 BBC Brit logo | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Poland Nordics Africa Australia St Helena Singapore Malaysia Faroe Islands |
| Programming | |
| Language | Various |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9SDTV) 1080i (16:9HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Studios |
| Sister channels | BBC Earth BBC HD BBC Entertainment BBC Lifestyle BBC First BBC News (international) CBeebies |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 February 2015; 10 years ago (2015-02-01) (Poland) 13 April 2015; 10 years ago (2015-04-13) (Nordics) 1 September 2015; 10 years ago (2015-09-01) (Africa) 1 November 2019; 6 years ago (2019-11-01) (Australia) |
| Replaced | BBC Entertainment |
| Closed | April 17, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-04-17) (Nordics) |
| Replaced by | BBC Nordic (Nordics) |
| Links | |
| Website | BBC Brit AfricaBBC Brit AustraliaBBC Brit Poland |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Televarpið (Faroe Islands) | Channel 7/channel 24 (IPTV) |
| Fetch TV (Australia) | Channel 132 |
| DStv (Africa) | Channel 120 |
BBC Brit is an entertainmentsubscription television channel featuring factual entertainment programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated byBBC Studios. Originally set to roll out internationally in 2014,[1] it was later announced it would launch in 2015,[2] starting in Poland.[3]
In October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014, they would roll out three new brands –BBC Earth,BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC Brit to be dedicated to entertainment programming.[1] It was later announced that the content would largely be factual entertainment, featuring the BBC seriesTop Gear with the possibility for increases in local adaptions of the series. Other series are to includeRoom 101 andMock the Week.[4][5]It was also announced that roughly 50 hours, or roughly 5 series, of new content would be ordered for the new channel.[6]
BBC Brit premiered in Poland on 1 February 2015, replacingBBC Entertainment.[3]
BBC Brit replaced BBC Entertainment inDenmark,Norway,Sweden,Finland andIceland on 13 April 2015.[7][8] It was replaced byBBC Nordic on 17 April 2023.[9]
The channel launched onDStv inAfrica replacing BBC Entertainment on 1 September 2015.[10]
BBC Brit andBBC Earth launched in Australia on 1 November 2019, through IPTV streaming serviceFetch TV.[11] Unlike other versions of the channel, this one is avideo on demand service with selected programming accessible through the TV guide.
The channel's content is offered exclusively onBBC Player Singapore (a local version of theBBC iPlayer service).[12]
The channel's content is offered exclusively onBBC Player Malaysia (a local version of theBBC iPlayer service), which requires a valid unifi TV subscription to access it.[13] In October 2021, BBC Brit contents have been available as SVOD contents on subscription TV provider Astro.[14]
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