MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide Channels and Telekom Slovenia today announced a brand new distribution deal that will see the launch of BBC Knowledge for the first time on 1 April.

Slovenia is now the fourth country in Central and Eastern Europe to receive BBC Knowledge. The channel launched in Romania and Hungary in January this year and Cyprus in early February.

The new agreement with Telekom Slovenia will see BBC Knowledge joining BBC Entertainment and BBC World News, boosting the BBC channels? portfolio and presence in Slovenia. BBC Knowledge will be available in the Extended Basic IPTV and Basic Cable package on SIOL TV, reaching over 64,000 subscribers.

BBC Worldwide Channels senior VP, GM Europe, Middle East and Afirica Ian McDonough commented: ?We are absolutely delighted that BBC Knowledge will be available to Telekom Slovenia viewers from 1 April this year. The channel?s award-winning, factual programming is truly at its best this Spring with two phenomenal seasons posing life?s big questions including ?Human Season? and ?War on the Frontline?. And with recent deals in Romania, Hungary, Cyprus and now Slovenia, it is our intention to continue feeding the appetite for BBC Knowledge in the CEE region during 2013?.
 
Telekom Slovenije marketing director Simon Furlan commented, ?Novelties and improvements that we provide for our customers within our programme scheme are the result of their high standards and expectations. I am convinced that the new BBC Knowledge channel, which will be fully subtitled, offering rich and high-quality educational contents, will meet the high demands of our viewers.?
BBC Knowledge showcases British factual and natural history programming.

BBC Entertainment is already shown on Telekom Slovenia SiOL IP TV service in English and BBC Knowledge will follow its lead.