Bye bye Lost. It was nice to be able to see you while you were available on a UK terrestrial channel. But now you’ve been bribed by an overly flush Uncle Sky, I’ll not be able to catch up with your progress.After the first two series of 24 were shown on BBC2, Sky nabbed it and I stopped watching. Now Lost is going the same way, and it’s not enough to convince me to invest in Sky coverage. Media Guardian reports:
Sky has poached US island drama Lost from Channel 4 for an estimated £20m. The satellite broadcaster has snapped up exclusive rights to series three and four and will air them on Sky One.Though the good news (?) is that C4 retained Desperate Housewives!
It is understood that Channel 4 negotiated with makers Disney's Buena Vista International Television for a month but was unable to reach an agreement.
Other broadcasters were invited to bid and Sky won the day. Channel 4 was given the option to match Sky's offer but declined.
2 comments:
bittorrent?
> bittorrent?
Not worth the effort. More to life than watching Lost! And besides, copyright is copyright, and if we don't all start respecting it, we can't complain when someone rips our content off.
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