Title: BBC Worldwide takes 25% stake in producer Curve Media
Summary:
This article is about how BBC
Worldwide have taken a stake in Claimed and Shamed producers Curve
Media after the chief executive Tim Davie said he had “re-engaged the
engines” on investing in production companies. The BBC’s commercial wing will
“make more of these sorts of investments” said Davie, who said Worldwide is
“pushing through a number of deals”.
Facts/Phrases:
Ø BBC
Worldwide has taken stakes in companies before such as comedy specialist Big
Talk (which is now owned by ITV) and drama company Left Bank (which is
majority owned now by Sony) but Davie said he has “re-engaged the engines on
this” but with “a specific brief” and is “pushing through a number of deals …
we’re ambitious in the UK, we’re going to build our capability”.
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