LONDON: BBC Entertainment will withdraw from Central and Eastern Europe starting from 1 January 2016.
The company is now focusing on developing the new brands BBC First, BBC Earth and BBC Brit. However, CEE countries are a priority for BBC Worldwide, which launched recently the factual premium brand BBC Earth in Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.
BBC Worldwide has partnerships with the local free to air broadcasters, Pay TV networks and digital platform from the region. BBC programmes will be available through these providers.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.