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**Chris** · 30-08-2016, 16:45

My guess is it would be cheaper, because when they commission big ticket shows from outside companies (Life on Mars, for example) they bankroll the production but then only get first run and iplayer for a limited time. If they wanted to show it again they would have to buy the rights from the production company. That is necessarily going to be more expensive than paying repeat fees direct to the performers (though probably simpler, as you need to get permission from the performers as well).

It won't happen though. The stipulation that the BBC must source a proportion of its original content out-of-house has been in its royal charter for decades now and has been riotously successful at growing tv production expertise in the uk. Nobody is about to change that.

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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: 38,383	Re: BBC Parliament coming to BBC2. My guess is it would be cheaper, because when they commission big ticket shows from outside companies (Life on Mars, for example) they bankroll the production but then only get first run and iplayer for a limited time. If they wanted to show it again they would have to buy the rights from the production company. That is necessarily going to be more expensive than paying repeat fees direct to the performers (though probably simpler, as you need to get permission from the performers as well). It won't happen though. The stipulation that the BBC must source a proportion of its original content out-of-house has been in its royal charter for decades now and has been riotously successful at growing tv production expertise in the uk. Nobody is about to change that.