BBC Worldwide has reported an 8.8% increase in year-on-year sales to £183.8m at its channels division, fuelled by improvements "evenly spread" between UK and overseas markets. However, profits for BBC Worldwide Channels were down from £20.9m to £12.6m year on year for the 12 months to the end of March. Revenue growth in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region was driven by UKTV, the joint venture with Virgin Media, which operates channels including UKTV Gold and UKTV History. US revenues came predominantly from the BBC America. UK series such as Torchwood and Top Gear helped to double BBC America's ratings in the key 25 to 54 age group and add 7 million subscribers overall. BBC Worldwide said that audiences had "responded favourably" to the newly launched international BBC-branded channels BBC Entertainment, CBeebies, BBC...
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