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How did C4 win the rights to the Lord Of The Rings triology?

  • 19-11-2005 6:32pm
    #1
    Red Kooga
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭


    It seems strange that the biggest movie franchise is been shown on C4 on a Sunday November night when I thought it would have popped up on Christmas day schedules on the BBC or RTE


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
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    They bid. The end.

    C4 having the rights to show movies rarely influences the rights of other stations to show them (especially RTE). All the other stations have to do is pay up.


  • #3
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Red Kooga wrote:
    It seems strange that the biggest movie franchise is been shown on C4 on a Sunday November night when I thought it would have popped up on Christmas day schedules on the BBC or RTE

    who is to say it wont turn up on RTÉ

    Channel 4 buy the rights for the UK, RTÉ buy the rights for the RoI


  • #4
    OFDM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭OFDM


    What's wrong with Channed 4? At least they show stuff in the correct aspect ratio.


  • #5
    mickd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mickd


    OFDM wrote:
    What's wrong with Channed 4? At least they show stuff in the correct aspect ratio.
    Yes but they must have some deal done for LOTR as the Fellowship was shown Easter weekend and Two Towers last weekend, one would have expected a longer time span. Fair play to them all the same


  • #6
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    that's true. it is a hard job to watch a movie on terrestrial with the ad breaks but when a terrestrial channel at least makes the effort it makes it that little bit more bearable


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  • #7
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    OFDM wrote:
    What's wrong with Channed 4? At least they show stuff in the correct aspect ratio.

    They didn't show LOTR:TTT in the correct aspect ratio as far as I can tell.


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