For the first time in its 63-year history, BBC Studios’ renowned Natural History Unit is setting up shop outside the U.K. In 2021, the Nhu will launch a permanent satellite office in Los Angeles.
The Nhu is behind some of the world’s most iconic natural history programs, including “Blue Planet II” and “Planet Earth II,” which have been watched by more than a billion people globally. The new U.S. outfit will allow the production unit to better serve its growing roster of American buyers, with a laser focus on the streamers.
In the last 18 months alone, the unit has won projects with Apple TV Plus (“Prehistoric Planet”) and NBCUniversal (10-part landmark series “The New World”), as well as PBS (“The Green Planet”), BBC America (“Frozen Planet II”) and Discovery (“Endangered”). There’s also a collaboration in place with “Avatar” helmer James Cameron and Ocean X for Nat Geo.
The Nhu is behind some of the world’s most iconic natural history programs, including “Blue Planet II” and “Planet Earth II,” which have been watched by more than a billion people globally. The new U.S. outfit will allow the production unit to better serve its growing roster of American buyers, with a laser focus on the streamers.
In the last 18 months alone, the unit has won projects with Apple TV Plus (“Prehistoric Planet”) and NBCUniversal (10-part landmark series “The New World”), as well as PBS (“The Green Planet”), BBC America (“Frozen Planet II”) and Discovery (“Endangered”). There’s also a collaboration in place with “Avatar” helmer James Cameron and Ocean X for Nat Geo.
- 12/14/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Love Island continues to be a huge ratings success in the UK as the reality format scored its highest ever opening with 3.3M viewers.
It is what it is, as the contestants say.
The ITV2 format, which is produced by ITV Studios, returned last night for a fifth season with a 90-minute episode, that performed better than last year’s opener, which drew an average of 2.9M viewers. It also scored an 18.5% share and a peak of 3.7M viewers and was the highest rated show at 9 pm.
The show also reached a peak of 488,000 people watch the live simulcast on digital platform ITV Hub and became the most watched show of the year for 16-24 year old viewers with 622,000, a 59% share. It also reached 1.6M viewers aged between 16-34.
The dating format, which sees a group of sexy singletons couple up in a villa in Majorca, remained relatively true to...
It is what it is, as the contestants say.
The ITV2 format, which is produced by ITV Studios, returned last night for a fifth season with a 90-minute episode, that performed better than last year’s opener, which drew an average of 2.9M viewers. It also scored an 18.5% share and a peak of 3.7M viewers and was the highest rated show at 9 pm.
The show also reached a peak of 488,000 people watch the live simulcast on digital platform ITV Hub and became the most watched show of the year for 16-24 year old viewers with 622,000, a 59% share. It also reached 1.6M viewers aged between 16-34.
The dating format, which sees a group of sexy singletons couple up in a villa in Majorca, remained relatively true to...
- 6/4/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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