BBC America

Stateside British channel

BBC America is a cable television channel that broadcasts British programming to American audiences.

It airs a mix of entertainment, news, and original productions, serving as a gateway to British television for U.S. viewers: I watched Doctor Who on BBC America.

The channel is jointly owned by BBC Studios and AMC Networks.

programming

Doctor Who

Time-traveling alien series

Luther · Downton Abbey · Peaky Blinders · Planet Earth · Blue Planet · Absolutely Fabulous · Torchwood · premiere · finale · season

British

United Kingdom

Atlantic archipelago nation

Westminster · Commonwealth · Union Jack · Brexit · pub culture · Anglophile · expat · transatlantic · import · anglicization

broadcasting

cable

Heavy-duty woven line

transmission · schedule · programming · telecast · livestream · simulcast · prime time · time slot · advertising · subscription

Categories
Opposites
geographic broadcast origin/target

BBC AmericaBBC

British public broadcaster

BBC One · BBC Two · BBC Television · ITV · Channel 4

public vs. commercial broadcasting model

BBC AmericaPBS

Non-profit educational broadcaster

NPR · C-SPAN

programming origin

BBC AmericaNBC

American television network

CBS · ABC · Fox · HBO · AMC

Family

America, broadcasting, American, British, BBC, Americana, Americanize, Americanized, Americanizing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G