AMC Networks Buys Out BBC from BBCA

[Mark Jeffries]

The channel founded by the Beeb's for-profit arm (now known as BBC Studios) and Discovery in 1999 as presenting the full spectrum of British television other than the costume dramas and mysteries that PBS dotes on got complaints from expats in its early years for an overreliance on what the Brits call DIY shows ("Changing Rooms" [or in the U.S. version, "Trading Spaces"], "Ground Force"), was sold to the now-ailing AMC Networks in 2014 and has pretty much deteriorated into another zombie channel, especially when Disney swiped "Doctor Who" for Disney+ worldwide:

https://www.thewrap.com/amc-networks-buys-bbc-america-price/