I imagine that this isn't really costing Hulu a great deal since the programme's costs are already covered by Australia, and particularly the British sales. So even allowing for a subtle resetting of the storylines to let new viewers in, the market for the show is limited and even a very modest fee from Hulu makes sense.
Because Hulu/Netflix/Amazon don't really have to worry about ratings, there's an interesting model here that could mean that some very niche overseas programming could be sold to on-demand services for very modest returns. A few extra dollars for a show that was never going to be sold to a network, and a few viewers for whom Hulu or whoever suddenly become essential. I know The Long Tail has been proved wrong in some cases, but there is some truth in it. I know it's going off-air soon, but it would have cemented by subscription to whichever streaming service in the UK had offered The Colbert Report, because nobody offers it here (OK - I can *buy* it on iTunes). Adam On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I also want to think it was on Trio before it was rejiggered as Sleuth... > or Cloo... or whatever the devil NBCU is calling it these days. > > ~D > > ---- Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > > Third time around in the States for "Neighbours"--it was tested in NY and > > LA in the late 80s (along with "Desperate Women," an Americanization of > > original producer Grundy's "Prisoner Cell Block H") and bombed. Oxygen > > back when Oprah and Gerry Laybourne were still involved tried about ten > > years ago briefly. Aussie soaps have had a hard time of it in the > > States--after the initial ratings spikes, "Prisoner" struck out once the > > episodes with Frankie Doyle, TV's first out lesbian, were aired, "Home > and > > Away" barely lasted a year on the first incarnation of FX--excuse me, fX, > > and Norman Lear wanted to syndicate "The Sullivans" in the U.S. and got > no > > takers--the series finally aired years later on the non-evangelical > > religious channel VISN (which, in many strange turns of events, is now > the > > Hallmark Channel). > > > > Mark Jeffries > > Saints Spotlight Editor > > [email protected] > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Brad Beam <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Today kicks off the streaming of the Australian soap on Hulu. Just in > > > time, too, as the American judge on Channel Ten’s “So You Think You Can > > > Dance” (Paula Abdul) will soon be dropping in on Ramsay Street. > > > > > > > > > > http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/hulu-acquires-exclusive-u-s-rights-to-australian-soap-neighbours-1201258585/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _ _ > > > > > > |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV > > > > > > |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > TV or Not TV .... 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