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BBC Proms Media Selling

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Estimated Value

Up to £360,000

Deadline

26 August 2025

Published

15 September 2025

Type

Not specified

LondonGBopen

Overview

The Proms Guide is also sold in eBook and Epdf formats. The anticipated print run for the 2026 Proms Guide is no more than 33,000 copies.

Print runs for the Proms programmes vary for each concert; The Supplier must also be able to adapt to the changing business model in the area of digital publications, selling in advertising space across digital formats and platforms as agreed with the BBC. The Supplier should be prepared for these ambitions to increase year on year and have the necessary resources in place to respond.

Eligibility & compliance

The requirement is summarised below:- The Supplier shall sell advertising space for the print projects detailed below, with expected page availabilities in parentheses: • BBC Proms Guide (maximum 48pp + 2 covers) • BBC Proms Programmes (advertising shell common to all programmes 48pp + 2 covers; per concert adverts up to 5pp per concert) • BBC Symphony Orchestra Programme (4pp + 2pp covers) Programmes are distributed at concert venues including the Royal Albert Hall and other venues across the UK; the Proms Guide is sold through major retailers including Amazon, Blackwells, Bloomsbury, Royal Albert Hall, Waterstones, WH Smith and other independent bookstores.

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CPL One (Trading as Cabbells)

15 Sept 20251 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028

£360,000

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BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Typepublic body
RegionUKI32
Total tenders61
Total spend£1,387,507,587
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Published

15 September 2025

Submission deadline

26 August 2025

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