On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:43:59 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote:


The Beeb seem to have either convinced rights holders that there
is no significant 'spillage', or they are paying extra.

Or they have lost the rights or been delayed in showing them. Wasn't
that the story with Harry Potter, BBC had initially secured the rights
for last Christmas then they went FTA on DSAT and lost them.

I think the BBC have lost some rights and decided against the high
cost, that is why so much of their programming is home made.

Take a look for instance at BBC1's schedule for today, foreign
programmes as far as I can make out are Neighbours (wouldn't it be
great if they said, no if you are going to go FTA we are not going to
let you have the rights), Murder She Wrote (which is described on
Digiguide as drama, but that is stretching it a bit really) and a
movie from 1969. The most modern programme is probably Rugrats, and
of course there is Tom and Jerry.

The BBC has moved more and more towards home grown material and so it
can do it. Expect ITV and Channel 4 to continue to reduce the prime
foreign content and eventually go FTA. More and more American TV will
only be available on pay TV, or when it is past its sell-by date.

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:16:06 GMT, "Mike Jones"
wrote:


"Commander Q" wrote in message
...
Now then...

I need to decide between these two services, and need some advice...

snip


Why not have both ?

Agreed, by far the best solution, get ITV etc on Freeview with the
additonal channels on satellite. Don't bother paying the £20 just get
Freeview, but keep the Sky box, the extra capacity means not just the
extra FTA channels, but extra BBC feeds during events like Wimbledon.

Ed wrote:
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:43:59 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote:


The Beeb seem to have either convinced rights holders that there
is no significant 'spillage', or they are paying extra.


Or they have lost the rights or been delayed in showing them. Wasn't
that the story with Harry Potter, BBC had initially secured the rights
for last Christmas then they went FTA on DSAT and lost them.

I think the BBC have lost some rights and decided against the high
cost, that is why so much of their programming is home made.

Take a look for instance at BBC1's schedule for today, foreign
programmes as far as I can make out are Neighbours (wouldn't it be
great if they said, no if you are going to go FTA we are not going to
let you have the rights), Murder She Wrote (which is described on
Digiguide as drama, but that is stretching it a bit really) and a
movie from 1969. The most modern programme is probably Rugrats, and
of course there is Tom and Jerry.

The BBC has moved more and more towards home grown material and so it
can do it. Expect ITV and Channel 4 to continue to reduce the prime
foreign content and eventually go FTA. More and more American TV will
only be available on pay TV, or when it is past its sell-by date.

Of course the biggest suspect is the third series of '24'.
There were some reports that Fox were unhappy about the Beeb's FTA status,
and that was one of the reasons why the BBC failed to secure the rights.

Now; who are Fox's parent company ? :-)