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The BBC was apparently keen to keep the rights for Family Guy when BBC Three went online, keeping it on linear TV via BBC Two but apparently there was some sort of issue where Fox weren't pleased with the level security that iplayer offered.
Fox is quite precious about The Simpsons, although it's been in syndication for years, it was never on american cable until a few years ago when FX got a deal, which also included streaming rights - as far as I know pretty much the only service that offers all episode of The Simpsons for streaming, although not looked into it too much.
FX launched their involvement in The Simpsons in the US by doing a mega marathon of "Every Episode Ever" which was pretty successful - I'm surprised that Sky never tried anything like that off the back of it.
Family Guy is on the ITV Hub now but the BBC wouldn't or couldn't get iPlayer rights for it when FG was on BBC Three.
The BBC was apparently keen to keep the rights for Family Guy when BBC Three went online, keeping it on linear TV via BBC Two but apparently there was some sort of issue where Fox weren't pleased with the level security that iplayer offered.
Fox is quite precious about The Simpsons, although it's been in syndication for years, it was never on american cable until a few years ago when FX got a deal, which also included streaming rights - as far as I know pretty much the only service that offers all episode of The Simpsons for streaming, although not looked into it too much.
FX launched their involvement in The Simpsons in the US by doing a mega marathon of "Every Episode Ever" which was pretty successful - I'm surprised that Sky never tried anything like that off the back of it.