{"id":4723,"date":"2018-02-12T12:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-worldwide-vimn-channels-set-myanmar\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T12:12:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:12:38","slug":"bbc-worldwide-vimn-channels-set-for-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-worldwide-vimn-channels-set-for-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Worldwide &#038; VIMN Channels Set for Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Worldwide Asia and Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia have inked new deals with CANAL+ Myanmar that will see some of their networks airing in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Four of BBC Worldwide Asia&#8217;s channels will premiere on the new pay-TV platform CANAL+\u2014BBC World News (<em>HARDtalk<\/em>, <em>Our World<\/em>), BBC Earth (<em>Blue Planet II<\/em>, <em>Dara &amp; Ed\u2019s Road to Mandalay<\/em>, <em>Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle<\/em>), CBeebies (<em>Hey Duggee<\/em>, <em>Go Jetters<\/em>, <em>Sarah &amp; Duck<\/em>) and BBC Lifestyle (<em>The Great British Bake Off<\/em>, <em>The Graham Norton Show<\/em>)\u2014with the latter debuting for the first time in\u00a0Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased to partner [with] CANAL+ to be part of Myanmar\u2019s rapid economic growth,\u201d remarked Myleeta Aga, the senior VP for South and Southeast Asia at BBC Worldwide. \u201cWe are confident that our channels will inform, inspire, educate and resonate with viewers in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>VIMN Asia&#8217;s multiyear agreement with CANAL+ Myanmar includes the launch of MTV, MTV Live and Nickelodeon in the country last week.<\/p>\n<p>Paras Sharma, the senior VP and general manager for Southeast Asia at VIMN, noted: \u201cThis collaboration not only deepens our presence in Myanmar but underscores our status as a strong media content provider in the country, especially as high growth is expected in Myanmar\u2019s pay-TV market through to 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MTV and Nickelodeon brands have strong appeal and supplement our current portfolio, as well as demonstrate our commitment to deliver the premium entertainment from music to kids\u2019 content to our subscriber base,\u201d added Erwan Luherne, the CEO of CANAL+ Myanmar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Worldwide Asia and Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia have inked new deals with CANAL+ Myanmar that will see some of their networks airing in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":4724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[623,994,440],"class_list":["post-4723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-worldwide-asia","tag-canal-myanmar","tag-vimn-asia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Worldwide &amp; 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