BBC Worldwide

BBC Worldwide, a privately owned company headquartered in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of BBC, was founded in 1995 and operates with approximately 20 employees. The company's primary function involved monetising BBC brands and selling BBC programming for broadcast internationally, with the aim of supplementing the income received by the BBC through the licence fee. It operated from 1995 to 2018, when it merged with BBC Studios to form a new licensing, production, and distribution company under the BBC Studios name.