investment and expertise to the UK creative industries on behalf of BBC Worldwide in return for rights. It works to maximise the commercial potential of both the BBC's in-house productions and independently produced shows. READ MORE >

Digital Media

The Digital Media business has two main areas of activity. It builds a strong network of BBC-branded websites comprising bbcgoodfood.com, gardenersworld.com, topgear.com, radiotimes.com, lonelyplanet.com and bbc.com - the international ad-funded version of the BBC's bbc.co.uk site. It also reaches consumers around the world on a variety of video-on-demand and mobile platforms such as iTunes and Nokia with BBC programme content. READ MORE >

Sales & Distribution

BBC Worldwide Sales & Distribution is responsible for licensing programmes to customers around the world on behalf of the BBC and independent production companies. As Europe's largest exporter of television programmes, this business manages a catalogue of around 50,000 hours spanning all genres, including drama, factual, children's, comedy, entertainment and natural history. READ MORE >

BBC Magazines

BBC Magazines publishes around 40 popular consumer titles, including Top Gear, Good Food and Radio Times and is one of the UK's leading children's magazine publishers. The business sells 85 million copies of its titles each year. A joint venture with Haymarket stages Gardeners' World Live and the Good Food Show. Internationally, BBC Magazines publishes its magazines in over 55 territories. READ MORE >

Home Entertainment

Home Ent

BBC Worldwide's Home Entertainment business encompasses our DVD business (2|entertain), Audio & Music (comprising music licensing, audiobooks, music publishing and content development) and the online retail store BBCShop.com. We also have joint ventures with Random House (BBC Books) and Pearson Education (BBC Active). READ MORE >

Global Brands

The Global Brands business was established in April 2008 to achieve greater value from BBC Worldwide's leading international and multi-format brands. These are Lonely Planet, Top Gear, Doctor Who and BBC Earth (the collective brand for all of BBC Worldwide's natural history content.) READ MORE >