[harry_hitch]

With all the talk of ITV Encore, do I remember correctly that when Sky and ITV agreed on the ITV Encore deal, Sky were shareholders in ITV, thus making the deal a sensible idea at the time. After the deal was struck, did Sky not effectively sell their shares to LG who could (in theory) have struck a different deal to that over-rode the previous Sky-ITV agreement?

I appreciate Sky's original exclusive deal (whatever that may be) is likely still to be in place, but perhaps ITV had a clause in the contract that allowed them to air the shows within a few days if Sky stopped the funding?

Can't say it bothers me, I doubt the first commissioned show (Frankenstein) will be that decent. I will give it a go when it airs on VM/FTA, but (like Game Of Thrones) I will probably end up not enjoying it and re-read the book anyway.:-)