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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | November 3, 2005 (as Red Bee Media) |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Key people | James Arnold (CEO) |
Number of employees | Approximately 2,100 (Q4 2022) |
| Parent | Ericsson |
| Website | www |
Red Bee Media Ltd., formerly Ericsson Broadcast and Media Services (EBMS), is an international broadcasting and media services company and the largest access provider in Europe.[1] Red Bee has its headquarters in London, England, with branch offices in Glasgow, Cardiff, MediaCityUK in Salford and Newcastle upon Tyne, and international offices in Australia, France, Spain, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, United States and Abu Dhabi.[2] It has 2,500 employees worldwide across eight media hubs and distributes over 2.7 million hours of programming each year worldwide.[3] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson.[4]
Clients include television broadcasters such as the BBC, Canal+, Channel 4, GB News, ITV, Sky, TV4, TV5Monde, and UKTV, as well as brands such as Barclays, Bacardi and Hyundai. Red Bee Media transmits over 500 television streams on analogue, digital terrestrial, digital satellite, cable, web and mobile, among them all the domestic BBC channels (except for BBC Parliament, the production and playout of which is handled by Millbank Studios), along with international channels including BBC World News, BBC Worldwide and BBC Lifestyle and have a presence in over 180 countries and territories.[5] It handles the majority of video on demand (VOD) services in the UK, including Channel 4 (All 4), Channel 5 (My5) and UKTV (UKTV Play).
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- ^ "Ericsson completes acquisition of Red Bee Media". Ericsson. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Managed Dynamic Playout". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.