BBC First
| BBC First | |
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BBC First logo
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| Launched | 3 August 2014 (Australia) 16 May 2015 (Netherlands) 4 June 2015 (Belgium) 18 October 2015 (South Africa) 1 February 2016 (Middle East & North Africa) 4 April 2016 (Singapore) 1 October 2016 (Malaysia) 1 November 2016 (Hong Kong) |
| Owned by | BBC Worldwide |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Slogan | Unmissable |
| Broadcast area | Australia Netherlands Belgium Africa Middle East Singapore Malaysia |
| Sister channel(s) |
BBC Earth BBC UKTV BBC HD BBC Lifestyle BBC Entertainment BBC World News BBC Brit CBeebies |
| Website |
BBC.com/first BBC.com/bbcfirst |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Foxtel (Australia) | Channel 117 (SD) Channel 217 (HD) |
| DStv (Africa) | Channel 119 |
| OSN (Middle East & North Africa) | Channel 215 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel (Australia) | Channel 117 (SD) Channel 217 (HD) |
| Telenet (Belgium) | Channel 561 (Flanders) Channel 741 (Brussels) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 522 (HD) |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 22 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Flip TV (Australia) | Channel 101 |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 23 (SD) Channel 729 (HD) |
| Telfort (Netherlands) | Channel 23 Channel 729 (HD) |
| XS4ALL (Netherlands) | Channel 23 Channel 729 (HD) |
| Lijbrandt (Netherlands) | Channel 116 |
| HyppTV (Malaysia) | Channel 812 (HD) |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 503 |
| Fetch TV (Australia) | Channel 105 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Foxtel Go (Australia) | Channel 117 |
| Yelo TV | Watch live (Belgium only) |
| StarHub Go (Singapore) | Channel 522 |
| HyppTV Everywhere (Malaysia) | watch online (Malaysia only) |
| BBC Player Singapore (Singapore) | watch online (Singapore only) |
| Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Netherlands only) |
BBC First is an entertainment subscription television channel featuring comedy and drama programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Worldwide. The channel began rolling out internationally in 2014, launching first in Australia.
In October 2013, BBC announced that in 2014 they would rollout 3 new brands - BBC Earth, BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC First to be dedicated to comedy and drama programming.
On 17 April 2013, it was announced that the BBC had forged a new exclusive deal with Australian subscription television provider Foxtel which would see a new channel launched that would feature comedy and drama content, with programming screening as close to their original UK transmission as possible. It was later announced the new channel would be named BBC First, a new global brand that would roll out in 2014, with Australia being the first location to launch the new channel, on 3 August 2014.
BBC First launched in the Netherlands on 16 May 2015, initially exclusively on the KPN IPTV service (Interactieve TV van KPN) on channel 23. The programme mix will be specifically for the Netherlands with more emphasis placed on drama and crime series. All programming is subtitled in Dutch. KPN simultaneously withdrew BBC Three and BBC Four.
The channel launched in Belgium on 4 June 2015.
The channel launched in South Africa on 18 October 2015.
On the 7th of January 2016, BBC Worldwide and OSN (Orbit Showtime Network) have announced that they had forged a new and exclusive deal which would see the launch of BBC First HD on the first of February 2016. The new channel would broadcast to Middle East & North Africa and would feature comedy and drama content, with programming screening 48 hours after their UK premier.
BBC First launched a Subscription Video-On-Demand (SVOD) service on StarHub TV Channel 522 on 4 April 2016.
BBC First was launched as a Subscription Video-On-Demand (SVOD) service on HyppTV Channel 812 on October 1, 2016, 10 months after BBC Entertainment was dropped from the provider. The channel's content is also available in the "VOD" tab in the HyppTV Everywhere app for iOS and Android.
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