DCD Publishing
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DCD Publishing is a division of UK independent production and distribution group DCD Media
set up to exploit book publishing, merchandising, licensing and UK DVD through DCD’s wholly owned DVD label Digital Classics DVD
.
Launched in September 2008, DCD Publishing develops and exploits market opportunities for ancillary rights of both DCD and third party producers.
Books and merchandising deals include series such as Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
, Alan Whickers' Journey Of A Lifetime, Mark Carwardine
’s Last Chance to See
and Stephen Fry In America
.
DCD Publishing is led by CEO Adrian Sington, a TV tie-in publishing expert, formerly Managing Director of Boxtree, Chairman of Virgin Books
and Vice-Chairman of Virgin Animation.
DCD Media
DCD Media plc is a large independent UK and US based group specialising in the production and distribution of factual, entertainment, drama, music and arts programming for television DVD and new media worldwide....
set up to exploit book publishing, merchandising, licensing and UK DVD through DCD’s wholly owned DVD label Digital Classics DVD
Digital Classics DVD
Digital Classics DVD Limited is a UK-based DVD label which releases titles in the UK and worldwide across a range of genres: music, arts, documentaries, dramas and classic British comedy...
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Launched in September 2008, DCD Publishing develops and exploits market opportunities for ancillary rights of both DCD and third party producers.
Books and merchandising deals include series such as Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
Richard Hammond's Blast Lab is a children's television programme made by DCD Media-owned September Films and Hamster's Wheel Productions for the BBC and shown on the CBBC Channel and CBBC outputs on both BBC One and BBC Two....
, Alan Whickers' Journey Of A Lifetime, Mark Carwardine
Mark Carwardine
Mark Carwardine is a zoologist who achieved widespread recognition for his Last Chance to See conservation expeditions with Douglas Adams, first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. Since then he has become a leading and outspoken conservationist, and a prolific broadcaster, columnist and...
’s Last Chance to See
Last Chance to See
Last Chance to See is a 1989 BBC radio documentary series and its accompanying book, written and presented by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine. In the series, Adams and Carwardine travel to various locations in the hope of encountering species on the brink of extinction...
and Stephen Fry In America
Stephen Fry in America
Stephen Fry in America is a six part BBC television series in which Stephen Fry travels across America to reveal a country in which he was almost born. Just before Fry was born, his father was offered a job at Princeton University, in New Jersey, but chose to turn it down in favour of Hampstead. In...
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DCD Publishing is led by CEO Adrian Sington, a TV tie-in publishing expert, formerly Managing Director of Boxtree, Chairman of Virgin Books
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.-History:...
and Vice-Chairman of Virgin Animation.