BBC Studios to expand local offering in the Netherlands
BBC Studios has announced that it will be expanding its content offering for audiences in the Netherlands with the launch of a multi-genre VOD and streaming service, BBC NL+. The service will launch with KPN later this year.
Brand new multi-genre video on-demand and streaming service, BBC NL+, will be available to subscribers of KPN TV+. This new service will complement BBC Studios' linear channel BBC NL and enable viewers to discover even more world class programming and iconic brands from the BBC and beyond with handpicked collections across drama, comedy, factual entertainment, soaps, entertainment, lifestyle and natural history, all fully localised with Dutch subtitles.
Through the integrated BBC NL+ app, audiences in the Netherlands will be able to enjoy a wide range of premium content from the best of your British neighbours. Viewers will also be able to livestream the newly rebranded BBC NL channel as well as enjoy selected dramas ahead of their linear TX. The service will also offer access to FAST channels BBC Drama and Top Gear.
Bram Husken, SVP & General Manager Benelux & Nordics at BBC Studios said: 'The BBC brand has a longstanding history in the Netherlands and we are extremely proud to be expanding our offering for local audiences. This new video on demand and streaming platform is highly sought-after with our viewers and broadening our content mix with the introduction of BBC NL+ on KPN TV+ later this year will mean subscribers can enjoy even more powerful, entertaining and inspiring storytelling from the BBC and beyond, all with Dutch subtitles. We are grateful to be building on our longstanding relationship, launching BBC NL+ on KPN.'
"We are very pleased with the launch of BBC NL+ for all our KPN TV+ customers," says Jochem de Jong, VP Partnerships, TV and Entertainment via KPN. "This is an important step in the further expansion of our entertainment offering. The high-quality programming from BBC Studios is a perfect complement to the best TV offering in the Netherlands, available via KPN. Through this collaboration, KPN customers will soon be able to enjoy the best entertainment with the launch of BBC NL+."
With up to 1000 hours in the first year of curated content from the BBC Studios catalogue and beyond available to watch on demand at launch, BBC NL+ features a tantalising selection of content across a breadth of genres.
Programmes that KPN TV+ subscribers will be able to watch on BBC NL+ include the highly anticipated six-part original new drama Outrageous starring Bessie Carter and Anna Chancellor. The series tells the real-life story of the Mitford sisters, six aristocratic siblings who's often-scandalous lives made headlines around the world. Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, masked by the decadence, frivolity and lavishness of British high society, Outrageous brings the full, uncensored story of the Mitford sisters to the screen for the first time - a story of family bonds and betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, love, heartache and even imprisonment. The show explores how and why these women, unwilling to conform, were so ahead of their time - and what drove them to take their very different, complex and often dangerous paths. Outrageous will be exclusively available on BBC NL+, ahead of the linear launch on BBC NL.
BBC NL+ will also feature a rich selection of fan-favourite dramas that audiences love on BBC NL. This includes boxsets of popular programmes including Vienna Blood, Call The Midwife, Death In Paradise, Father Brown and Blue Lights. Bringing the laughs will be shows like award-winning classic comedy Absolutely Fabulous, a sitcom set in the world of fashion and PR featuring the legendary duo Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders.
In the factual space, BBC NL+ will offer awe-inspiring science documentary from the BBC Studios Science Unit The Planets. Hosted by multi-award-winning Professor Brian Cox, the series shares the spectacle and drama of 4.5 billion years of planetary history in stunning detail. Intriguing and thought-provoking documentaries hosted by the award-winning Louis Theroux will be available for fans including Louis Theroux: Forbidden America.
Available on demand for nature and wildlife lovers, will be world-renowned natural history programmes like A Perfect Planet narrated by the legendary Sir David Attenborough as well as Eden: Untamed Planet narrated by Helena Bonham Carter. On BBC NL+ fans can also watch Attenborough and the Jurassic Seamonster, which will be available first time for audiences in the Netherlands.
Alternatively, viewers can travel to exotic places around the globe through shows like Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle and Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World.
Viewers on BBC NL+ can also binge a wide range of light entertainment content, including boxsets of easy-viewing series' like George Clarke's Remarkable Renovations or the latest series of Amazing Hotels. There is something for everyone.
Iconic lifestyle series' The Great British Bake Off series 13 also joins the line-up. Alongside this, BBC NL+ viewers can also look forward to popular entertainment gameshow series' including The Weakest Link Celebrity Specials hosted by award-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan as well as motorhead fan-favourite episodes of classic Top Gear will also be available from launch.
About BBC Studios
The main commercial arm of BBC Commercial Ltd, BBC Studios generated revenues in the last year of £1.8 billion and a third consecutive year of profits of over £200 million. Able to take an idea seamlessly from thought to screen and beyond, the business is built on two operating areas: the Content Studio, which produces, invests and distributes content globally and Media & Streaming, with BBC branded channels, services including bbc.com and BritBox International and joint ventures in the UK and internationally. The business made more than 2,800 hours of award-winning British programmes last year for a wide selection of public service and commercial broadcasters and platforms, both in the UK and across the globe. Its content is internationally recognised across a broad range of genres and specialisms, and includes world-famous brands like Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars, the Planet series, Bluey and Doctor Who.
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