BBC Worldwide

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Delivering compelling content to Australian audiences

BBC Worldwide Australia has been on a huge journey of growth and change, and we've of course been confronted with many of the key challenges facing all content deliverers today. Blog post from Tony Iffland, General Manager for Australia.
BLOG - BBC Worldwide Screening Day, a first for South Korea

The 29th of April was a big day for British exports in South Korea this year - not only was it the day of the Royal Wedding, but the Sales & Distribution business in Asia hosted its first ever BBC Worldwide Screening Day in Seoul.
BLOG - Matt Smith plays the Doctor again – this time on his iPad!

Robert Nashak, EVP for Digital Entertainment, blogs about the latest Doctor Who gaming news as well as a video of Matt Smith getting to grips with our Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time app.
BBC Magazines Bristol releases app to celebrate five decades of manned spaceflight

BBC Magazines Bristol has announced the launch of Man In Space, a fully interactive app that tells the story of mankind's five decades beyond Earth.

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is a fast-growing media and entertainment company. Our mission is to maximise profits on behalf of the BBC by creating, acquiring, developing and exploiting media content and media brands around the world. We are self-funded and return profits to the BBC to be reinvested in programmes and services to help keep the UK licence fee as low as possible.

Our primary purpose is to bring value to the BBC in the form of profits and programme investment. We acquire the commercial rights to great programmes such as Planet Earth, Doctor Who and Top Gear and find ways of earning money from these across different media and markets. We then channel funds back to the BBC to be invested in new programmes and services. READ MORE >

Our Business Areas

Channels

The UK's leading international television broadcaster, BBC Worldwide Channels operates a diverse portfolio of channels around the world, bringing the best British programming to over 100 countries. Wholly owned channels comprise BBC America, BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies, BBC HD and UKTV (Australia). In the UK, BBC Worldwide co-owns 10 UKTV channel brands through a joint venture with Virgin Media. READ MORE >

Content & Production

Content & Production provides financial investment and expertise to the UK creative industries on behalf of BBC Worldwide in return for rights. It works to maximise the commercial potential of both the BBC's in-house productions and independently produced shows. READ MORE >

Brands, Consumers & New Ventures

Global Brands

Brands, Consumers & New Ventures (formerly Global Brands) business was established in April 2008 to achieve greater value from BBC Worldwide's leading international and multi-format brands. These are Lonely Planet, Top Gear, Dancing with the Stars, Doctor Who and BBC Earth (the collective brand for all of BBC Worldwide's natural history content.) READ MORE >

Sales & Distribution

BBC Worldwide Sales & Distribution is responsible for licensing programmes to customers around the world on behalf of the BBC and independent production companies. As Europe's largest exporter of television programmes, this business manages a catalogue of around 50,000 hours spanning all genres, including drama, factual, children's, comedy, entertainment and natural history. READ MORE >

Consumer Products

Home Entertainment

Consumer Products is comprised of four main business areas that create and sell consumer products that compliment programming and extend brands. It includes 2|entertain, the largest UK-owned publisher of DVD and its music business Demon Music Group, BBC Shop and Audio & Music. READ MORE >

BBC Magazines

BBC Magazines BBC Magazines publishes around 40 popular consumer titles, including Top Gear, Good Food and Radio Times and is one of the UK's leading children's magazine publishers. The business sells 85 million copies of its titles each year. A joint venture with Haymarket stages Gardeners' World Live and the Good Food Show. Internationally, BBC Magazines publishes its magazines in over 55 territories. READ MORE >

Digital

Digital Media

The Digital Media business has two main areas of activity. It builds a strong network of BBC-branded websites comprising bbcgoodfood.com, gardenersworld.com, topgear.com, radiotimes.com, lonelyplanet.com and bbc.com - the international ad-funded version of the BBC's bbc.co.uk site. It also reaches consumers around the world on a variety of video-on-demand and mobile platforms such as iTunes and Nokia with BBC programme content. READ MORE >