Tag: BBC Worldwide

The BBC faces significant challenges from competitors and ongoing financial pressures, the pubcaster said in its 2017-18 annual report, while also touting the performance of BBC Studios, which delivered a profit in its first year as a commercial subsidiary.

BBC Worldwide has restructured the senior management team at its French production base, as Gery Leymergie and Pierre-Marie Gadonneix take up new positions within the company.

BBC Worldwide has named Anaïs Baker, who joins from NBCUniversal International Formats, to the role of executive producer of factual entertainment, entertainment and formats.

Me+You Productions has signed a deal that sees BBC Worldwide handling the distribution for the Karl Pilkington scripted comedy series Sick of It.

BBC Worldwide has increased its stake in the scripted indie producer Clerkenwell Films to 48 percent.

The soon-to-be-integrated BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide venture has announced four senior appointments to its Executive Committee ahead of its formal launch in April 2018.

BBC Worldwide has licensed more than 500 hours of content, including Blue Planet II, in Spain and Portugal.

The BBC is combining BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide into a single commercial organization.

BBC Worldwide has invested in the brand-new British indie Various Artists Limited, which will specialize in comedy, comedy-drama and drama.

BBC Worldwide (BBC WW) is bringing a range of talent to MIPCOM to launch its key scripted titles, including James Norton (War and Peace) and Juliet Rylance (Days and Nights), who will join writer Hossein Amini to introduce McMafia.