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  • The pre-school channel from BBC Studios returns to India

    CBeebies plays peekaboo. Is back in India

    By A Correspondent

     

    BBC Studios has announced the re-launch of its popular children’s channel, CBeebies, in India. The channel is available across leading multi-system operators in the country including Tata Sky (DTH & Mobile) Sun DTH, IMCL, Fastway, and Kal Cables amongst others.

     

    CBeebies is a dedicated pre-school channel (for kids age six years and under) offering 100% ad-free content (C is for children and BBC is popular called Beeb, hence CBeebies). The programme schedule for India will include popular like Hey Duggee, Go Jetters, Sarah and Duck, Thomas & Friends and Teletubbies.

     

    Said Ryan Shiotani, SVP and GM, South and South East Asia, BBC Studios: “CBeebies is trusted by parents internationally and we are thrilled to bring this dedicated pre-school channel back to India. We are passionate about nourishing little minds and having a positive impact on their intellectual, social and emotional development. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive nature of CBeebies content, and our young audience love being able to see themselves reflected in our content, and engage with their favourite award-winning characters.”

     

    BBC Global News in India will be marketing and distributing the CBeebies channel. Added Rahul Sood, Managing Director, India, BBC Global News: “We are extremely pleased to have relaunched CBeebies in India, especially at a time when there has been a massive increase in viewership in the genre and in overall screen time by kids. We’re sure that CBeebies will provide kids and their parents a safe environment that offers a unique combination of learning with entertainment. At BBC audiences are always at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to bring quality content to our viewers no matter what the challenges are.

     

    Our only concern: Other than the OTT boom, how has the business environment changed for the channel from November 2012 when it was pulled out? And second, we do hope that there were thousands of tinytots – if not lakhs or crores – who were mighty upset when they didn’t find their favourite channel on the tube. So, this time, no peekaboo and hide-and-seek, puhleez!

     

     

  • Both roles report directly to Jon Penn, as part of the newly formed Asia-Pacific (APAC) regional business

    BBC Studios appoints GMs for APAC region

    By A Correspondent

     

    Jon Penn, Executive Vice President of BBC Studios Asia Pacific (APAC), announced the appointment of two General Managers to lead the BBC Studios teams in Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) and South and South East Asia (S&SE Asia).

     

    Ryan Shiotani

    Ryan Shiotani, currently Acting SVP, Branded Services, Asia, is promoted to the role of SVP & General Manager, South & South East Asia, based in Singapore and leading the Branded Services, Marketing, Creative, Content and Affiliate Sales teams in South East Asia and India. Fiona Lang, currently Chief Operating Officer for ANZ, has been promoted to the new role of General Manager, Australia & New Zealand, leading the Sydney-based Branded Services (including Marketing, Advertising and Creative), Commercial and Content Sales teams.

     

    Said Jon Penn, EVP, BBC Studios APAC: “I’m delighted to promote these outstanding leaders to the roles of General Manager and have every confidence that they are the right people to lead the teams to the next level of growth in the APAC region.

     

    Both roles report directly to Penn, as part of the newly formed Asia-Pacific (APAC) regional business, incorporating Australia, New Zealand and Asia, which was announced in September 2019.