Tag: BBC Studios

Kasia Jablonska has been appointed director of digital and on-demand for EMEA at BBC Studios.

Melanie Rumani, global head of acquisitions for BBC Studios and UKTV, talks to World Screen Newsflash about acquisition strategies, commissioning and rights negotiations.

VIZIO has doubled the WatchFree+ free premium TV and movie lineup through new deals with BBC Studios, Magnolia Pictures and Paramount Global Content Distribution.

BBC Studios has made a series of appointments, including a new hire and promotions, for key markets such as Benelux, the Nordics, MENA and elsewhere.

BBC Studios has launched a branded VOD space within Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Czech’s streaming services Magio TV and Magenta TV to offer content from BBC First and BBC Earth.

Advertising woes, the conflict in Israel and Gaza, inflation and escalating production costs may have everyone on edge, but the mood in Cannes was less “the sky is falling” and more, as Lucy Smith, the market’s director, said at a closing press conference, “from challenges come opportunities,” as demonstrated by the plethora of keynotes and news throughout the week.

In a fireside chat moderated by World Screen’s Mansha Daswani at MIPCOM, BBC Studios’ Rebecca Glashow and Ralph Lee showcased how the company is positioned to manage the disruption in the content business today.

BBC Studios has struck a deal with Amazon Freevee to exclusively premiere five new FAST channels to audiences across the U.S.

BBC Studios has elevated Chris Kinsman and Rebecca Ransley to the newly created roles of senior VP for factual and senior VP for scripted, respectively, within the content sales markets for EMEA.

BBC Studios has named Nick Lee, head of acquisitions and international at Channel 4, as commercial director for drama and comedy.