Bringing large-scale international formats to the Indian sub-continent, Sony Entertainment Television has acquired the rights to the highly anticipated and immensely popular dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, a BBC Studios unscripted format of Dancing with the Stars. Returning to Sony Entertainment Television after 12 years, the show will premiere on November 11th and will air every Saturday and Sunday at 9.30PM IST. The upcoming season of the celebrity dance reality show will witness … [Read more...] about BBC Studios’ format Dancing with the Stars – Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, returns to its original home in India on Sony Entertainment Television
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BBC Studios leads the industry in bringing ‘gamechanging’ content around the world
As the UK’s British Film Institute (BFI) announces the ‘BFI 100 BBC Television Gamechangers’ to mark the BBC’s centenary, it confirms BBC Studios as the leading UK media company to produce and distribute distinctive, innovative content to the rest of the world. Around nine of the ten ‘gamechanging programmes’ identified in the list were either produced by the BBC’s inhouse production teams over the years (which subsequently merged with BBC Worldwide to become BBC Studios in 2018), or have … [Read more...] about BBC Studios leads the industry in bringing ‘gamechanging’ content around the world
BBC 3D programming ‘on hold’ indefinitely
The BBC is to suspend 3D programming for an indefinite period due to a "lack of public appetite" for the technology. Kim Shillinglaw, the BBC's head of 3D, said it has "not taken off" with audiences who find it "quite hassly". The BBC began a two-year 3D trial in 2011, broadcasting several shows and events in 3D, including the Olympic Games and Strictly Come Dancing. Half of the estimated 1.5 million households in the UK with a 3D-enabled television watched last summer's Olympics … [Read more...] about BBC 3D programming ‘on hold’ indefinitely
BBC iPlayer comes to Sky+
London– BBC iPlayer, the BBC's VOD service, has launched on Sky+, bringing the best of the BBC's TV programmes directly to more than 6.7 million homes with a Sky+HD box and broadband connection. Audiences can access BBC iPlayer directly from Sky's on-demand programme guide, and choose from many of the BBC's popular shows, including Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing and EastEnders. BBC iPlayer is available alongside catch-up TV from Sky, ITV, Channel 5, with Channel 4's 4oD to be added … [Read more...] about BBC iPlayer comes to Sky+
Mark Thompson to exit BBC
BBC Director-General Mark Thompson has released an internal memo that he will be stepping down from his role after the London Olympics, although no exact date has yet been set. He said in the statement to staff, “I’ve always been on the side of change because I believe that, in the middle of a media revolution, change is the only way of safeguarding what is so precious about the BBC. But change always brings disruption and uncertainty in its wake – and I do want to say a … [Read more...] about Mark Thompson to exit BBC
