"Die Another Day" worth so much that it can't be shown twice in one evening?
I was flicking through the new crop of “plus one” channels on Freeview (the ones that hog bandwidth of Freeview but show nothing new, merely the same material as the main channel but an hour later – has no-one heard of PVRs and video recorders?) when I saw this on ITV2+1:
It reads:
Sorry, for legal reasons we cannot broadcast the programme that was shown earlier on ITV2
Apparently, “Die Another Day” is such an expensive, or otherwise restricted, movie that it can only be shown the once  until the next time they show it, of course.
Movies like “Scary Movie” seem to be exempt, though, so it appears just to be the Bond stuff.
Fortunately, I can’t stand James Bond films, so it’s no problem to me. I just thought it a little odd. Anyone know what these “legal reasons” are?
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October 30th, 2007 at 10:40 am
I just experienced the exact same image when coronation street was playing on itv2+1, not that I watch that trash anyway. Just thought it was interesting because coronation street does not fit the hypothesis that you applied before.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:57 am
That’s true – Corrie is “home grown” so you’d think they’d want to show it as much as possible. Mind you, maybe they can only play it a set number of times before they have to pay the actors more, after all it airs first time on ITV1, then repeats on ITV2, then omnibus on Saturday (or Sunday).
Maybe Vera Duckworth is demanding more cash before she gets killed off.
What’s the point of +1 channels if they don’t show everything an hour later?