International BBC television channels

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The BBC is forbidden under its charter to directly undertake any commercial operations on-air within the United Kingdom, however no such restriction applies to operations in other countries. Therefore the BBC exploits its massive television archive by operating a number of commercial television channels outside the UK through its BBC Worldwide subsidiary.

Some channels are wholly owned by BBC Worldwide, others are operated as joint ventures with other broadcasters.

Contents 1 Wholly owned channels 2 BBC International News Channel 3 Markets 4 Joint ventures 4.1 With Alliance Atlantis 4.2 With Discovery Channel 4.3 With Foxtel and RTL 5 Other 6 External links

[edit] Wholly owned channels

• BBC Arabic Television - Arabic speeking television available in North Africa and Middle East
• BBC America - entertainment channel available in US
• BBC Prime - entertainment channel available in Europe, Africa and Middle East
• BBC Entertainment - entertainment channel available in Asia and Poland
• BBC Food - Southern Africa/Scandinavia
• BBC Knowledge
• BBC Lifestyle
• CBeebies

BBC Japan, an entertainment channel available in Japan ceased broadcasting in 2006, owing to the closure of its local distributor.

[edit] BBC International News Channel

BBC World News - an International news channel from BBC avaailable in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and America. Not available in England.

[edit] Markets

In October 2006, BBC Entertainment replaced BBC Prime in Asian markets, and will replace it in other territories during 2007. Other channels planned will include BBC Knowledge and BBC Lifestyle

[edit] Joint ventures

[edit] With Alliance Atlantis

In Canada, channels are required by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to have a certain quota of original Canadian content. The following BBC channels are operated in conjunction with Alliance Atlantis.

• BBC Canada - entertainment channel available in Canada
• BBC Kids - children's channel available in Canada

[edit] With Discovery Channel

The following BBC channels are operated in conjunction with Discovery Channel.

• Animal Planet - Natural History documentaries (also available in the UK)
• People+Arts - Lifestyle and reality programming broadcast in Latin America, Spain and Portugal

[edit] With Foxtel and RTL

BBC Worldwide operates the following channels in a joint venture with Foxtel and RTL

• UK.TV - General Entertainment channel in Australia and New Zealand.

[edit] Other

BBC Worldwide also operate the UKTV network in the United Kingdom and Ireland with Virgin Media Television

[edit] External links

• TV Channels from BBC Worldwide's 2005 annual report

v • d • e BBC Television UK channels BBC One (in Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales) · BBC Two (in Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales) · BBC Three · BBC Four · BBC News · BBC Parliament · CBBC Channel · CBeebies · BBC HD · Gaelic Digital Service International channels BBC America · BBC Arabic · BBC Canada · BBC Entertainment · BBC Food · BBC Kids · BBC Knowledge · BBC Lifestyle · BBC Prime · BBC World News Joint ventures Animal Planet · People+Arts · UKTV (UK and Ireland) · UKTV (Australia and New Zealand) Defunct channels BBC Knowledge · BBC Choice (in Wales) · BBC World Service Television · BBC TV Europe · BBC Japan · BBC Select