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ITV's deal with Seven included a clause that if any other broadcaster poached the show, then it couldn't resume transmission on the new network for a year, unless ITV dictated otherwise.
ITV however threw their toys out of the pram and kept it off for the full year, which is why the series still remains a decent way behind Australian episodes.
I am not aware of any such clause existing with the BBC but I think it will be highly unlikely that it will finish on BBC1 on the Friday and resume on Five on the Monday.
Despite what the cynics have said I think that pairing it up with Home & Away has got commercial success written all over it. The trick Five need to play is to use Neighbours to attract some of the "lost" viewers back to Home & Away (which has been the lesser-rated of the two shows in the UK since its own changeover.)
With DSO getting underway around the same time it's also a good oppourtunity to milk any Five Life "benefits" for all they're worth - indeed, Home & Away's the only thing really doing any good on there right now!
With good solid multimedia promotion for the actual Aussie Hour rather than an individual soap, I can see it being very succesful commercially - it's all about playing the "we've got both of the big Aussie soaps now" card.
Neighbours
deejay posted:
Didn't ITV manage to do something sneaky like that when five got hold of Home and Away? ISTR it was off air for some time before five could show it...
ITV's deal with Seven included a clause that if any other broadcaster poached the show, then it couldn't resume transmission on the new network for a year, unless ITV dictated otherwise.
ITV however threw their toys out of the pram and kept it off for the full year, which is why the series still remains a decent way behind Australian episodes.
I am not aware of any such clause existing with the BBC but I think it will be highly unlikely that it will finish on BBC1 on the Friday and resume on Five on the Monday.
Despite what the cynics have said I think that pairing it up with Home & Away has got commercial success written all over it. The trick Five need to play is to use Neighbours to attract some of the "lost" viewers back to Home & Away (which has been the lesser-rated of the two shows in the UK since its own changeover.)
With DSO getting underway around the same time it's also a good oppourtunity to milk any Five Life "benefits" for all they're worth - indeed, Home & Away's the only thing really doing any good on there right now!
With good solid multimedia promotion for the actual Aussie Hour rather than an individual soap, I can see it being very succesful commercially - it's all about playing the "we've got both of the big Aussie soaps now" card.