{"id":5905,"date":"2016-04-05T09:44:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T13:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-india\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T09:44:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T13:44:19","slug":"bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Worldwide Signs OTT Deals in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: BBC Worldwide has inked SVOD licensing deals with India\u2019s Hungama and Vuclip digital services.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at the end of this month, Hungama subscribers will be able to watch BBC program debuts\u00a0such as the first season of the crime drama <em>Prey<\/em>, the dramedy <em>Not Safe for Work <\/em>and the sci-fi title <em>Save Our Skins<\/em>. Meanwhile, clients of Vuclip\u2019s OTT service Viu can catch up on BBC dramas such as <em>War and Peace <\/em>and <em>Doctor Foster<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last few months, we have seen an upward trend where BBC\u2019s dramas are being increasingly snapped up by Indian clients for their linear TV and digital TV platforms,\u201d said Myleeta Aga, the senior VP and general manager of BBC Worldwide (India). \u201cA study commissioned by BBC Worldwide last year showed that international audiences, including India, love original British drama. With more and more Indians going online to watch their favorite dramas, we are excited to work with Hungama and Viu to satisfy viewers\u2019 demands by bringing critically acclaimed and highly rated BBC programs to their subscribers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: BBC Worldwide has inked SVOD licensing deals with India\u2019s Hungama and Vuclip digital services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[128,704,705,706],"class_list":["post-5905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-worldwide","tag-hungama","tag-india","tag-vuclip","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Worldwide Signs OTT Deals in India - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Worldwide Signs OTT Deals in India - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CANNES: BBC Worldwide has inked SVOD licensing deals with India\u2019s Hungama and Vuclip digital services.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-05T13:44:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Marino\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joel Marino\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Worldwide Signs OTT Deals in India - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-05T13:44:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-05T13:44:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/b3ccbe08162f6677585ed46386169b48\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-worldwide-signs-ott-deals-in-india\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Worldwide Signs OTT Deals in India\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/b3ccbe08162f6677585ed46386169b48\",\"name\":\"Joel Marino\",\"description\":\"Joel Marino is associate editor for World Screen and TV Latina. 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