{"id":24626,"date":"2026-02-23T12:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-announces-pre-sales-for-blue-planet-iii\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:41:42","slug":"bbc-studios-announces-pre-sales-for-blue-planet-iii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-announces-pre-sales-for-blue-planet-iii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Announces Presales for Blue Planet III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios\u2019 <em>Blue Planet III<\/em> has been presold internationally, and Skai TV (Greece) has been confirmed as a co-production partner.<\/p>\n<p>The six-part series has secured presales in Australia (Nine), Brazil (Globo), Canada (Blue Ant Media, Radio-Canada), China (Shanghai Media Group\u2019s Dragon TV), Denmark (DR), New Zealand (TVNZ) and Spain (MovistarPlus+). <em>Blue Planet III<\/em> will also be available on BBC Nordic, Sony BBC Earth in India and BBC Earth in Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, South Africa and Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The new BBC Earth block on Skai TV will be the first free-to-air window for BBC Studios\u2019 unscripted content in Greece. The series will focus on tropical seas, seasonal seas, polar seas, high seas and deep seas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we celebrate 50 years of Showcase, there\u2019s no better example of BBC Studios at its very best than <em>Blue<\/em> <em>Planet<\/em> <em>III<\/em> from our extraordinary Natural History Unit,\u201d said Zai Bennett, CEO and chief creative officer of BBC Studios global content. \u201cWe\u2019re privileged to have long-standing clients like Skai TV come on board to co-produce and go a step further to premiere it via a dedicated BBC Earth block. This new chapter will immerse global audiences deeper than ever before, revealing unseen behaviors and uncovering urgent new stories about our changing seas. It\u2019s a landmark production in every sense<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span>visually breathtaking and scientifically revelatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur partnership with BBC Studios is built on trust, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to excellence,\u201d said Ioannis A. Alafouzos, owner of SKAI MEDIA GROUP. \u201cToday\u2019s announcement is not just the beginning of a new collaboration, but the continuation and strengthening of a relationship that has already proven its value. 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