{"id":14098,"date":"2020-02-11T11:20:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T16:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-bbc-planet-franchise\/"},"modified":"2020-02-11T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T16:20:35","slug":"tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"TVNZ Signs Long-Term Deal for BBC Planet Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios and TVNZ in New Zealand have entered into a long-term partnership for the BBC Planet franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Per the multiyear deal, TVNZ in New Zealand will premiere five landmark series from the producers and distributors of the BBC\u2019s Natural History programming, including the forthcoming Sir David Attenborough-narrated <em>Perfect Planet<\/em>. The agreement between BBC Studios and TVNZ guarantees TVNZ the New Zealand premiere rights for the five BBC Planet franchise titles and one other, still to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC Planet titles included in this deal are <em>Seven Worlds, One Planet<\/em>, <em>Green Planet<\/em>, <em>Frozen Planet II<\/em> and <em>Planet Earth III<\/em>, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit; and <em>Perfect Planet<\/em>, produced by Silverback Films for the BBC. TVNZ has already premiered a number of BBC Natural History landmark titles, including <em>Dynasties<\/em>, <em>Serengeti<\/em> and<em> Blue Planet II<\/em>, and is currently airing <em>Seven Worlds, One Planet<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Deb Tod, head of content sales and co-productions for BBC Studios ANZ, said: \u201cTVNZ has been a great supporter of our premium landmark Natural Histories for a number of years and we\u2019re thrilled to partner with them for the BBC Planet franchise. This long-term partnership will deliver ground-breaking factual programming and unmissable event television that will strongly resonate with New Zealand audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cate Slater, TVNZ\u2019s director of content, said: \u201cBBC\u2019s Planet franchise is landmark programming and we\u2019re excited to bring these series to New Zealand viewers. In a time of unprecedented environmental change, these series give us a greater understanding and appreciation of our natural world\u2014and never has that been more important.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios and TVNZ in New Zealand have entered into a long-term partnership for the BBC Planet franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":14099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TVNZ Signs Long-Term Deal for BBC Planet Franchise - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TVNZ Signs Long-Term Deal for BBC Planet Franchise - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Studios and TVNZ in New Zealand have entered into a long-term partnership for the BBC Planet franchise.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-11T16:20:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/The-Green-Planet-David-Attenborough-BBC-1219.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"555\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"344\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise\/\",\"name\":\"TVNZ Signs Long-Term Deal for BBC Planet Franchise - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-11T16:20:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-11T16:20:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/tvnz-signs-long-term-deal-for-bbc-planet-franchise\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"TVNZ Signs Long-Term Deal for BBC Planet Franchise\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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