BBC pulls the plug on two channels in India

November 02, 2012 17:13

The BBC is closing its two non-news channels -- BBC Entertainment and CBeebies -- in India, saying that it wasn't commercially viable to continue broadcasting them in the country.

"The decision to withdraw these BBC channels has not been an easy one to take. India is a dynamic and fast growing media market but remains uniquely challenging for pay-TV channels," BBC Worldwide said in a statement. Read

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