| BBC Entertainment | |
|---|---|
| Launched | October 2006 |
| Owned by | BBC Worldwide |
| Picture format | 576i (PAL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Africa, Asia and Europe |
| Formerly called | BBC Prime (1995-2009) |
| Sister channel(s) | CBeebies BBC World News BBC Lifestyle BBC Knowledge BBC HD |
| Website | www.bbcentertainment.com |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digitenne (Netherlands) |
Channel 19 |
| GO (Malta) |
Channel 302 |
| Televarpið (Faroe Islands) |
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| Melita (Malta) |
Channel 300 |
| Satellite | |
| n | Channel 135 |
| Skylife | Channel 334 |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 205 |
| SKY México | Channel 203 |
| DStv | Channel 120 |
| Digiturk | Channel 105 |
| yes | Channel 32 |
| ZON Multimédia(Portugal) | Channel 230 |
| OSN (Arab World) | Channel 50 |
| Cable | |
| StarHub TV | Channel 521 |
| HOT (Analogue) | Channel 17 / 32 / 58 |
| HOT (Digital) | Channel 30 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong | Channel 130 |
| Cabovisão (Portugal) | Channel 130 |
| ZON Multimédia (Portugal) | Channel 230 |
| MC Cable (Monaco) | Channel 232 |
| UPC Romania | Channel 701 |
| Com Hem | Channel 43 |
| Numericable (France) | Channel 81 |
| Numericable (Belgium) | Channel 65 |
| Numericable (Luxembourg) | Channel 86 |
| Telenet | Channel ? |
| Naxoo | Channel 212 |
| Ziggo | Channel 54 |
| UPC Poland | |
| Canal Digital (Norway) | Channel 30 |
| Kabel Deutschland (Germany) | |
| Hathway Digital Cable | Channel 29 |
| Melita Cable (Malta) | Channel 300 |
| IPTV | |
| now TV | Channel 529 |
| SK Broadband | Channel 251 |
| MEO (Portugal) | Channel 226 |
| Free (France) | Channel 526 |
| CytaVision | Channel 70 |
| PrimeTel | Channel 70 |
| Mine TV | Channel 504 |
| AonTV (Austria) | Channel 59 |
| UniFi (Malaysia) | Channel 147 |
| UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones (Colombia) | Channel 69 |
BBC Entertainment is an international television channel showcasing comedy, drama, light entertainment and children's programming from the BBC and other UK production houses. The replacement for BBC Prime, it is wholly owned by BBC Worldwide.
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 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 México digital satellite platform in August 2008 in a deal with Televisa, and it has since extended to other Central and South American countries.
The channel replaced BBC Prime in Europe and the Middle East in November 2009. In Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, BBC Entertainment is carried alongside BBC One and BBC Two, on the Telenet, Ziggo, and Naxoo cable networks.
On 1 December 2009, Astro dropped the channel and replaced it with the Biography Channel. On 1 March 2010 in Italy Sky Italia also dropped the channel. In 2010 Kabel Deutschland (Germany) made it a pay-TV channel.
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