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08.08 | Hollywood's in screen battle with the BBC

"Warner Bros, Universal and 20th Century Fox have called in their lawyers to sort out a dispute that has arisen from the BBC's decision to broadcast its channels unencrypted: the studios are concerned that their films can now be picked up in countries around Europe in which the corporation does not own the relevant rights."
Stuart Ian Burns of the Feeling Listless weblog writes: "You might have missed this article. It's about the issues the BBC is experiencing now that they've gone 'free view' on Sky. Because they're broadcasting from a different satellite, it means that anyone on the continent with a mind to can pick up their stations which will affect any rights that might have been sold by Hollywood to other countries. The article mostly deals with movies, but it mentions that the next series of '24' is still being negotiated. This is very bad. Imagine if Channel 4 try their hand as they did with Angel originally, or if Sky outbid and it goes exclusive there... GAH!"
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