Discovery and the BBC are swimming off into the wild together again with a landmark agreement that includes a ten-year programming partnership to power a global Svod service, a significant development arrangement and the division of assets at UK broadcaster UKTV.
This comes six years after Discovery and the BBC ended its previous partnership; the two companies previously worked together on shows such as Frozen Planet and Blue Planet but ended the arrangement in 2013, which lead to BBC America becoming the BBC’s U.S. partner on a number of its landmark natural history series in the last five years.
The new deal, which is effective in all territories outside of the UK, Ireland and China, makes Discovery the exclusive Svod home of BBC natural history series including titles such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Life and Dynasties as well as future BBC-commissioned landmark series from BBC Studios. The agreement...
This comes six years after Discovery and the BBC ended its previous partnership; the two companies previously worked together on shows such as Frozen Planet and Blue Planet but ended the arrangement in 2013, which lead to BBC America becoming the BBC’s U.S. partner on a number of its landmark natural history series in the last five years.
The new deal, which is effective in all territories outside of the UK, Ireland and China, makes Discovery the exclusive Svod home of BBC natural history series including titles such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Life and Dynasties as well as future BBC-commissioned landmark series from BBC Studios. The agreement...
- 4/1/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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