Roadshow Entertainment to distribute BBC Worldwide DVD’s
BBC Worldwide has appointed Roadshow Entertainment to promote and distribute its DVD business in Australasia, in a five year contract starting July 1 2012.
The announcement:
Under the terms of the new deal, Roadshow will be the exclusive distributor of the entire BBC Worldwide DVD and Blu-ray catalogue in Australia and New Zealand for the next five years from 1 July 2012, as well as holding non-exclusive rights to BBC Worldwide DVDs in other parts of Australasia. Roadshow will also be responsible for the marketing and publicity of the product and will be re-teamed with the ABC to support the vast line up of BBC programs that appear on the national broadcaster’s channels