BBC America via Media Partners Worldwide

BBC AMERICA offers the best in British entertainment to U.S. audiences, with a robust lineup of sci-fi, comedy, reality, drama, documentary, and movies, all delivered in our uniquely British voice. BBC America has had eight consecutive years of ratings growth, on pace for its best year ever in 2013. Totally reach for the year 2012 was 94.7 Million, a +13% increase from 2011. The channel had its highest rated telecast of all time with the season seven premiere of Doctor Who on 1 September 2012, bringing in 2,47 million viewers and nearly 1.25 million aged 25 - 54. BBC America is a digital cable and satellite television network in the United States which is a wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British public service broadcaster, the BBC. Unlike the BBC's domestic channels in the United Kingdom, the network is not subject to funding from the UK licence fee by law (which is the principal funding for the BBC's channels within the United Kingdom); the BBC cannot fund any of its channels that are not available in the United Kingdom, therefore BBC America operates as an advertiser-supported channel and accepts traditional advertising. As of August 2013, BBC America is available to approximately 80,066,000 television households (70.11% of cable, satellite and telco customers) in the United States.