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EXCLUSIVE: Salman Khan-hosted Bigg Boss 19 to stream on a Viacom platform in August

Salman Khan hosted Bigg Boss' new season will appear on Jio Hotstar or Colors TV, final call is yet to be taken.

Bigg Boss 19 to appear on Jio Hotstar (Photos; Bigg Boss OTT 4 fanpage, Salman Khan / Instagram)

There have been a lot of discussions around Colors TV’s popular reality show Bigg Boss returning with a new season both on OTT and television. From speculation that it may be nixed due to falling TRPs to a shorter season — Salman Khan-hosted show has constantly been in the news. However, SCREEN has exclusively learned that Bigg Boss is definitely returning.

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A source close to the show tells us that it is yet to be decided whether it will be Bigg Boss 19 or Bigg Boss OTT 4. According to our source, Bigg Boss’ new season will appear either in the last week of July or early August. Also, meetings are still on internally to decide whether one long season will run, or the team will retain the same old format of OTT, followed by the TV version. The source tells us, “What is sure is that the show will happen with the Viacom group, mostly on Jio Hotstar, however, clarity on the same is yet to come.”

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“As of now, it’s not decided if the OTT version will air first or the TV version, it might just happen in the same old way, it has been running all this while,” the source added. It is also said that the teams are considering an OTT-first model for this season, however, there are no confirmations on the show’s duration or platform, or even the versions it will appear in.

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Several media reports suggest that Salman Khan will shoot for the new season’s promo by the end of June. Another update doing the rounds about the show is that the makers will go be to a celebs-only format, and the latest addition will not have any social media influencers in the mix. However, no confirmation around the casting has been made yet. The last season of Bigg Boss 18 was won by actor Karanveer Mehra, while Vivian Dsena became the runner-up.

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