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Repeated programs

Why are there so many repeated films on sky now every night the same films or most of them are reshown why when there are so many films available now ???


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Re: Repeated programs

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hi @Dorothy+2449 

 

there are many reason for repeats of many programmes & fillms

 

Some channels such as Gold (formerly UK Gold) are targetted at nostalgia TV  & show programmes that feel the audience want to see. 

 

Satellite TV channels broadcast at specific times & have a full schedule to fill - usually 24hrs rather than streaming where you look through a catalogue and choose what to watch now.

 

If you look at SKY Cinema there are multiple channels so you have more choice as to what to watch at a specific point in time - which gives more choice than say a single channel where you would have to wait for a film to come round. 

 

That all said viewing habits have changed particularly with the inroduction of streaming.

 

Broadcasting is limited by 'rights to braodcast' which cost so not every film / programme is available at any one time

 

A big factor affecting SKY Cinema in particular but also other SKY Entertainment channels, however, is the start of Streaming by the likes of Disney +  where they limit what they release to other platforms such as SKY and rise of Netflix & Amazon Prime  which now compete with SKY for the rights I mentioned earlier

 

I am sure there are many reasons I have not covered  

 

A big fact

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hi @Dorothy+2449 

 

there are many reason for repeats of many programmes & fillms

 

Some channels such as Gold (formerly UK Gold) are targetted at nostalgia TV  & show programmes that feel the audience want to see. 

 

Satellite TV channels broadcast at specific times & have a full schedule to fill - usually 24hrs rather than streaming where you look through a catalogue and choose what to watch now.

 

If you look at SKY Cinema there are multiple channels so you have more choice as to what to watch at a specific point in time - which gives more choice than say a single channel where you would have to wait for a film to come round. 

 

That all said viewing habits have changed particularly with the inroduction of streaming.

 

Broadcasting is limited by 'rights to braodcast' which cost so not every film / programme is available at any one time

 

A big factor affecting SKY Cinema in particular but also other SKY Entertainment channels, however, is the start of Streaming by the likes of Disney +  where they limit what they release to other platforms such as SKY and rise of Netflix & Amazon Prime  which now compete with SKY for the rights I mentioned earlier

 

I am sure there are many reasons I have not covered  

 

A big fact

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