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In February 2020, U-NEXT Co Ltd and BBC Studios announced that they had signed their first multi-year comprehensive agreement.

Starting on February 10, the company will begin distributing over 3 thousand episodes from 600 popular BBC Studios titles, including BBC Earth’s Nature Documentary and overseas drama titles such as Miss Marple and Father Brown.

BBC Studios is a global content company centered on Britain’s creativity.

BBC Studios offers a broad range of products and expertise, including factual, drama, entertainment, and comedy, and is recognized internationally.

Following the conclusion of the first comprehensive agreement between the 2 companies, Tenshin Tsutsumi, U-NEXT’s president and chief executive officer, comments: “Due to changes in the video distribution market, demand for high-quality overseas content is rising. We are very pleased to have built a strong relationship of trust with BBC Studios and have been able to deliver high quality UK works to Japanese customers.”

Geo Lee, Northeast Asia (Japan/Korea) representative of BBC Studios, says: “I am pleased to have deepened our relationships with U-NEXT, one of Japan’s leading video distribution services, and to be able to provide many of our world-class programs over the next few years. Through this partnership, I look forward to delivering UK content to more customers.”

Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/02/10/unext-bbc/