Home Entertainment
The Home Entertainment business comprises a number of publishing
and retail businesses:
- BBC Audiobooks, the
market-leading audiobook publisher, offers titles ranging from
children's favourites such as In the Night Garden, comedy legends
such as The Mighty Boosh and Flight of the Conchords and some of
the UK's most popular fiction.
- BBC Music includes Licensing, Music Publishing
operations and BBC Radio
International, which offers programming to radio and new media
broadcasters around the world, and provides exclusive access to
concerts, interviews, chart shows and drama. Recent successes
include the Live Lounge trilogy and music programmes profiling
artists such as Oasis and The Pet Shop Boys.
- 2|entertain Ltd, the
number one UK-owned DVD distributor. 2|entertain also comprises
Demon Music and Banana Split productions. Our top-selling title
Planet Earth has sales in excess of 5.4 million copies
worldwide.
- Through a partnership with Pearson Education,
BBC-branded educational products and services are provided under
the 'BBC Active' imprint.
- The business also manages BBC Shop, selling programme-linked
products (including books, DVDs, audiobooks and toys), through the
online store, bbcshop.com.
- BBC Worldwide also has a minority shareholding in BBC Books,
part of The Random House
Group's Ebury
Publishing division.
We have an Ethical Sourcing Policy to
help ensure that our suppliers operate to the highest ethical
standards.
We invest in innovative, stand out programming and develop JVs to
profitably deliver products and activities across all media
including live shows. Through these activities we aim to achieve
greater brand reputation and audience recognition for our
intellectual property on behalf of the BBC and all our rights
part.
