{"id":241383,"date":"2026-01-16T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/241383\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:27:07","slug":"bbc-in-talks-to-produce-content-for-youtube-in-landmark-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/241383\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC in Talks to Produce Content for YouTube in Landmark Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe BBC<\/a> and YouTube<\/a> are in talks for a landmark deal that would see the British broadcaster produce content for the video platform, Variety has confirmed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal \u2014 initially reported in the Financial Times \u2014 is expected to be announced as soon as next week, and would involve the BBC making bespoke shows for new and existing channels it operates on YouTube that could then also be available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. The BBC declined to comment on the matter, and YouTube did not immediately respond to Variety\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tUnlike other U.K. networks who upload entire existing shows to YouTube, Variety understands this arrangement would see the BBC commission dedicated short and long form content for the platform.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal points to the increasing challenge YouTube has posed for linear television channels, with younger audiences consistently turning to the platform for both entertainment and news. In December, ratings agency Barb reported that the number of viewers watching YouTube (52 million) surpassed that of the BBC\u2019s combined channels (51 million) for the first time. According to the FT, the content that the BBC would produce on YouTube would mainly target these younger audiences, focusing on shows made by BBC Three, children\u2019s programs and sports.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe FT reports that the BBC would also be able to generate a profit from the partnership with YouTube by advertising on programs shown outside of the U.K. As it stands, the BBC does not earn money through advertising on home soil as it is a public-service broadcaster, instead charging a license fee to British audiences for access to its content. <\/p>\n

\n\tA possible BBC-YouTube deal comes as the BBC is fighting a $10 billion defamation lawsuit from U.S. President Donald Trump over an edit of his Jan. 6 speech on its \u201cPanorama\u201d program, and following the news that YouTube would become the home of the Oscars in 2029<\/a> after airing on ABC for decades. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC and YouTube are in talks for a landmark deal that would see the British broadcaster produce…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1705,146,85,46,411,678],"class_list":{"0":"post-241383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-youtube"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}