{"id":6660,"date":"2019-01-14T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2019-01-16T09:38:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:38:22","slug":"bbc-studios-sumi-connock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/bbc-studios-sumi-connock\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: BBC Studios\u2019 Sumi Connock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sumi Connock, creative director of formats at BBC Studios, talks to <\/em>TV Formats<em>\u00a0about some of the drivers of the company\u2019s format strategy and shares her view of which genres are proving hottest these days.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\r\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"5988540261001\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\r\n                    loop autoplay\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The BBC Studios format catalog contains an enviable number of hits by any distributor\u2019s standards, from <em>Dancing with the Stars <\/em>to <em>Bake Off<\/em>. 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