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Old 29-08-2016, 09:18   #12
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Re: BBC Parliament coming to BBC2.

Repeat showings could indeed be contracted for, however it would increase the fee the actor was entitled to for the original performance. The BBC would be taking a gamble on the "repeatability" of the product before it was even made, as well as trying to overturn decades of practice in what is still a highly unionised environment. Equity is the nearest thing we still have to a closed shop trade union in the uk. They would do it if it was desirable and cost effective (they went through a similar process in order to allow their own content to appear on the iplayer), but are they really going to go through the effort and expense for overnight screenings?

Simulcasts of live and/or current affairs output are the easiest and cheapest way of continuing broadcasts overnight when viewing figures simply don't justify any additional expense.
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