The Home Entertainment business comprises a number of publishing and retail businesses:
- BBC Audiobooks, the market-leading audiobook publisher
- BBC Music includes Licensing, Music Publishing operations and BBC Radio International, which offers programming to radio and new media broadcasters around the world, and provides exclusive access to concerts, interviews, chart shows and drama.
- 2 entertain Ltd, the joint venture with Woolworths Group plc, the number one UK-owned DVD/video distributor
- Through a joint venture with Pearson Education, BBC-branded educational products and services are provided under the 'BBC Active' imprint
- BBC Worldwide also has a minority shareholding in BBC Books, part of The Random House Group's Ebury Publishing division
- Childrens - The Children's business is strategically aligned with CBBC and CBeebies and is responsible for the global development of Children's brands through the acquisition, investment, and licensing of intellectual property.
We invest in innovative, stand out programming and develop JVs to profitably deliver products and activities across all media including live shows.
Through these activities we aim to achieve greater brand reputation and audience recognition for our intellectual property on behalf of the BBC and all our rights partners, throughout the world.
The Home Entertainment division maintains a business-to-business website,
Tradelink, for wholesale and retail customers.