Sales & Distribution
BBC Worldwide's Sales & Distribution business
is one of the world's most successful exporters of television
programmes, second only to the big US studios. In 09/10 the Sales
& Distribution business licensed over 60,000 hours of
programming to the international market.
The business is driving growth across all digital platforms
selling more than 9,000 hours of programming in the last financial
year. Torchwood, Top Gear and Doctor
Who, for example, all hit the #1 spot on iTunes Top TV Seasons
Charts in the US.
S&D secures vital funding for new productions, the business
invested £25 million in co-productions in 09/10, including landmark
deals for new dramas Sherlock and Zen. S&D
was also rated the top UK distributor by Indies in
Televisual's 2010 survey.
The business manages the annual BBC Showcase festival, a shop
window for the best of British programming, which attracts around
500 buyers from across the globe every year. Broadcasters are able
to watch hundreds of hours of quality programming and snap up the
latest titles from BBC Worldwide's catalogue. Click here to visit
the BBC Showcase website.
See the online BBC
Worldwide catalogue of television programmes for more on the
wide range of programming available. The catalogue has around
50,000 hours of programming across all genres from drama and comedy
to factual and formats.
Whether it is a Spooks sale to Russia, The Vicar of
Dibley to Kazakhstan or adaptations of Charles Dickens'
classics to China, the S&D teams find new audiences for the
UK's best loved programming.
The Sales & Distribution business is positioned to best
serve its global clients and has around 170 staff in 11
offices.
Contact our global
offices for more information on our sales activities.
BBC Showcase
Click on the banner below to visit our BBC Showcase
website.
