"J G Miller" wrote in message
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On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:37:25 +0000, David Looser wrote:

So if you'd been glued to your TV from Sept 1939 to June 1946
you'd have seen the film twice, thus not "resumed at the exact point"

And complain that all the BBC television service does is
show repeats.

BBC's service to the US over cable seems to be pretty serviceable. They have
at least one channel on our local 999-channel digital system, and they also
have a number of offerings on OTA PBS. PBS is a nationwide consortium of TV
and radio stations, mostly initially operated by large universities.