BBC Studios is contemplating winding its content material manufacturing biz down as a result of native panorama.
The potential exit comes amid industry-wide consolidation and shrinking content material budgets from TV broadcasters and OTT platforms, India’s Financial Instances first reported. No remaining resolution has been made.
BBC Studios’ Indian manufacturing outfit has made Indian variations of The Workplace and Prison Justice, in addition to exhibits like Out of Love, Gaalivaana and sports activities docu-series Sons of the Soil. It additionally has content material pacts with ITV Studios and All3Media.
“We often evaluate our enterprise operations to make sure they’re as environment friendly and efficient as attainable and are at present enterprise a evaluate of our manufacturing working mannequin in India. Nonetheless no resolution has been made,” a BBC spokesperson advised Deadline.
BBC Studios additionally distributes a wealth of its largest hits in India akin to Dancing with the Stars and Luther. The industrial outfit has manufacturing hubs around the globe together with within the U.S, Australia and the Nordics.
The information comes amid a tough time for the TV panorama in India and simply two weeks after Sameer Gogate stepped down as basic supervisor of Indian productions for BBC Studios. His place has been quickly taken by Deepa Nair and Sachin Mahajan.
In India, the BBC additionally owns TV and digital information platforms, together with operating BBC Earth in a three way partnership with Sony Footage Networks India. Two years in the past, it launched BBC Participant and BBC Children on Prime Video.
In 2023, the BBC’s places of work in India have been raided by revenue tax authorities, coming quickly after a controversial BBC documentary titled India: The Modi Query, which was important of the nation’s President.
