Regional Licensing and Availability

Zina Neophytou

Travel Distribution Director

BBC Worldwide Global Channels

23rd May 2007

Topics for Discussion

• Worldwide Rights

• Challenges

• Future

Global Availability 24/7

Global Rights

• Cleared rights through news agencies (APTN/Reuters)

• Live Channel - TV Distribution, Internet, PC, Trapped Audiences, Channel Blocks

• Programmes Sales – Cleared rights for wholly commissioned BBC World programmes only

Challenges

• Editing of tape based news bulletins – no control by BBC World

Guidelines for Editing of “Airline Sensitive Material”

• Material displaying pictures of civilian air crashes.

• Material on airport security when directly connected to a recent civilian air crash.

• Material on terrorist attacks on airports.

• Material depicting specific events of a current or recent hijack which could cause distress to a trapped audience.

Guidelines for Editing of “Airline Sensitive Material”- continued

• Material displaying pictures of military air crashes when it involves mid air public demonstrations which turn into disasters.

Not Airline Sensitive Material

• News items which concentrate on airport security in general. For example, this type of footage may appear in the news sometime after a particular hijack attempt or civilian air crash.

• Material displaying military air crashes which is as a result of ongoing or recent military conflicts. An example of such footage would be reports on conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan etc.

Not Airline Sensitive Material- continued

• Footage regarding politics, religion or race that may be deemed to affect the good relationship between the Airline and other countries.

• Audio mentions of aeroplane disasters or terrorist attacks.

Challenges Continued

• Time Sensitivities tape based news - 24 hour broadcast rights

• News Ticker on screen - not applicable when tape based

Example of News Ticker

Challenges Continued

• Clearing Sports rights - very costly

• Piracy - exists where channel is not encrypted

• Language Availability

• Live TV

• Satellite

• Wireless Distribution

Future

Live TV Inflight – Satellite Distribution

• 32 channels (English & Arabic).

• Offered live inflight via Rockwell Collins’ Tailwind 560 satellite TV system in conjunction with Showtime Arabia who service flights within and between Europe, Middle East & North Africa.

Live TV Inflight – Satellite Distributioncontinued

• Launch Customer in March 2006:

• 14 Aircraft to date offering 15 channels

Live TV Inflight - Wireless Distribution

• Phantom Media will be introducing an inflight news solution in alliance with Real Networks to deliver live video and radio news bulletins wirelessly to bluebox seats.

Live TV Inflight - Wireless Distributioncontinued

• BBC World’s 22-minute bulletins will be refreshed hourly.

• World Service Radios multi-language news summaries will be selected by the airline according to its passenger demographic.

Live Text News

CONCLUSION

Convergence from tape based recorded news to live tv/text/radio news inflight