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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
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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).