BBC Entertainment
Launched	October 2006
Owned by	BBC Worldwide
Picture format	576i (PAL)
Sister channel(s)	CBeebies BBC World News BBC Lifestyle BBC Knowledge BBC HD
Website	www.bbcentertainment.com
Availability
Satellite
Astro Nusantara	Channel 47
Cyfrowy Polsat	Channel 33
Skylife	Channel 334
Tata Sky	Channel 205
Sky Latin America	Channel 203
DStv	Channel 120
Dream Satellite TV	TBA
Cignal Digital TV	TBA
Indovision	TBA
Digiturk	Channel 105
Cable
StarHub TV	Channel 76
SkyCable	TBA
Global Destiny Cable	TBA
IPTV
now TV	Channel 529
SK Broadband	Channel 251

BBC Entertainment is an international television channel showcasing comedy, drama and light entertainment programming from the BBC and other UK production houses. It is wholly owned by BBC Worldwide.

[edit] Launch dates

The channel was launched in October 2006, replacing BBC Prime in Asian markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Korea. In December 2006, BBC Entertainment launched on the Astro platform in Malaysia. The channel launched in India in May 2007 on the Tata Sky platform and on India online Broadband Pvt Ltd.

The channel launched in Poland, on Cyfrowy Polsat in December 2007, and replaced BBC Prime on DStv in South Africa on September 1, 2008. It has since also launched in the Nordic countries in November 2008 when it replaced BBC Prime on Canal Digital, Com Hem, Telia Digital-TV and FastTV. It was also launched in Mexico on the Sky Latin America digital satellite platform in August 2008 in a deal with Televisa, and replaced BBC Prime in Europe and the Middle East in November 2009.

On December 1st, 2009 Astro dropped the channel and replaced it with the Biography Channel.

[edit] See also

• BBC World News
• BBC Knowledge
• BBC Knowledge +1
• BBC Lifestyle
• CBeebies
• BBC HD

[edit] External links

• BBC Entertainment Official Website
• BBC to launch global TV channels BBC News Online
• BBC Worldwide bows new channels Variety Magazine
• BBC launches entertainment, kids channels
• BBC Worldwide, Televisa to launch channels
• BBC Prime to be rebranded as BBC Entertainment in Europe and Middle East

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