BritBox

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BritBox is a subscription video on-demand service owned by BBC Studios and ITV plc. It is focused on British television series, featuring current and past series supplied from the BBC and ITV. Some series, such as Coronation Street, have new episodes available within a day after their British premiere, although generally within just a few hours of its UK airing. AMC Networks, the BBC's partner on its domestic cable channel BBC America, has a non-voting minority stake in the service.[1] Its launch was officially announced in March 2017.[2][3] It reported a subscriber base of 250,000 in one year, as of March 2018.[4]

BritBox's service area includes the U.S. and Canada.[5][6] However, the programs available in each country are not identical.[7] For example, BritBox carries Coronation Street in the U.S. but not in Canada, where the corresponding rights have long been held by CBC Television.

Programming

Among the shows offered upon Britbox's launch were the US premieres of New Blood and Tutankhamun. In addition, other episodes of new programming available on the service include:

In its debut year of 2017, the service also focused on much of the classic catalog of British television such as:

NW (adapted from Zadie Smith’s international best-selling novel), will arrive spring 2018.

More than 3,600 hours of programming are now available, with new shows “added daily." The programming is offered without commercial interruption.[10]

2018 brought in such shows as Maigret (starring Rowan Atkinson), Vera, Merlin, Marley's Ghosts, and Edge of Heaven, along with many more. In July 2018, The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco made its debut, the first original drama series in which BritBox held a direct production role.[11]

Doctor Who

While serving as the only official streaming source for the surviving classic episodes of Doctor Who, BritBox released a reconstruction of the Second Doctor story The Wheel in Space using the surviving episodes and telesnap reconstruction in September 2017.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Schwindt, Oriana (2016-12-13). "BBC, ITV Partner for U.S. Streaming Service BritBox, AMC Networks to Take Minority Stake". Variety. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  2. ↑ "BBC Worldwide, ITV SVOD Venture BritBox Launches With $6.99 Monthly Price". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "'Coronation Street' Episodes Now Available on BritBox a Day After U.K. Debut". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "BritBox passes 250,000 subscribers | informitv". informitv.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  5. ↑ "BritBox lands in Canada, sure to be a major disruptor in ever-shifting TV landscape". The Globe and Mail, February 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ https://www.britbox.com/help
  7. ↑ "Help & Support: Do you offer the same shows in the US and Canada?". BritBox.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 "BBC and ITV's 'BritBox' streaming service arrives in the US". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Williams, Mary Elizabeth (7 April 2018). "The best show you're not watching is the UK import "Inside No. 9"". Salon (website). Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. ↑ Perez, Sarah. "British TV streaming service BritBox launches in U.S." Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "‘The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco’: BritBox Offers First Glimpse Of Its First Original, Set To Launch In July". Deadline Hollywood, June 4, 2018.
  12. ↑ Rodriguez, Ashley. "The "Doctor Who" fans saving the episodes once thought lost to the mists of time and space". Retrieved 18 December 2017.


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