- Channel will feature seven new online only natural history shows
- Expected to be the first of many original YouTube channels
PUBLISHED: 14:30, 16 November 2012 | UPDATED: 14:40, 16 November 2012
BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, has launched its first YouTube channel consisting of entirely original content.
Called Earth Unplugged, it was created by the global natural history unit BBC Earth, and the corporation says it will become 'a destination site for wildlife and nature', offering a range of new films created for a digital audience by BBC Earth Productions.
The channel is BBC Worldwide's first original-content service on YouTube, and is expected to be the first of many.
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Earth Unplugged, the BBC's first original content YouTube channel - which features entirely new programmes never seen on TV.
'With Earth Unplugged we're seeking to connect a new audience with the world around them,' Amanda Hill, the managing director for BBC Earth at BBC Worldwide, said.
'YouTube offers a fantastic opportunity to reach people and grab their attention with innovative nature content that will captivate and inspire.'
The BBC has previously kept most of its programming inside its iPlayer software, while other broadcasters such as Channel 4 have put full shows (with adverts) both on YouTube and their own on demand services.
Shows available include Amazing Animal Babies, which the corporation says 'is a must for anyone needing a weekly uplift' and features 'stunning films of cute baby animals revealing the extraordinary stories these infants have to tell.'
the is also a news show called Earth Juice, and special version of Walking with dinosaurs and 'Most Dangerous.'
One of the new shows is Amazing Animal Babies, which mixes footage of young animals with educational facts.
WHAT YOU CAN WATCH
YouTube.com/EarthUnplugged is currently showing videos for seven new natural history shows:
- Earth Juice is a weekly news show discussing the latest discoveries in the natural world.
- Meet My Planet features interviews with people with a passion for nature, including explorers, naturalists, filmmakers, artists and musicians.
- Deadliest... is a YouTube exclusive spinoff of the BBC's Deadly 60, featuring the 'ultimate showdowns from the planet's deadliest animals'.
- Walking with Dinosaurs brings exclusive dinosaur videos for Earth Unplugged, including the new sketchosaurus.
- Earth Files takes nature stories and gives them a digital makeover with graphics and music.
- Zoo La La travels the world to explore extraordinary animal behaviour. It also features the Bugface insect show.
- Amazing Animal Babies features the stories of cute baby animals.
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What, no Doctor Who?
Yeah! I look forward to this.
Spose they have worked out that there's good advertising $$$ to be made by offering it on youtube. Nevertheless, I'll be happy to sign up.
Thanks