{"id":1857,"date":"2018-04-11T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/bbc-studios-sends-300-plus-hours-africa\/"},"modified":"2018-04-11T02:44:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T06:44:22","slug":"bbc-studios-sends-300-plus-hours-to-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/bbc-studios-sends-300-plus-hours-to-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Sends 300-Plus Hours to Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has secured sales for more than 300 hours of programming from across its portfolio, including a first-time deal with DSTV NOW, since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>MultiChoice&#8217;s pay-TV platform DSTV NOW\u2019s first package deal with BBC Studios spans an eclectic mix of music and arts programming totaling more than 100 hours. Key titles include <em>Last Night of the Proms<\/em>, <em>Art of Scandinavia<\/em>, <em>Shakespeare Uncovered<\/em> and <em>Il Divo: A Musical Affair: Live in Japan<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, South Africa\u2019s public service broadcaster SABC recently snapped up more than 80 hours of programming across natural history, factual and children\u2019s. Some of the titles acquired in the agreement are <em>Blue Planet II<\/em> and <em>Planet Earth II<\/em>, <em>Top Gear <\/em>(season 24) and <em>Go Jetters, <\/em>all of which will premiere for the first time in the territory on free-to-air TV.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, iflix concluded a second package deal since its launch last year, for 100-plus hours of drama and comedy programming for sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa). The package includes <em>Citizen Khan <\/em>seasons one through five, <em>Hustle <\/em>seasons one through eight, <em>Undercover<\/em>, <em>The Aliens<\/em> and <em>The Refugees<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Churcher, the VP and general manager for Africa at BBC Studios, said, \u201cAfrica is a really exciting place to be in the television industry right now. We are seeing new and existing broadcasting platforms go from strength to strength. 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