I have thought several times i'll watch that later and it's a blank screen saying "for legal reasons this cannot be transmitted etc" do you have any idea . I'm puzzled
2007-01-27 05:09:18 · 5 answers · asked by manx girl Isle of Man. 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
apparntly its to do with the contract they have and they can only show certian programmes once
2007-01-27 05:16:31 · answer #1 · answered by john s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably contractual obligations as to the number of times a show can be transmitted within a set period of time.
I'm not sure of the exact details but broadcasters who own the copyright outright on their programmes (made 'in-house') can repeat them as often as they like.
Third Party companies who make TV programmes for broadcasters (the broadcasters commission a series) hold the copyright and usually sell the rights to broadcast a show as follows: -
- Broadcast once.
- Broadcast as many times as required
- Broadcast multiple times but with a minimum period between repeats (a week, a month, three months, a year, etc.)
The original copyright holders may be issuing a DVD soon of that show so they will not want a broadcaster to show the program as it may hurt DVD sales.
Since listings are arranged months in advance and printed over a week in advance in the main TV listings magazines, it's not always possible to get permission to show something on the night that had been previously arranged.
2007-01-27 19:00:00 · answer #2 · answered by Rob K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's to do with football.
Last week they showed the Two Ronnies (an episode which contains a favourite sketch of mine) on ITV2, so I turned over to ITV2+1 to watch it again 1 hour later, only to see that caption.
I hope someone can come up with the answer because my family are wondering why, too.
2007-01-27 15:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by chip2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football because of different TV agreements between different countries FA's and UEFA. This is so if someone in Glasgow isn't put off going to a local cup tie because Liverpool and Arsenal on the TV, so they blank it out on 'Sky'.
That's the only reason I can think off because BBC channels where the same!
2007-01-27 13:13:42 · answer #4 · answered by brian h 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excellent answer from Brian H.
2007-01-27 13:16:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋