Natural History
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BBC iPlayer to offer Sir David Attenborough’s Dynasties in Ultra HD
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Each episode of the series, which follows individual animals including lions, chimpanzees, and emperor penguins, at the most critical period in their lives, will be to stream following their broadcast on BBC One.
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BBC Earth to launch in Slovakia and Czech Republic
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Billed as “seeking to inspire audiences by sharing the incredible wonders of our universe,” BBC Earth will host the Pay TV premiere of Sir David Attenborough’s latest landmark natural history, Dynasties.
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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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UKTV, BBC and FremantleMedia International announce new nature series starring Steve Backshall
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Debuting next year, Expedition with Steve Backshall will follow the BAFTA-winning filmmaker as he and a team of world-class experts descend a white-water river in the Himalayas, trek through unexplored jungle in South America; and climb mountains in the deserts of the Middle East.
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BBC Earth launches new mobile quiz app featuring content from Blue Planet II
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Developed by Kalypso Media in partnership with BBC Worldwide, the broadcaster’s commercial arm, the BBC Earth Quiz App includes over 4000 questions and clips drawn from Planet Earth, Planet Earth II, Life, Africa and The Blue Planet and Blue Planet II.
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BBC strikes deal to supply 500 hours of programming, including Planet Earth II, to Iberian channels
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The BBC has struck deals to sell more than 500 hours of programming to RTVE and FOX Iberia, including the BAFTA-winning Planet Earth II, and the critically acclaimed Blue Planet II which will air on RTVE’s free to air channels following its premiere on Telefónica’s pay-TV channel #0.