BBC Studios Likely To Exit TV Production Business In India

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BBC Studios, a subsidiary of UK's BBC Group, is exploring options for its India content production business, including a potential exit, due to challenges like consolidation and shrinking content budgets from TV broadcasters and OTT platforms, multiple sources told ET.

Industry experts highlight that consolidation and reduced content budgets due to focus on profitability have intensified competition for fewer projects, squeezing content producers' margins.

“BBC Studios plans to shut down its production business in India due to challenges in the broader M&E industry,” a source said, requesting anonymity. “OTT platforms and broadcasters are increasingly selective about greenlighting projects, while shrinking budgets is forcing producers to maximise output,” the person added. ABBC Studios spokesperson told ET, “We regularly review our business operations to ensure they are as efficient and effective as possible and are currently undertaking a review of our production operating model in India.”

BBC Studios weighs exiting India content production business amid challenges

BBC Studios, a subsidiary of BBC Group, is exploring options for its India content production business, including a potential exit, due to issues like consolidation and reduced content budgets from TV broadcasters and OTT platforms. This scenario has intensified competition among content producers.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[Zeta Reticuli]

Is this will effect Sony BBC Earth HD/SD ?

 

[Sankalp]

Is this will effect Sony BBC Earth HD/SD ?

I have same question

 

[Divyam]

Is this will effect Sony BBC Earth HD/SD ?

I think it will shut down

 

[Sankalp]

I think it will shut down

No it will not shutdown beacuse they finding partner india for running and Sony is already partner for BBC earth so Sony BBC earth is safe.

 

[Divyam]

No it will not shutdown beacuse they finding partner india for running and Sony is already partner for BBC earth so Sony BBC earth is safe.

But nowadays these types of channels aren't having much viewership

 

[iDJ]

But nowadays these types of channels aren't having much viewership

Don't worry. They will license their content to someone like Discovery.

 

[iDJ]

BBC Studios in India produces medicore content. They rely mostly on remakes of popular US and UK shows. They were bound to fail. Only good series they produced till date was The Broken News.

 

[Sankalp]

But nowadays these types of channels aren't having much viewership

Sony said Sony BBC earth is profitable for them already

 

[coolwater0055]

does that mean BBC World news will shut down in India