All BBC Worldwide articles – Page 24
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NewsBBC facing 'cash raid' from DCMS
The BBC faces an anxious wait for the white paper on charter renewal amid conflicting reports over the weekend about government plans to raid the corporation’s finances.
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NewsBBCW buys stake in Jonathan Strange indie
BBC Worldwide has bought a stake in the parent company of talent agency Curtis Brown and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell producer Cuba Pictures.
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NewsUKTV to flex format muscles
UKTV is to focus on entertainment formats, live programming and sport over the next nine months after generating record financial results.
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NewsRalph Rivera steps down as BBC digital boss
Ralph Rivera’s role as the BBC’s digital director has been made redundant and the online boss will take on a six-month education project for the corporation.
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NewsMusketeers to be axed after third series
The Musketeers will hang up their swords after a third series on BBC1 later this year.
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NewsBad Wolf bolsters top team
Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner’s drama indie Bad Wolf has appointed Wiggin LLP partner Miles Ketley as chief operating officer and poached three senior BBC Worldwide Productions staff.
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NewsHenry Normal to leave Baby Cow
Henry Normal is to leave Baby Cow Productions nearly two decades after launching the Alan Partridge indie with Steve Coogan.
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NewsMip TV: Netflix, BBC, Hulu deals
Netflix enters Versailles; BBC1 drama Capitol inks deals; Roots world premiere; Walter Presents buys Spanish drama for UK; Hulu reads The Book Of Negroes; Olivier Megaton doc gets sales deal.
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NewsOTT players take Mip by storm
Online video services including Netflix and Amazon ramped up the amount of content they acquire at Mip TV with a number of high-profile deals.
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CommentLess is more for Mip TV buyers
Deals are for quality, not quantity, while drama remains the focus
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NewsTeletubbies re-boot secures second run
Canadian company DHX Media and CBeebies are developing a second series of Darrall Macqueen’s re-booted kids show Teletubbies.
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NewsIn Brief: A+E order; Sky / Attenborough sale; E4 acquires YouTubers film
Woodcut Media is heading to Holloway prison for C&I, while Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee’s road-trip has been picked up by E4. Click for more.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Drive
Top Gear has rarely been out of the news over the past 12 months, with multiple controversies, new hosts and a star-studded launch for international buyers at BBC Worldwide’s Showcase event (not to mention the former presenters’ rival show for Amazon) all making the front pages.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Bagel & Becky Show
The Bagel & Becky Show comes out of Canadian pre-school production outfit Radical Sheep and, like its predecessor Stella And Sam, it follows the exploits of a brother and sister duo.
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NewsRondo appoints first commercial director
Welsh indie Rondo Media has appointed Sion Clwyd Roberts as its commercial director.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Collection
The Collection is a story about Parisian fashion, created by an American, overseen by an Irish director and produced by British and French indies for a global online streaming service. TV shows rarely get more international than this.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Hooten & The Lady
Hooten & The Lady is an ambitious adventure series, described as ‘Moonlighting set in the jungle’, or an ‘updated take on Romancing The Stone’. Just don’t call it the new Indiana Jones.
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NewsBBC Worldwide backs South Africa's Bake Off producer
BBC Worldwide has made further advances into Africa after investing in Rapid Blue, the Johannesburg-headquartered producer responsible for formats including Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor.