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BBC America is an American basic cable network that is currently owned by AMC Networks since 2024 after buying the 50.01 stake it did not already own. [1] The channel primarily airs sci-fi and action series and films, as well as selected programs from the BBC (such as its nature documentary series).
BBC Select is a streaming service in North America launched in February 2021. [1] The service is owned by the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Studios, and features documentaries and factual programming previously shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and shows from other British broadcasters, such as Channel 4's Grayson Perry's Big American Road Trip.
The following is a list of television programs currently or formerly broadcast by BBC America. Current programming ... The Watch (2021) The Split (season 3) (2022; ...
With this week’s launch of streaming service BBC Select, one of the world’s most recognizable media brands is joining North America’s streaming ranks on its own terms for the very first time ...
Other cable channels include BBC America, IFC, and Sundance TV as well as the VOD streaming services Acorn TV, Shudder and Sundance Now. The service features early access to original series (such as AMC's The Walking Dead franchise), with new episodes offered up to a week before their cable television premieres.
The joint venture will also give AMC, which itself distributes the BBC World News channel in the United States, operational control in BBC America, which will be managed as a stand-alone from AMC's other channels. [50] [51] [52] AMC bought out the BBC's 50.01 stake in November 2024, although the BBC still remains connected to the channel.
The Watch is a fantasy police procedural television programme inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett.The series, developed by BBC Studios for BBC America, premiered on 3 January 2021 and was released on BBC iPlayer on 1 July 2021.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic and frequent national and local lockdowns, in August it was reported BritBox had surpassed 1.2 million subscribers in North America. BBC Studios said the streaming service "went from strength to strength, reaching 1.2 million subscribers in North America after year-end to become the fastest-growing targeted SVOD ...