BBC children’s content for Amazon
July 31, 2017
BBC Worldwide has agreed a multi-year licensing deal with Amazon Prime Video, giving its subscribers in the UK and Ireland access to a raft of popular children’s TV series from CBeebies and CBBC. The deal marks BBC Worldwide’s first children’s package on Amazon Prime Video in the territory.
Content covered by the non-exclusive agreement includes CBeebies series Hey Duggee, Go Jetters, Sarah & Duck, Charlie & Lola and Gigglebiz, as well as hit CBBC shows like The Story Of Tracy Beaker and Horrible Histories.
Jonathan Newman, Sales & Business Development Director at BBC Worldwide said: “The deal reflects the growing investment that leading streaming services like Amazon Prime Video are making to offer world-class, high quality children’s programming to their subscribers.”
Other posts by :
- Bank: AST SpaceMobile has 2 year head start on Starlink
- SpaceX wraps IPO; 8,000 launches by 2030
- Markets braced for SpaceX IPO
- Former SpaceX exec to build ‘space taxis’
- Eutelsat shares crash despite good news
- Analyst: Years of subs growth ahead for Starlink
- SES CEO: “Multi-orbit is now key”
- More details emerge on SpaceX IPO
- Viasat confident despite SpaceX threats