The BBC expects to co-produce “much less” with global SVOD services such as Netflix and Amazon in the future and is increasingly looking to partner with international free-to-air broadcasters. BBC …
in the future and is increasingly looking to partner with international free-to-air broadcasters.
BBC Director General Tony Hall, speaking in the House of Lords Communications Committee, added that multi-million-dollar deals for top talent also poses a big challenge for the British public broadcaster. During the session, he said that over the next few years, he expects Netflix and Amazon to increasingly commission their own projects out of the UK rather than co-produce high-end scripted titles with UK networks.
“Because this country has extraordinary creative talent, in drama and natural history, [Netflix and Amazon] have been doing co-productions with people like us. The big question is over the next three or four years, will they continue to do that or will they have so much muscle that they’ll say they don’t need the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, we can fund these things ourselves. A bit of me thinks that’s likely,” he said.
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