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Top Gear’s The Stigverse launches into The Sandbox metaverse

Top Gear has launched a new experience – The Stigverse – in The Sandbox, a social gaming platform. From off-road mayhem in the All-Terrain Zone to wrecking stuff in The Scrapyard – players will be faced with fun-packed challenges as they attempt to tame The Digital Stig’s defective clones. BBC Studios has teamed up with […]

November 19, 2024

Germany: BBC Studios launches FAST channels on waipu.tv

BBC Studios and waipu.tv, the German streaming platform, have announced the addition of four BBC FAST channels to waipu.tv . BBC Food and BBC Travel which are available immediately, and BBC History and Top Gear will be available in all packages at no additional cost from November 11th. BBC Food Germany: The channel offers an […]

November 5, 2024

BBC Studios expands FAST channels on Pluto TV EMEA

BBC Studios and Pluto TV have announced four new FAST channels for the EMEA region. In addition to the existing Top Gear FAST channel available on Pluto TV in the Nordics, three new Top Gear FAST channels will launch over the coming months – the first being Top Gear: Classics, showcasing the highest rated Top […]

May 29, 2024

BBC Studios, SABC launch BBC Primetime on S3

BBC Studios and South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have announced BBC Primetime, a new content block for the S3 channel, featuring a selection of award-winning dramas, factual entertainment and documentaries from BBC Studios’ catalogue. BBC Primetime will be available to watch weeknights between 21:00 and 23:00 on S3 and on SABC+ from May and is […]

March 20, 2024

BBC puts Top Gear on ice

The BBC has announced that its flagship motoring show, Top Gear, will not be returning to the air any time soon after presenter Freddie Flintoff was involved in a serious crash that led to production of the last series being halted. In a statement, the BBC said: “Given the exceptional circumstances, the BBC has decided […]

November 21, 2023

Benelux: Top Gear FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus

BBC Studios has announced the launch of the Top Gear FAST channel in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, exclusively on Samsung TV Plus. This marks BBC Studios’ debut in the FAST channel market within the Benelux region. Already available in Spain through Samsung TV Plus, the Top Gear channel is part of BBC Studios’ expanding […]

November 1, 2023

Top Gear channel expands reach on Pluto TV

Pluto TV and BBC Studios have announced the further roll-out of the Top Gear FAST channel on Pluto TV in the EMEA region. Already available on Pluto TV in Europe (Spain, Nordics) as well as in North America (US and Canada) the Top Gear FAST channel has now joined the Pluto TV line-up in Germany, […]

October 18, 2023

Top Gear format heads to Finland

BBC Studios has licensed the Top Gear format to Finland’s Nelonen channel and Ruutu streaming service to create a Finnish adaptation of the popular motor series. The Finnish adaptation will be presented by comedian, musician and author Ismo Leikola, former elite Ice hockey winger Teemu Selänne, and actor Christoffer Strandberg, and is set to air […]

June 9, 2023

BBC Studios launches ‘social first’ ad sales

BBC Studios has unveiled that its social team has launched an in-house global advertising sales function to drive revenue across its branded social platforms including YouTube and Snapchat. BBC Studios Social offers the market a global reach of 4.7 billion social views across all social platforms, along with the ability to partner with a renowned […]

March 29, 2023

Snapchat adds BBC Studios content

Snap has announced a new content partnership with BBC Studios, the BBC Group’s commercial subsidiary, to host made-for-mobile, short-form content on Snapchat Discover. BBC Studios will publish highlights and behind the scenes content from the popular motoring entertainment show, BBC Top Gear, and all the drama from soap opera, EastEnders, on Snapchat. New channel Funny […]

February 13, 2023