BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The company exists to maximise the value of the BBC’s assets for the benefit of the licence fee payer and invest in public service programming in return for rights.

The company has six core businesses: Channels, Content & Production, Sales & Distribution, BBC Magazines, Home Entertainment and Global Brands. In 2009/10, BBC Worldwide generated profits of £145 million (operating profit before specific items) on sales of £1074 million (including Group revenue and the Group’s share of joint-ventures’ revenue).


Channels

BBC Worldwide's diverse portfolio of 41 channels brings the best mix of entertainment, factual, lifestyle and children's programming to 326 million homes across Asia, India, Australia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. 

Our owned and operated channels are:

•             BBC America
•             BBC Entertainment
•             BBC HD
•             BBC Knowledge
•             BBC Lifestyle
•             CBeebies
•             UKTV (Australia)

In the UK, through a joint venture with Virgin Media, the business also has 10 UKTV channel brands (including Watch, G.O.L.D, Alibi, Yesterday, Eden, Blighty, Really, Home and Good Food).

Other joint venture interests include BBC Canada and BBC Kids (with CanWest) and People+Arts and Animal Planet (with Discovery Communications Inc).