BBC Studios Takes Full Ownership of BritBox International in Historic Deal

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial content studio and media & streaming business, today announced it is taking full ownership of BritBox International, acquiring ITV’s 50% share for a cash consideration of £255 million. As the world’s biggest distributor of British programmes, the UK’s most awarded production house and the home of the widest-read English language news website, BBC.com, BBC Studios has a proven track record of creating and taking the best British cont