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michael adams wrote:
And claims that the Beeb don't show this stuff as a result of having
sold the rights to somebody else is obvious ********, as it isn't
available anywhere, at any price

The reason is that after a time, they have to re-negotiate to show it. A
new contract with the talent, etc. Feature films usually do a buy out on
copyright.

The BEEB doesn't buy outright the rights to a play. Their agreement will
be for so many years and possibly so many showings. Same sort of thing
applies to artist's contracts.

Talking Pictures don't just show old films. As mentioned elsewhere
they show "Upstairs Downstairs", as well as currently "Hannay","Sir
Lancelot","Robin Hood","Budgie","Sunday Night at the London Palladium",
"Special Branch" etc etc.

Its funny how this "one man and his daughter and his dog" can manage to
re-negotiate the rights to all that little lot as well as organisisng digital
remastering sessions along with DVD manufacturing and marketing.
As compared with all the resources supposedly available the BBC.
Don't you think ?

The guy at TP does it as a passion. He was repackaging and reselling the films before
he started the TV channel.

But it's run on a shoestring and makes him pennies. Ok, a living for himself and his
family, but not much more. If you add a full corporate structure on top of what he is
doing and any commercial profit disappears up in smoke.

You're just repeating what Dave and everybody else claims. All based
on a couple of newspapaer articles from what I can see.


and it doesn't scale.

Talking Pictures TV runs 24/7. BBC4 runs only 8 and a half hours a day
- 7.pm to 3.30 - Saturday night Sunday morning. You're right it doesn;t
scale !

Talking Pictures a.k.a Renown Films offers a whole catalogue of film
compiliations

https://www.renownfilms.co.uk/shop/

Many of them digitally remastered, many with added subtitles.

Jonathan Meades has made and is still making over 50 programmes for
the BBC. All of them innovative and challenging. The best the BBC
can manage is produce a 3 disc Jonathn Meades collection in 2008
containing 9 programmes plus an introduction.

And please don't give me any old nonsense about "rights".
When on his own website Meades re-directs people to a streaming
site featuring copies of his films reorded off air and uploaded
by viewers.

Again too right it doesn't scale !

I've got no objection whatosever to the BBC showing popular programmes
which appeal to the majority of viewers who pay the licence fee.
But as it is BBC4, as with all of the BBC's radio output costs relative
peanuts to provide. The BBC's remit is to both reflect the cultural
life of the UK and to provide a range of programming to suit all
tastes. Using BB4 as a dustbin for endless "Top of the Pops" repeats
when the BBC is sitting on an unmatched archive of material all
lying unused, does neither.


michael adams

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