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BBC Brit

BBC Brit
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Launched 1 February 2015 (Official; Poland)
13 April 2015 (Nordic Countries)
1 September 2015 (Africa)
1 December 2016 (Romania and Hungary)
Owned by BBC Worldwide
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Slogan Unmissable
Language Various
Broadcast area Available in 7 countries
Sister channel(s) BBC Earth
BBC HD
BBC Entertainment
BBC Lifestyle
BBC First
BBC World News
CBeebies
Website www.BBCBrit.com
Availability
Satellite
Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) Channel 101 (HD)
Channel 162 (HD)
NC+ (Poland) Channel 118 (HD)
Orange Polska (Poland) Channel 141
Canal Digital (Finland, Sweden, Norway & Denmark) Channel 27 (Finland)
Channel 36 (Sweden)
Channel 41 (Norway)
Channel 42 (Denmark)
Cable
UPC Polska (Poland) Channel 111/207
TOYA (Poland) Channel 371
Netia (Poland) Channel 90
INEA (Poland) Channel 133
VECTRA (Poland) Channel 701
YouSee (Denmark) Channel 18
DNA Finland (Finland) Channel 260
Canal Digital (Norway) Channel 24
GET (Norway) Channel 16
Com Hem (Sweden) Channel 63 HD
Sappa (Sweden) Channel 29
Elisa (Finland) Channel 300 HD
IPTV
Elisa (Finland) Channel 780 HD
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) 096
Streaming media
BBC Player Singapore (Singapore) watch online (Singapore only)

BBC Brit is an entertainment subscription television channel featuring factual entertainment programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Worldwide. Originally set to rollout internationally in 2014, it was later announced it would launch in 2015, starting in Poland.

In October 2013, BBC announced that in 2014 they would roll out 3 new brands - BBC Earth, BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC Brit to be dedicated to entertainment programming. It was later announced that the content would largely be factual entertainment, featuring BBC series Top Gear with the possibility for increases in local adaptions of the series. Other series are to include Room 101 and Mock the Week. It was also announced that roughly 50 hours, or roughly 5 series, of new content would be ordered for the new channel.

BBC Brit premiered in Poland on 1 February 2015, replacing BBC Entertainment.

BBC Brit replaced BBC Entertainment in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland on 13 April 2015.

The channel launched on DStv in Africa replacing BBC Entertainment on 1 September 2015.

The channel's content is offered exclusively on BBC Player Singapore (a local version of the BBC iPlayer service).


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