10.10.03
BBC
Worldwide signs NHK Japan as major co-producer of HD series
NHK
has signed a co-production agreement for the forthcoming BBC/Discovery
Channel landmark HD TV series Planet Earth, in a deal brokered by
BBC Worldwide and the BBC Commercial Agency with BBC production.
Planet
Earth, the new 11-part series currently in production by the world-renowned
BBC Natural History Unit, follows hit series The Blue Planet, which
achieved global acclaim. Together, the series will deliver the ultimate
portrait of our planet.
Representing
the BBC's first major natural history series shot in HD, Planet
Earth is scheduled for completion in autumn 2006.
Alix
Tidmarsh, Director Intellectual Property Management, Factual, BBC
Worldwide, said of the new agreement, "Having NHK on board
for this major new production is key to the scope and scale of the
series. We welcome their commitment to the project and look forward
to working with them."
Masaru
Ikeo, Executive Producer, Science & Environment Programmes,
NHK, expressed his delight at working with BBC saying, "We
are excited with the BBC decision to originate and complete the
major natural history series in HD. I am convinced this series will
be an epoch of natural history filmmaking in the next decade."
Discovery
Channel also plans to show this series in its HD Theater Channel
in North America.
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