Presto has acquired a package of almost 100 hours of acclaimed TV documentaries from BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand (ANZ).
Under the agreement with BBC Worldwide ANZ, Presto has licensed SVOD rights for a broad range of content that will be available to stream on demand for Presto TV and Presto Entertainment bundle subscribers from July 16.
BBC Worldwide joins the list of international content distributors providing programming to Presto TV and Presto Entertainment services, including HBO, Showtime, 20th Century Fox, CBS Studios International, Viacom International Media Networks and local providers including ABC Commercial, Foxtel and Seven West Media.
Among the programs licensed from BBC Worldwide ANZ are Brazil with Michael Palin, which explores small towns, Sao Paulo and Iguazu Falls, and Michael Palin’s New Europe, which sees him travel to 20 countries.
Presto will also feature stories from the renowned Stephen Fry who explores one of the worst ecological disasters in Stephen Fry and the Great American Oil Spill.
Additional BBC Worldwide ANZ documentary hits set to join Presto include Australia with Simon Reeve, Joanna Lumley – The Quest for Noah’s Ark, An African Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby, and Louis Theroux documentaries.