SK Broadband acquires BBC content for TVOD service


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 24 February 2016




IPTV provider SK Broadband has procured over 600 hours of multi-genre BBC content for its transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) service BTV in South Korea.



The deal, announced at the BBC Worldwide Showcase in Liverpool, extends over two years and includes natural history titles including Life Story and Africa, as well as the latest incarnation of Tolstoy’s epic drama War and Peace. Season nine of cult series Doctor Who, starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman, is also included in the BTV deal.

“We are committed to bringing great quality programming to viewers in Korea. SK Broadband is a valued partner and we are excited to be working with BTV to bring award winning and the best programmes from the BBC to their VOD subscribers, to watch them at their convenience,” said Soojin Chung, GM of BBC Worldwide in Northeast Asia.

You Chang Wan, head of media business HQ, SK Broadband, added: “We are excited to further develop our partnership with BBC Worldwide Asia to provide high quality programming to our BTV subscriber. With content from BBC Worldwide, we are confident that the VOD service on BTV will help to cement SK Broadband’s status as the leading IPTV service in South Korea”.