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BBC Bows Out Of Print For £121 Million, Sells Magazine Business To Exponent

Aug 16, 2011 10:10 AM

Finally, closure on the long-running question of what would happen to the BBC‘s magazine business, the biggest publisher of subscription magazines in the UK: commercial division BBC Worldwide has agreed on a multi-faceted sale of its assets, covering 34 magazine titles, to the private equity group Exponent. BBCWW has also…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Radio, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, BBC, BBC Worldwide, Countries, Europe, UK, Asia, India, exponent

How The Wedding Was Watched: Social Media Does A Royal Flyover

Apr 29, 2011 4:47 AM

If you, like millions of others, witnessed any of today’s Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on the TV, Internet or in person, you will have seen the crowds that assembled down the Mall, around Westminster Cathedral, in front of Buckingham Palace, and in many other places. But…

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Posted In: Apps, Features, Infographic, Tweets, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Companies, BBC, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter, kate middleton, prince william, royal wedding

Reliance Mobile Offers BBC World News Streaming TV Channel

Sep 17, 2008 6:10 AM

Reliance Mobile has partners with BBC Worldwide to offer its BBC World News channel through mobile TV streaming. Reliance’s unicast service started back in 2004, offering news, sport, music and fashion programming. The BBC deal is aimed at offering 24/7 live news coverage. BBC south Asia global channels general manager…

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Posted In: Mobile, Companies, BBC

Updated: India To Be Hub Of BBC World News’ South Asia Ops; Content Deal With Six Telcos

May 7, 2008 12:51 AM

Update: India will be the hub of the BBCs South Asian Marketing, Communications and Audience Insight activity, reports Exchange4media. Vaishali Sharma has been promoted as Head of Marcomms, BBC Global News, South Asia, while Dezma De Melo will be Head of Audience Insight. Interestingly, the BBC claims that their website…

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Posted In: Mobile, Companies, BBC

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