New shorts by two emerging creators have landed on Pinterest as a result of a collaboration between BBC Studios and the visual inspiration platform. The partnership saw creators Emma Downer and Seun Ogunsola commissioned to make original video content. Funded by Pinterest, the creators received commissions for a shortform series (6 x 2 minutes each) […]
Prime Video and BBC Studios have announced the launch of BBC Player and BBC Kids on Prime Video Channels in India. The subscription-based service will provide Indian viewers a curated line-up of British content spanning from original British dramas, comedy, documentaries, factual shows, entertainment to lifestyle programming and children’s shows – all on a single destination, for the first time in […]
Bonafide Films has secured the rights to award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland’s non-fiction bestseller, The Escape Artist, and have brought BAFTA award-winning screenwriter, Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, Your Honor, Silk), on board to adapt. The Escape Artist is the astonishing, true-life story of how, Rudolf Vrba, a nineteen year old Slovakian Jew, along with […]
BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial global subsidiary, has published a record set of results as part of a summary of its strategic and financial performance for the year 2022/23. Sales were at £2.09 billion (€2.46bn), up from £1.63 billion in 2021/22, a 28 per cent increase on the previous year. This increase was driven by […]
Filming has commenced for the first Christmas special and second season of the hugely successful crime drama Beyond Paradise. Co-commissioned with BritBox International and coming to BBC One and iPlayer, fans will be eager to see what’s next for Humphrey and Martha following their make-or-break trip to Saint Marie at the end of the last […]
FilmRise, the New York-based film, and television studio and streaming network, has licensed AVoD and FAST rights to over 480 episodes of programming from BBC Studios for the FilmRise Streaming Network. The package includes various series of different genres, notably 23 seasons of the crime drama Silent Witness; four seasons of Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh, […]
BBC Studios has acquired STV, a pan-Scandinavian production company. The acquisition will build on the company’s existing production capabilities and expand its footprint and presence in the region. The BBC said the acquisition is in response to the growing appetite and opportunity for BBC content in the market. Based in Copenhagen with offices in both […]
BBC Studios has renewed its longstanding partnership with Dubai-based airline Emirates. The new agreement sees an enhanced BBC-branded offering for Emirates passengers, with over 250 hours of new dramas, documentaries and factual entertainment, natural history productions and pre-school programming added to ICE, the airline’s inflight entertainment system. All BBC Studios content can be found in […]
BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC, has announced the appointment of Julie Mayville as Director of Social Advertising Sales, effective immediately. Based out of New York, Mayville will be responsible for creating and implementing the commercial strategy and go-to-market launch for the company’s social advertising sales function for North America and Latin America. […]
BBC Studios has announced its first international format license of STV Studios popular gameshow format, Bridge of Lies, to Spanish public broadcaster Televisión Española’s free to-air television channel, La 1. The high-stakes game show created by STV Studios will be produced in Spain by Boxfish. Television presenter Paula Vázquez will front the local version. Bridge […]