[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Chad

Not necessarily for all movie studios. You'll also find that the 2nd pay TV window will only give Netflix and Lovefilm between 60 & 90 days of exclusivity prior to the film arriving on terrestrial TV. It's interesting as just like SKY the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have pre-existing deals with the various movie studios for content.

Here is a list of the current studio deals, according to various threads on Digitalspy.

BBC - Ardman Animation, BBC Films,Dreamworks, Dreamworks Animation, Walt Disney (inc. Disney Channel Original Movies, Pixar, Touchstone)
ITV - 20th Century Fox (pre 2009, repeat rights retained), Universal Pictures, Warner Bros.
Channel 4 - 20th Century Fox (post 2009), Film 4 Productions, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, StudioCanal, Summit Entertainment
Channel 5 - Sony Pictures

I still don't see the appeal of this for "movie fans". If a movie fan didn't go to the cinema to watch a new film at release, didn't download it illegally, didn't buy it on DVD, didn't rent it from the video shop, didn't purchase it on Filmflex, didn't watch it on SKY Movies or catch it on SKY Anytime why would they then pay Netflix or Lovefilm to stream it almost 18 months later? Can't they just wait another month or two to catch the movie on terrestrial TV?

I know it comes across that I'm just knocking the service but I simply don't see the appeal. For TV boxsets both seem to offer a good service but how can paying to watch 18 month old movies be appealing?

I thought Warner Brothers Owned New Line (NLC), this wolud mean the rights to NLC films came with WB film and yet WB films are on ITV and NLC films are with C4