Regional Licensing and Availability Zina Neophytou Travel Distribution Director BBC Worldwide Global Channels 23rd May 2007.

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