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  • BBC Worldwide strikes movie deal with South African channel

    BBC Worldwide strikes movie deal with South African channel

    MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has announced a deal with M-Net that will see the South African entertainment and sports channel screen a range of television movies.

    The agreement, incorporating 23 television movies and over 35 hours of programming, represents the first such deal of its kind between BBC Worldwide and M-Net.

    Included in the deal are such titles as Stephen Poliakoff’s acclaimed Friends and Crocodiles; the classic family television movies, The Lost World and Carrie’s War; adaptations of Nick Hornby’s Man & Boy and Kingsley Amis’s Take A Girl Like You; and the television movies, Cherished, Frances Tuesday, Passer By and Care.

    BBC Worldwide dierctor emerging territories Monisha Shah said, “With this agreement, M-Net audiences in Africa will have the chance to enjoy some of the most acclaimed and popular television movies of recent years. The sheer range and quality of titles on offer makes this a breakthrough deal for us.”

    M-Net CEO Glen Marques says, “Our audiences expect the broadest-range of high-quality programmes from us, something this deal with BBC Worldwide genuinely delivers. Its fantastic to be continuing our important relationship with BBC Worldwide.”

  • Monisha Shah to head BBC Worldwide Africa, South Asia

    Monisha Shah to head BBC Worldwide Africa, South Asia

    MUMBAI: Monisha Shah, a member of the BBC Worldwide India Board, has been promoted as Head of Africa and South Asia for BBC Worldwide.

    The London based Shah will manage the sales team of BBC Worldwide for the two territories across all business. This excludes channels. She will be in charge of television sales and local productions, publishing and new media.

    BBC Worldwide’s Territory Manager of South Asia, was appointed Director of BBC Worldwide India in May 2001. Responsible for BBC Worldwide’s non-news business activities across South Asia, she was responsible for formulating and implementing BBC Worldwide’s strategy for India across both news and non-news activities.

    Shah has been responsible for the production of a Hindi version of Yes Minister called Ji Mantriji on Star Plus, as well for bringing the Noddy series to India on BBC Worldwide, and conducting a feasibility study on digital terrestrial transmission for Doordarshan.

  • The Beeb says Yes Mantriji!!!

    The Beeb says Yes Mantriji!!!

    BBC Worldwide is driving hard into the Indian market. It started outwith coverage of local events and followed it with the creation of a local programming block on its India service.

    It has since been trying to hawk its programming library to Indian programmers and has struck deals with Tara, DD, among other broadcasters. Driving the programme syndication, licensing and sales initiative has been senior executive Monisha Shah, who once worked with production house Plus Channel in India.

    The latest arrangement the Beeb it has got into is with the Prannoy Roy-owned New Delhi Television (NDTV) to produce 38 episodes of the Indian version of the famous Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister. Called Ji Mantriji and Ji Pradhan Mantriji the shows will air on Star Plus in Hindi. The stars of the show stars Farooq Sheikh ( Suryaprakash Singh) as Jim Hacker Jayant Kriplani (Rajnath Mathur) as Sir Humphrey with the scripts being adapted to Hindi by Alok Tomar (Ji Mantraji) and Purshottam Agarwal (Ji Pradhan Mantriji). The adaptation has resulted in references to football becoming cricket and the European Community becoming the Commonwealth. Eminent Indian cartoonist RK Laxman has penned the caricatures for the show. “The program has the same story line and characters, with a different structure,” says BBC Worldwide’s MD, Mark Young. The Beeb selected NDTV based on its long association with the content provider, and its “superior production quality” for the series Question Time India. BBC Worldwide refused to put a finger on the budget for the show, though it is reported to be in the region of $ 1 million. The pilot has been tested in different parts of the country, and has received a positive response, say BBC sources. The half hour series is expected to air at 8 pm Thursdays from early next year. BBC Worldwide, which expects to generate revenues of US$15 million from India in the current year, hopes to double them in the next three to four years. So expect many more such initiatives