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**Chris** · 16-01-2011, 12:43

IIRC broadcasters buy rights to films for a set period, covering number of showings and also the way they're shown. ITV most likely has an existing contract for showing Star Wars that doesn't include re-broadcast on a +1 service, as they most likely didn't think they'd need that when they signed it.

It's not at all unusual for programming not directly made by, or commissioned by, a broadcaster to be withheld from its online catch-up service, but if that happened with Coronation Street recently I'd suspect it was an error.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,368	Re: ITV1+1 For Legal Reasons This Program cannot be shown IIRC broadcasters buy rights to films for a set period, covering number of showings and also the way they're shown. ITV most likely has an existing contract for showing Star Wars that doesn't include re-broadcast on a +1 service, as they most likely didn't think they'd need that when they signed it. It's not at all unusual for programming not directly made by, or commissioned by, a broadcaster to be withheld from its online catch-up service, but if that happened with Coronation Street recently I'd suspect it was an error.