Re:The Best Timed Shot in TV History (Probably)
by ndsipa_pomu on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:37PM
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The older programmes were typically exclusively BBC produced content - I can't think of any part of Connections that would be problematic for them. Surely with a new series of Connections having been made, they should have a look at making it available. It was a similar thing with their Oppenheimer series - fully available on YouTube and not on iPlayer.
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Re:The Best Timed Shot in TV History (Probably)
by ska on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:44PM
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Are you sure they didn't license e.g. theme songs, or backing music? That's often the source of problems with older content.
It's all fixable, but may not be considered worth the effort. Sometimes not worth the effort to audit even.
Re:The Best Timed Shot in TV History (Probably)
by glaucon on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:34PM
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According to IMDB [1] 'Connections' was produced 'in association with' Time Life Films so probably some sort of clearance would be required from them ?
FWIW Time Life were involved in a number of distribution arrangements with the BBC, there's some details here [2].
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078588/companycredits/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Life_Television#Televisio...