23-04-2023, 04:29 AM
To pick up on some chat from earlier in the thread: I've just spent a fortnight in the USA, and yes, BBC America is a real oddball, isn't it? It's half owned by BBC Studios and the other half by AMC (BBC Studios' stake is a fraction bigger in reality) but it barely shows any BBC content. On the handful of occasions I tuned in, it was either showing movies or US TV dramas. To be fair, I did see them running trailers for the upcoming (for them) Happy Valley Series 3, though. But it feels like the channel is something of a misnomer.
Previously one of their biggest shows was probably Doctor Who, but they've now lost that to Disney+, who hold the international rights to all the episodes from November onwards.
Also, whilst the channel logo does contain the new BBC logo, the channel does not use any Chameleon style branding.
(On a side note, I also spotted the aforementioned BBC Food FAST channel, on Pluto TV, running in a cafe over there. Complete with the out-of-date BBC blocks logo
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Previously one of their biggest shows was probably Doctor Who, but they've now lost that to Disney+, who hold the international rights to all the episodes from November onwards.
Also, whilst the channel logo does contain the new BBC logo, the channel does not use any Chameleon style branding.
(On a side note, I also spotted the aforementioned BBC Food FAST channel, on Pluto TV, running in a cafe over there. Complete with the out-of-date BBC blocks logo
)
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