BSkyB buys complete HBO TV catalogue

Serial thread killer · July 29 2010, 01:24 PM

Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB has bought the exclusive rights to the entire HBO TV catalogue, which includes a huge range of American shows such as The Wire, True Blood, The Sopranos and Martin Scorsese's eagerly-awaited crime drama Boardwalk Empire, MediaGuardian can reveal.

I was hoping we would see more HBO shows on the likes of ch4, but I guess they just don't have that sort of money these days.
Has the BBC ever worked with HBO, or have they only ever worked with showtime because if they have I was wondering who would own the UK rights to those shows.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...o-tv-catalogue

Bob The Skutter · July 29 2010, 07:28 PM

BBC Co-produced Rome, and I thought they were co-producing Game of Thrones too, but I read Sky had the rights to Game of Thrones so I don't know about that.

Temis the Vorta · July 30 2010, 02:31 AM

If you're going to buy TV shit, that's the TV shit to buy...

Hermiod · July 30 2010, 07:07 AM

^We have plenty of TV shit of our own.

Or is that shit TV ?

Bob The Skutter · July 30 2010, 08:20 AM

Hmm this is weird, FX are saying they still have the rights to The Wire and True Blood for the life of the series, plus others. So someone somewhere is either lying or misinformed.

Hermiod · July 30 2010, 08:22 AM

^I thought the BBC had the rights to The Wire ?

Bob The Skutter · July 30 2010, 08:37 AM

Hermiod wrote:

^I thought the BBC had the rights to The Wire ?

BBC have free TV rights, FX have the pay TV rights. Makes me wonder what happens with Rome and Band Of Brothers though, because they're both BBC co-productions so do BBC keep free rights and Sky get pay rights? or do BBC have exclusive rights?

Serial thread killer · July 30 2010, 01:10 PM

So I'm guessing that sky has exclusive rights to the entire HBO catalogue that is not already owned by somebody else.

Or somebody's lawyers are about to get sacked

July 29 2010, 07:28 PM	#2
Bob The Skutter Admiral Location: Bob The Skutter	Re: BSkyB buys complete HBO TV catalogue BBC Co-produced Rome, and I thought they were co-producing Game of Thrones too, but I read Sky had the rights to Game of Thrones so I don't know about that. __________________ It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us.

July 30 2010, 02:31 AM	#3
Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Location: Tatoinne	Re: BSkyB buys complete HBO TV catalogue If you're going to buy TV shit, that's the TV shit to buy...

July 30 2010, 07:07 AM	#4
Hermiod Admiral	Re: BSkyB buys complete HBO TV catalogue ^We have plenty of TV shit of our own. Or is that shit TV ?

July 30 2010, 08:20 AM	#5
Bob The Skutter Admiral Location: Bob The Skutter	Re: BSkyB buys complete HBO TV catalogue Hmm this is weird, FX are saying they still have the rights to The Wire and True Blood for the life of the series, plus others. So someone somewhere is either lying or misinformed. __________________ It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us.

July 30 2010, 08:22 AM	#6
Hermiod Admiral	Re: BSkyB buys complete HBO TV catalogue ^I thought the BBC had the rights to The Wire ?

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July 30 2010, 01:10 PM	#8
Serial thread killer Rear Admiral Location: uk	Re: BSkyB buys complete HBO TV catalogue So I'm guessing that sky has exclusive rights to the entire HBO catalogue that is not already owned by somebody else. Or somebody's lawyers are about to get sacked __________________ Malcolm on Star Wars: "The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin. His father's a robot and he's fucking fucked his sister. Lego. They're all made of fucking lego."