{"id":11565,"date":"2018-08-27T11:22:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-zealands-sky-debut-bbc-earth-october\/"},"modified":"2018-08-27T11:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:42:59","slug":"new-zealands-sky-to-debut-bbc-earth-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-zealands-sky-to-debut-bbc-earth-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand&#8217;s Sky to Debut BBC Earth in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new premium factual channel BBC Earth is slated to become available on Sky in New Zealand as of October 22, rebranding the existing BBC Knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Earth will offer a variety of factual programming spanning natural history, travel and science, featuring such presenters as Sir David Attenborough, Michael Mosley, Louis Theroux, Professor Brian Cox and Steve Backshall. Titles at launch will include <em>Planet Earth II<\/em>, <em>Spy in the Wild<\/em>, <em>My Year with the Tribe<\/em>, <em>Without Limits<\/em> and <em>Trust Me, I&#8217;m a Doctor<\/em>. In November, the <em>Being Human <\/em>programming season will premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Christlieb, the director of branded services for BBC Studios in Australia and New Zealand, remarked: \u201cWe are delighted to be launching the BBC Earth channel on Sky, offering best-in-class premium factual programming fronted by the BBC\u2019s renowned presenters. BBC Earth is a well-established global brand that uses compelling stories to engage audiences with the wonders of our universe. We are confident that this new channel will resonate with local audiences given New Zealanders&#8217; strong connection to their natural environment, cultural curiosity and love of travel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile many of the familiar faces and shows on BBC Knowledge will transition to BBC Earth, we\u2019ll be adding more natural history and adventure to the mix, and moving factual entertainment programs like <em>Who Do You Think You Are?<\/em>, <em>Dragons\u2019 Den<\/em>, <em>Traffic Cops<\/em> and <em>Top Gear<\/em> to BBC UKTV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Travis Dunbar, Sky\u2019s director of entertainment, added: \u201cThe BBC are globally renowned for the quality and diversity of their factual content, and we are delighted to be bringing BBC Earth to Sky customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this global brand they can now access this unique mix of premium content while still watching the favorites they\u2019ve come to know and love.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new premium factual channel BBC Earth is slated to become available on Sky in New Zealand as of October 22, rebranding the existing BBC Knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":11567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[259,3161,1171],"class_list":["post-11565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-earth","tag-bbc-knowledge","tag-sky-new-zealand","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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