{"id":762099,"date":"2024-03-20T13:18:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=762099"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:20:21","slug":"prime-time-bbc-content-launching-on-sabc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/762099\/prime-time-bbc-content-launching-on-sabc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Primetime&#8217; BBC content launching on SABC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BBC Studios has announced a new content deal with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) which will bring a new content block called BBC Primetime to SABC 3 (S3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that the block will air on the channel weeknights between 21h00 and 23h00 and on SABC+ from May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It added that the content will be a &#8220;hand-picked selection of award-winning dramas, factual entertainment and documentaries&#8221; from the BBC Studios catalogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some shows mentioned include psychological crime thriller starring Idris Elba, Luther, intense medical drama, Critical, gripping factual motoring show, Top Gear (season 14-17), and romantic comedy, Cheaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Documentary series, Louis Theroux: Forbidden America, exploring three controversial corners of American entertainment and culture, will also be available to watch from launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sane Zondi, Programming Manager at SABC said the partnership gives the broadcaster access to &#8220;a vast catalogue&#8221; of BBC content &#8211; including a return of titles that had previously been weekly staples on the channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BBC Primetime will be available to watch on S3 and SABC+ from May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/748466\/battle-brewing-over-new-laws-for-the-sabc\/\">Battle brewing over new laws for the SABC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SABC and BBC have announced a new partnership which will bring prime time UK content to the SA broadcaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":128485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":762115,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762099\/revisions\/762115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}