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Originally Posted by passingbat
It all depends on the Studio and the deal they have made with the service provider that has first run rights.
What you suggest is a good idea, but I am pretty sure that the deal between Sky and HBO prevents that happening.
Many TV shows have first run and second run rights, where a pay TV channel shows it first and a Freeview TV channel shows it a year or so later. Castle is an example; Alibi show it first and channel 5 show it later. I can't think of any Sky show, that is first shown on a Sky pay TV channel and then shown on a non Sky freeview channel later. So it looks as if Sky buys both first and second run rights to all the shows they buy. Plus, HBO seem to like to restrict how their content is shown, so that isn't likely to help.
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Cheers for the info. Sure hope that HBO doesn't start a trend with the extreme restrictions. They do make (and have made) some great series so I guess this has given them more leverage in any deals.
The media world is so cut throat due to the money to be made. Not pleasant at all