I was looking forward to watching 28 Days Later on Channel 4 on Sunday night (through Sky). I switched onto Ch 4 just as the previous program was finishing, and I watched the ads leading up to the film - no problem. All of a sudden, I got a blue screen with an error message which stayed for the duration of the film. All other channel were working fine.
Why would Sky or Channel 4 block a film being shown ?
It was fine on NTL cable. What was the error message?
I think CCOVICH may be right - RTE or TV3 may have the rights to braodcast this movie first in Ireland. Although that doesn't explain why you could see it on NTL cable...
If this is the case then it would seem to undermine SKY's prominent advertising campaigns highlighting the fact that C4 is now available on their platform...?
Unless the likes of NTL are considered a broadcaster and hold the rights for these programmes (including the movie in question here) or something?From 4 December 2006 Channel 4 was officially available to Sky viewers in the Republic of Ireland; some programmes, mainly imports, are not aired on this channel variant, due to Channel 4 not owning the relevant broadcast rights within the country.
I was looking forward to watching 28 Days Later on Channel 4 on Sunday night (through Sky). I switched onto Ch 4 just as the previous program was finishing, and I watched the ads leading up to the film - no problem. All of a sudden, I got a blue screen with an error message which stayed for the duration of the film. All other channel were working fine.
Why would Sky or Channel 4 block a film being shown ?
Every cloud has a silver lining, eh?It's not just films - certain things are blocked in the mornings too - Friends at about 9am if memory serves me.
Every cloud has a silver lining, eh?
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