BritBox, the subscription streaming service from the BBC and ITV, has officially opened its doors to UK audiences for £5.99 ($7.69) a month. But unlike Apple TV+, which debuted last week with gloss…
came along in 2013 and lit up the originals strategy in the streaming market. She also noted Apple’s “very different approach” of having a handful of original shows and no library. “There is no silver bullet model. It’s a really fast-growing and interesting sector where there are lots of ways to succeed,” said Sakaan, the group director of ITV SVOD.
She said that BritBox would announce a raft of originals in the “near future.” The streamer will carry around six exclusive shows a year, with a focus on high-end scripted projects. ITV alone is spending £40M on the service in 2020 and Sakaan said the total budget for originals is “really healthy.” She added: “We think they do have to have a different sensibility to what you might imagine you’d find on ITV or on BBC One. We’re looking at casting British actors that are of an international scale. What goes with that is big-ticket budgets.”
Until this pipeline of original shows is available, BritBox will experiment with premiering episodes of before they air on ITV. The streamer will also host acquisitions, such as Australian cable network Foxtel’s gothic drama series
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