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  BBC International Television | The BBC's International Commercial TV Channels
The BBC's general entertainment channel which is available across Europe, Middle east and Africa.
The channel is dedicated to food, showcasing the very best culinary programmes from across the globe.
BBC Entertainment is the brand new entertainment channel, showcasing the best of British comedy and drama.
www.bbc.co.uk /tv   (148 words)

  
  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
BBC Prime is broadcast alongside BBC One and Two in the Netherlands, which have long been available on cable television, together with BBC World.
The BBC argues that as most of BBC Prime's viewers are not British, and often may not have English as a first language, it is necessary to have subtitles in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Italian, Hebrew and Serbian.
BBC Prime's Asian service is available in Hong Kong, Pakistan, Thailand, Singapore,South Korea and Malaysia, but will become available on cable and satellite services in other countries in the region, including the Philippines and Taiwan.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=BBC_Prime   (687 words)

  
  Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's Chats About Current Political Conditions with Correspondent:- Ishbel Matheson
BBC: -Some people would say that actually the grass roots are a lot more ambivalent about than your suggesting and that the dissident group may be, some perceive to be maintaining the spirit of the party there is a kind of Marxist Leninist tradition that you passed for so long.
BBC:- And you are army and the chief of staff but there is still strong rumors of discontent in the rank and file in the army, that must be an extremely worrying situation for you.
BBC:- But the fact that there was also as you were suggesting some involvement in the army, that might suggest that the armed forces themselves may have seen it as a possibility to military takeover you.
www.waltainfo.com /Conflict/Interview/2001/June/Meles_interview_with_BBC.htm   (3356 words)

  
  Science Fair Projects - BBC Prime
BBC Prime is the BBC's general entertainment TV channel in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
However, the BBC argues that most of BBC Prime's viewers are not British, and often may not have English as a first language, hence the availability of subtitles in Swedish, Danish,Norwegian, Czech language, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Italian and Hebrew.
BBC Prime was also retransmitted by GBC in Gibraltar as a terrestrial service until 1999, when the availability of the BBC's domestic UK channels via satellite made this unviable.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/BBC_Prime   (464 words)

  
 BBC - WikiCG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The BBC is an autonomous corporation run by a board of governors appointed by the incumbent government for a term of four years (formerly five years).
BBC's radio stations during the coat of arms included Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4, and BBC Radio Five Live and the digital radio stations such as 1Xtra, BBC 6 Music, BBC 7, Five Live Sports Extra, and the BBC Asian Network.
BBC unveils the logo from its ident launch in 1958 until the current logo in 1997, with the BBC block squares.
www.wikicg.com /wiki/index.php/BBC   (649 words)

  
 BBC at AllExperts
BBC 2 was broadcast in colour from 1 July, 1967, and was joined by BBC 1 and ITV on 15 November, 1969.
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC responsible for the commercial exploitation of BBC programmes and other properties, including a number of television stations throughout the world.
The BBC frequently faces criticism in the U.S., primarily from those who identify themselves as right/conservative or Republican politically; the BBC is alleged to present a dominant anti-U.S. and anti-Bush stance, particularly in regard to the Iraq War (2003-).
en.allexperts.com /e/b/bb/bbc.htm   (3565 words)

  
 Broadcast Technology - BBC Broadcast Centre, London
BBC Broadcast is building a new Broadcast Centre alongside the BBC's headquarters Television Centre in West London, as part of a neutrally branded media village designed to accommodate a multitude of broadcasters and a range of services, not just BBC channels.
BBC Broadcast's transformation project has three main elements: the creation of a new headquarters and the Broadcast Centre, as well as specifying and implementing a radically new future proof technological infrastructure, which will also involve re-shaping the business processes involved in providing broadcast services.
BBC Broadcast has secured the contract for playout and presentation for the next seven years of BBC Prime and BBC Food, which are owned by BBC Worldwide.
www.broadcast-technology.com /projects/bbc_london   (1045 words)

  
 BBC Worldwide - Global TV Channels
BBC Worldwide's portfolio of 18 wholly owned and joint venture channels brings the best mix of entertainment, factual, learning and children's programming to more than 288 million homes around the world, making BBC Worldwide the UK's number one international television broadcaster in terms of reach.
Our wholly owned channels are BBC Prime, BBC America and BBC Food plus a new bouquet of thematic channels - BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies and BBC HD, which are in the process of being rolled out around the world.
The BBC Canada and BBC Kids channels are broadcast in Canada, through a joint venture with Alliance Atlantis, while Animal Planet Canada is broadcast through a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, DCI and Canadian Television (CTV).
www.bbcworldwide.com /globalchannels.htm   (181 words)

  
 BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, manages a range of media businesses around the world
Bringing the best of BBC and independently produced British programming to audiences around the world
Get the latest BBC Worldwide news, press releases, programme information, biographies, speeches and key facts.
www.bbcworldwide.com   (146 words)

  
 BBC Prime - TV Channels Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
BBC PRIME is an advertising channel from the BBC.
I came across BBC PRIME while I was in Paris, the channel is now available in the United Kingdom because it’s a commercial channel from the BBC.
BBC PRIME is for British travellers and International audiences, it shows all the latest BBC programmes from BBC ONE and BBC TWO.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /tv-channels/bbc-prime   (214 words)

  
 BBC Prime in neuem Look - pressetext.deutschland
BBC Prime ist der internationale Unterhaltungssender der BBC mit mehr als 10 Millionen Abonnenten auf dem europäischen Kontinent, in Afrika und dem Mittleren Osten.
BBC Prime ist eine hunderprozentige Tochter von BBC Worldwide, dem kommerziellen Arm der BBC, und finanziert sich aus Lizenz- und Abo-Gebühren.
BBC Worldwide Limited ist der kommerzielle Arm und ein hundertprozentiges Tochterunternehmen der BBC.
www.pressetext.de /pte.mc?pte=010131066   (556 words)

  
 BBC TV & Radio Overseas
However, the BBC argues that most of BBC Prime's viewers are not British, and often may not have English as a first language, hence the availability of subtitles in a number of European languages.
BBC Prime was also retransmitted by GBC in Gibraltar as a terrestrial service until 1999, when the availability of the BBC's domestic UK channels via satellite made this unviable.
Similarly, in Africa, BBC Prime shows different programmes from the European service, as many have already been licensed to South African broadcasters, while in Asia the programming is completely different, to take account of time zones and cultural differences.
www.astra2d.com /bbc-overseas.htm   (1810 words)

  
 BBC Interview (13.09.94)
BBC: Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga has said that she would be having talks with the LTTE.
But Prime Minister Chandrika has reportedly made it clear that she was not going to accept the concept of a Tamil homeland, nor that she is prepared for a North-East merger.
BBC: Mr.Pirabakaran, it is apparent that there is an overwhelming consensus in the minds of everyone, whether in the North, or East, or in the South, that this war should end, and that peace should prevail.
www.eelam.com /talks95/bbcint_130994.html   (1979 words)

  
 BBC World at AllExperts
BBC World was formerly known as BBC World Service Television, although unlike BBC World Service radio it was (and is) commercially funded, as the British government refused to extend the Foreign Office grant-in-aid.
A special unique edition of BBC World News used to be shown six times a week at 0930 on BBC News 24 in the UK with a more international news agenda, but this has been discontinued as part of other changes to the channel's schedule.
BBC World News bulletins are also available on BBC America in the U.S. The network airs three bulletins on weekday mornings (as part of a 3-hour block of BBC World coverage), plus one in the evening.
en.allexperts.com /e/b/bb/bbc_world.htm   (2282 words)

  
 BBC - The TV IV
The ring fencing gives the BBC some (though by no means complete) immunity to government pressure, since it is wholly independent of the general government budgeting, and has proved sufficiently effective in this that governments both left and right have come into conflict with the BBC over the years.
Further safeguards to the independence of the BBC are its management via a Board of Governors and its Royal Charter, which gives it the mission to 'inform, educate and entertain'.
BBC Worldwide (a BBC commercial subsidiary) also has a joint venture with Flextech Television, resulting in UKTV, the second largest multi-channel broadcaster in the UK.
tviv.org /BBC   (303 words)

  
 BBC Prime
This caused considerable annoyance to many British expatriate viewers, who had much preferred the mix of BBC1 and 2, previously offered by BBC TV Europe and BBC World Service TV.
Consequently, many expatriates in mainland Europe, have invested in large satellite dishes to receive BBC One and BBC Two from the UK, which have always been available on cable in the Netherlands, Belgium and the Republic of Ireland, with cable operators clearing programme rights for local retransmission.
Similarly, in Africa, BBC Prime shows different programmes from the European service, as many have already been licensed to South African broadcasters.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/bb/bbc_prime.html   (231 words)

  
 BBC Young Writers and Public Speaking Awards
BBC Prime is now available across 100 countries and territories and is still expanding.
He went on to develop BBC Japan and a version of BBC Prime for Asia and launched these channels at the end of 2004.
He is also responsible for channels forming part of BBC Worldwide's joint ventures with Discovery in the region, and for the management of BBC ONE and BBC TWO in Belgium and the Netherlands.
www.bbcawards.com /en/teachers/finale.html   (1308 words)

  
 BBC PRIME launches in the Ukraine / VOLIA.com / Others / About them / News / finance.ua
Effective immediately, BBC PRIME is being distributed through subsidiary network, InterVideo Kiev, bringing a constant flow of worldclass BBC entertainment programming to the Ukraine for the first time ever.
Launched in 1995, BBC PRIME is the BBC’s international entertainment channel broadcast to Europe, Africa and the Middle East, via cable and satellite to over 11 million subscribers in over 100 countries and territories.
BBC PRIME is among the most popular pan-European channels, relative to its distribution.
news.finance.ua /en/orgtrg/~/1/6/638/32311   (426 words)

  
 BBC's `Robin Hood' series tapes stolen - Boston.com
Thieves in Hungary have stolen some tapes of the BBC's new prime-time series "Robin Hood," stalling completion of some of the 13 episodes, the broadcaster said.
The British Broadcasting Corp. would not comment on a report in The Daily Mirror on Monday that the tapes were the only copies and that thieves were demanding payment of $1.9 million for their return.
The series is partly funded by BBC America, the broadcaster's U.S. cable channel.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2006/08/29/bbcs_robin_hood_series_tapes_stolen   (230 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > News Room Headlines > BBC Prime launches in Korea via SkyLife
MUMBAI: Entertainment channel BBC Prime which is distributed by UK pubcaster the BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide has commenced broadcasting in Korea through a deal with SkyLife.
BBC Prime will be available through SkyLife on channel 334, with Korean subtitles.The channel offers subscribers an insight into British culture, with comedy, drama, music, entertainment, documentary and lifestyle programming from the BBC and the UK.
BBC Worldwide director of channels Wayne Dunsford said, "Launching BBC Prime in Korea, as the multi-channel market is growing so rapidly in Asia, is very exciting.
www.indiantelevision.net /headlines/y2k5/nov/nov240.htm   (267 words)

  
 BBC — Timeline
BBC moves to studios in the premises of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Hill, London.
Declaration of war is broadcast on the BBC by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
BBC Television's transmitter at Alexandra Palace in north London is modified as part of Operation Domino to 'bend' the German radio direction beams for guiding bombers.
www.64-baker-street.org /organisations/orgs_the_bbc_timeline.html   (799 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > Breaking News > BBC Worldwide, MEASAT sign agreement for BBC Prime in Asia
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide and a unit of MEASAT Global Berhad, owner and operator of the MEASAT satellite network, announced an agreement for using MEASAT to broadcast BBC Worldwide's international entertainment channel BBC Prime into Asia.
BBC Prime will bring the best of BBC entertainment to viewers in Asia, with a varied mix of comedy, drama, life style, talk shows, game shows, music and documentaries.
BBC Worldwide EMEIA director of channels Wayne Dunsford said, "With MEASAT, we have found a strong and reliable partner to lay the foundation for the roll-out of BBC Prime into Asia and we look forward to a long and successful cooperation."
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/oct/oct295.htm   (299 words)

  
 Digg - The Story of 1 - BBC documentary on the history of numbers
There was a BBC radio show based on this as well that I remember listening to a while back.
BBC America is a separate entity from the BBC, as is BBC Prime (the channel that is broadcast in parts of Europe and the Middle East).
BBC UK also seems to sell to the highest bidder or something, which may explain why Hustle for instance (arguably one of the best BBC series in recent years) got on the American Movie Classics channel and not BBC America.
digg.com /videos/educational/The_Story_of_1_BBC_documentary_on_the_history_of_numbers   (506 words)

  
 Subscribers Angry at Israeli Cable Provider HOT's Plan to Drop BBC Prime - Technology - RedOrbit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fallout from the decision to drop BBC Prime is reaching some sectors of the company, however, with a HOT customer service provider saying Monday that she had received "tremendous numbers" of telephone complaints about the decision.
HOT representatives, for their part, appear to be using consumer frustration over BBC Prime as an opportunity to promote the company's more expensive video on demand package.
as a bbc prime fan i am very disappointed of dropping bbc prime in favour of other tv channels this is not the first time that hot are doing such unilateral moves.
www.redorbit.com /news/technology/785831/subscribers_angry_at_israeli_cable_provider_hots_plan_to_drop/index.html?source=r_technology   (786 words)

  
 "Digital Broadcast | Vendor News Asia "
The BBC executive in charge of the project, Jerry Timmins, Head of Africa and Middle East Region, BBC World Service, said this is the first fully dedicated BBC English relay on air in the whole Gulf region.
Meanwhile, the BBC is expanding its presence in Sudan.
BBC's Arabic Service is already carried on a full time Khartoum FM relay station on 91FM, as is the case in Port Sudan and Al Ubayyid, also 90FM; in Juba on 90FM and 88.2FM, and in Wad Madani on 91.5FM.
e-broadcastnewsasia.blogspot.com /2006/09/digital-broadcasters-bbc-arabic.html   (878 words)

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