BBC Worldwide's plans

MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, is planning to launch a India specific dotcom next year even as it is seeking to double its sales revenue from India from the current $15 million in three to four years time. The India-centric dotcom would among others focus on news and current affairs, education, lifestyle and humour, according to Mr. Rupert Gavin, chief executive, BBC Worldwide Spelling out BBC's India strategy, he said, it was keen on working with a large number of broadband firms, portals and production houses in India for licensing news content as also for producing news and current affairs and entertainment related programmes.

- PTI

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