BBC Worldwide that Channel 4 merge with either the commercial network Five or BBC Worldwide. Channel 4's preferred option of a partnership with the latter was confirmed by chief executive Andy Duncan, who added: "We're in discussions with BBC Worldwide at the moment and they're really very exciting." In the same year, the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in recognition of the companies growth and success. In 2012, the company began to reorganise their divisions from a product based system to a location-based system, resulting in Jana Bennett leaving the company. BBC Worldwide sold Lonely Planet in 2013 to
BBC Earth BBC Earth BBC Earth is a brand used by BBC Worldwide since 2009 to market and distribute the BBC's natural history content to countries other than the United Kingdom. BBC Worldwide is the commercial arm of the public service broadcaster. BBC Earth commercially represents the BBC Natural History Unit, the largest wildlife documentary production house in the world. BBC Earth is responsible for the worldwide marketing and distribution of titles such as "Frozen Planet", "Life", "Blue Planet", and "Planet Earth". It has generated sales to over 180 countries. The BBC Earth brand is used across a range of media platforms,