Amazon Prime Video Brings BBC Player, BBC Kids Content material to India as Add-on Channel in India

Amazon Prime Video and British firm BBC Studios on Thursday introduced that BBC Player and BBC Kids will likely be out there as a value-added channel on the streamer’s platform. Prime Video subscribers will have the ability to entry a curated line-up of well-liked British content material spanning unique British dramas, comedy, documentaries, factual exhibits, leisure to life-style programming, and youngsters’s exhibits via the channel, a press launch said.

Subscribers should purchase the annual add-on subscription of BBC Player on the Prime Video app for Rs. 599 and revel in full entry to BBC Kids as nicely. Alternatively, members may also subscribe to BBC Kids just for Rs. 199 yearly, the corporate mentioned.

“We are excited to convey BBC Player and BBC Kids for the very first time to audiences in India. We could not be extra thrilled to companion with Prime Video to launch these subscription-based video-on-demand providers. These manufacturers will provide a curated, multi-genre content material line-up, providing one of the best of British leisure to the discerning Indian viewers,” Stanley Fernandes, Vice President, Distribution BBC Studios, South Asia, said in a statement.

BBC Player will offer a variety of shows, such as Six Four, political thriller The Diplomat, sitcom Citizen Khan, Sherlock, Unforgotten, Happy Valley, Top Gear, The Great British Bake Off, as well as This is Going to Hurt, The North Water, The Pursuit of Love, and Small Axe.

From BBC Kids, BBC Studios will bring to Indian audiences acclaimed kids’ shows like Hey Duggee, Go Jetters, JoJo & Gran Gran, Sarah & Duck, and Junior Bake Off.

Vivek Srivastava, Head – Prime Video Channels, Prime Video, India, said Prime Video Channels has seen exponential growth in India since its launch with people subscribing to channels of their choice from across the country.

“In sync with our philosophy of super-serving our clients with even better selection and accessibility, we’re thrilled to collaborate with BBC Studios. Their wide selection of programming is extremely famend and loved by audiences the world over. With the launch of BBC Player and BBC Kids, Prime members in India too, will have the ability to get pleasure from their favorite British content material on a single vacation spot for the primary time,” he added.

BBC Player and BBC Kids join existing Prime Video channels like Lionsgate Play, Discovery+, Eros Now, DocuBay, ManoramaMAX, hoichoi, MUBI, AMC+, ShortsTV, Acorn TV, Curiosity Stream, MyZen TV, and Museum TV.