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Why isn't Spectre shown on terrestrial channels yet? I had high hopes after ITV showing Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall for the last three weeks, but no, no Spectre this week! Anyone know why?
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Film distribution companies sell the rights to movies in a roughly-
00:41 Sat 15th Jul 2017
Film distribution companies sell the rights to movies in a roughly-defined order.
They obviously start with cinemas.
Once they've made as much money as they can from that route they'll traditionally look at DVD/Blu-ray releases next although high-paying streaming sites, such as Netflix, might now be given priority.
As each way of making money starts to dry up, they'll move onto another one.
Terrestrial TV is usually at the very bottom of their list, since once a movie has been shown there far fewer people are likely to pay to stream it or buy it on a disk.
Indeed it's likely that the licensing agreements with Netflix (et al) and DVD companies state that the distributors aren't allowed to sell the terrestrial TV rights until after a certain period of time (to allow those companies time to maximise their incomes from DVD and streaming sales before their sales largely dry up because most people have seen the movie on terrestrial TV).
Spectre was only released in the UK in October 2015. It's unlikely that the terrestrial TV rights will become available until at least two years after that date, so it's possible that the film could be a 'Christmas blockbuster' on either BBC or ITV at the end of this year.
They obviously start with cinemas.
Once they've made as much money as they can from that route they'll traditionally look at DVD/Blu-ray releases next although high-paying streaming sites, such as Netflix, might now be given priority.
As each way of making money starts to dry up, they'll move onto another one.
Terrestrial TV is usually at the very bottom of their list, since once a movie has been shown there far fewer people are likely to pay to stream it or buy it on a disk.
Indeed it's likely that the licensing agreements with Netflix (et al) and DVD companies state that the distributors aren't allowed to sell the terrestrial TV rights until after a certain period of time (to allow those companies time to maximise their incomes from DVD and streaming sales before their sales largely dry up because most people have seen the movie on terrestrial TV).
Spectre was only released in the UK in October 2015. It's unlikely that the terrestrial TV rights will become available until at least two years after that date, so it's possible that the film could be a 'Christmas blockbuster' on either BBC or ITV at the end of this year.
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