| 13 April 2021
Recently launched streaming service, BBC Select, available in the US and Canada on Amazon Prime Video and the Apple TV app, has unveiled a line-up of all-new documentaries and series, many of which are territory premieres.
Adding to the programming slate, BBC Select and UK content distributor Beyond Rights have just completed a deal for a range of new titles. At the head of the slate is The $50 Million Art Swindle (1 x 90’) from director Vanessa Engle and Top Hat Productions, tells the story of New York art dealer Michel Cohen who swindled over $50 million from the art establishment before going on the run from the FBI for 18 years. World’s Greatest Paintings (10 x 60’), from Lambent Production and presented by BBC journalist Andrew Marr, reveals the stories behind ten of the greatest paintings, from conception, creation, and public reception to the surprising life of the canvasses across generations.
BBC Launches First Fully-Owned U.S. Streamer With BBC Select (EXCLUSIVE)
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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.
The new platform joins an international channels portfolio that already includes BBC Earth, BBC Brit and BBC First. There’s also Stateside streamer BritBox, BBC Studios’ joint venture with ITV Studios. It’s fair to wonder why a platform like BritBox isn’t merely expanded or even rebranded to cover BBC Select programming, but top brass are confident that there’s enough of the Beeb to go around, and in this case, serve a specific purpose.