BBC First To Rebrand As BBC Belgium In May

BBC Studios is to rebrand its premium drama channel BBC First as BBC Belgium, marking a localisation push in the Flemish market.
The change will take …

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BBC First Rebrands To BBC NL In Netherlands

BBC Studios has announced that it will rebrand its premium drama channel BBC First in the Netherlands to BBC NL on May 15th. The BBC NL channel will …

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BBC Studios’ Achieves Record Performance Across Africa And The Greater EMEA Regions

BBC Studios has unveiled record-breaking performance for its linear channel business today, with standout growth in Africa alongside remarkable resul…

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BBC Studios And MultiChoice Strengthen Long-Standing Partnership By Expanding Reach Of BBC Channels On DStv In South Africa

• BBC UKTV expands its potential audience by a further 2.7 million homes by joining DStv Compact.
• BBC Lifestyle joins DStv family for the first time …

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BBC News Channel Loses 1M UK Viewers After International Merger & Presenter Purge

The BBC News channel has lost 1M viewers in the UK after it was merged with BBC World News as part of the corporation’s efforts to slash costs.BBC Ne…

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Recap To Last Year: The Disappearance Of BBC UKTV On The Openview Platform

Last year, eMedia Investments in partnership with BBC Studios unveiled South Africa's first free-to-air entertainment channel, BBC UKTV. A genera…

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BBC To Close Linear Channels And Move Into An Internet-Only Digital Future

The BBC is to have “fewer linear broadcast services” in the next decade as it “consolidates activity under one simple, single brand,” Director Genera…

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Speech: Leading The UK Into Digital By The Director-General Of The BBC, Tim Davie, At The Royal Television Society

Good morning. Today, 100 years and 23 days after the first BBC broadcast, I want to talk about choices. Choices for us all. Choices that have profoun…

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Roundups #120: Lioness Returns For A New Season On M-Net, The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder Gets Season 2 Renewal And BritBox To Add Two New Doccies To Their Lineup

Another local drama gets a season 2 renewalShannon Esra returns to TV screens as Samantha Hugo when M-Net's (DStv 101) edgy thriller drama, Lione…

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Further Seasons Of Doctor Who To Stream Exclusively On Disney+ By Late 2023

Under the landmark deal Disney+ will exclusively stream all upcoming seasons of the show outside of the U.K. and Ireland, where they will remain with…

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BBC Kids Is Currently Available In The United States With WildEarth Planning More International Expansions

BBCKids is available in the United StatesBBC Studios launched two ad-supported kids streaming platforms via Pluto TV in the US which saw the first-ev…

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BritBox Launches In South Africa While Peacock TV Rolls Out Globally Likely Through Paramount+ In Some Territories

NEW BRITISH STREAMING SERVICE LAUNCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA The British video streaming service BritBox, jointly run by ITV and the BBC, announced on Tues…

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The Scrapped Canadian Children's Brand BBC Kids Rolls Out In Australia, Will DStv Or Starsat Perhaps Get It?

BBC Kids is the international counterpart of the UK's CBBC channel owned by BBC Studios that launched in Canada as a partnership with Knowledge N…

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Britbox Video Streamer To Launch In South Africa Later In The Year With Content From ITV And BBC

Another video streaming service will be launching in South Africa in the second half of 2021 with BritBox, the joint 50/50 streaming venture between …

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BBC Upfront + Other Rumored Developments For DStv

BBC held a virtual upfront today to discuss details relating to the new agreement they had with MultiChoice and also unveil a bunch of programming fo…

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