Amazon’s Lovefilm is extending existing deals with ITV (LSE: ITV) and BBC Worldwide to gain a larger catalogue of their shows for online streaming, as it begins to defend against Netflix’s imminent UK arrival.
Strictly Dance Costumes Cost Girls £5.95 A Month On Stardoll
BBC Worldwide is exploiting the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing With The Stars) through a premium partnership with Stardoll, the virtual doll dress-up site for kids.
Lonely Planet’s Mobile Travel Startup Launches, With Content From Rivals
Lonely Planet’s new San Francisco-based mobile startup has gone live with its flagship mobile travel guide app Wenzani, which paidContent first reported about in September.
Lonely Planet Launching Mobile Travel Startup ‘Wenzani’, Seeking Partners
Lonely Planet has created a separate technology startup in San Francisco to develop next-generation social mobile travel guides together with competitors.
BBC Bows Out Of Print For £121 Million, Sells Magazine Business To Exponent
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...
BBC Worldwide Will Rent Out Doctor Who Episodes Via Facebook Credits
Facebook Credits today got another vote from the media industry as a currency for paid digital content: the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, announced that from this Wednesday it would start to offer episodes of its popular Doctor Who television series on Facebook, some before they have even been released on DVD.
BBC Worldwide Will Rent Out Doctor Who Episodes Via Facebook Credits
Facebook Credits today got another vote from the media industry as a currency for paid digital content: the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, announced that from this Wednesday it would start to offer episodes of its popular Doctor Who television series on Facebook, some before they have even been released on DVD.
BBC iPlayer Global Launch To Begin In Western Europe
Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers will be made available to Europeans armed with an iPad from later this year, as the BBC begins the process of introducing its international iPlayer to overseas audiences.
BBC iPlayer Global Launch To Begin In Western Europe
Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers will be made available to Europeans armed with an iPad from later this year, as the BBC begins the process of introducing its international iPlayer to overseas audiences.
BBC iPlayer Global Launch To Begin In Western Europe
Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers will be made available to Europeans armed with an iPad from later this year, as the BBC begins the process of introducing its international iPlayer to overseas audiences.
CEO’s Staff Memo: Lonely Planet Digital Will Locate With BBCWW
[Detail of how Lonely Planet is moving its digital team out of Melbourne]
Hi everyone,
Today we are making some changes to our organisation that will affect everyone at Lonely Planet, directly or indirectly, in order to reposition us to return to profitability while staying true...
BBCWW Seeking An Online Partner For Lonely Planet
BBC Worldwide may now own all 100 percent of Lonely Planet, but the travel guide’s ultimate flight path is not yet necessarily set out.



