BBC Worldwide

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Vive la différence! olive/Madame Figaro survey reveals huge French/English culinary divide

Armed with magazine recipes, internationally-influenced Brits now spend longer in the kitchen than the French, while the French prefer dining out and sticking to home grown family recipes.
David Tennant is back as the Doctor for one final audio adventure

The Tenth Doctor, David Tennant is back for his very last audio reading Dead Air, written exclusively for BBC Audiobooks by James Goss. The audio adventure is available now priced at £8.99.
BBC.com and Intel bring together the world's Digital Giants

BBC.com has secured Intel as the exclusive global brand partner for its Digital Giants special report. Throughout the season audiences will be able to watch a high profile series of interviews with 11 of the world's most prolific minds in digital media as they share their vision of the future.
BBC Audio presents Lenny Henry in Othello

Featuring the cast from the acclaimed West End production and with original music from Conrad Nelson, who also plays Iago, this mesmerising radio drama grips the listener from start to tragic finish.

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 >

Magazines, Children's & Licensing

BBC Magazines sells 85m magazines a year, including Top Gear, Good Food, Gardeners' World, and Radio Times. A joint venture with Haymarket Exhibitions stages Gardeners' World Live and Good Food Show/Masterchef Live. Children's & Licensing is the UK's second largest licensor - acquiring, investing in and licensing intellectual property in the UK and internationally across numerous categories, from merchandise to DVDs. 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 >