A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well.
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
