BBC
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BBC to launch HD versions of BBC Two in Wales and Northern Ireland
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A new High Definition version of BBC Two Wales is to launch next month on Sky, Freesat and digital terrestrial (Freeview and YouView), along with a new BBC Two Northern Ireland HD channel which will launch on digital terrestrial.
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BBC Studios partners with China’s Tencent to launch BBC Earth Tribe online community
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BBC Earth Tribe will offer over 650 hours of BBC Studios’ natural history and documentary programmes such as Dynasties and Rituals, as well as offering “unprecedented access to the series’ creators” including via Q&As with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit’s award-winning producers and at “on-ground” events.
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BBC Sounds replaces iPlayer Radio website
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Originally unveiled as an app in June, Sounds brings together radio, music and podcasts “into a single personalised experience” and includes popular features such as downloads and schedules for BBC radio stations.
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Prince Charles’ 70th birthday to be marked with new BBC One documentary
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Film-maker John Bridcut has been granted exclusive access to the Prince over the past twelve months, both at work and behind the scenes, at home and abroad, and speaks to those who know him best, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, and his sons, the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex.
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Mastermind goes to Kazakhstan as BBC announces latest format sale
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One of Britain’s most enduring and best loved quiz shows (debuted on BBC in 1972), Mastermind has previously sold to nine territories including Australia, Ireland and Russia, and is known for its “I’ve started so I’ll finish…” catchphrase
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Two Doors Down – BBC bosses reveal what’s in store for the hit comedy’s fourth series
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Originally commissioned as a one-off Hogmanay special in 2013, the show proved a hit with critics and viewers and was recommissioned as a regular series. The third series pulled in UK audiences of more than 1.8m, while in Scotland it seen by more than 400,000 – roughly a quarter share of the viewing audience.