I wonder if HBO is going to require their "Original Programming" logo in front of the PBS repeats of "Sesame Street,"
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > The head of Sesame Workshop mentioned that when he shopped the idea > around, the non-negotiable was that the shows had to end up at PBS at some > point. > > > http://current.org/2015/08/hbo-to-premiere-new-sesame-street-shows-provide-them-for-free-to-pbs-in-5-year-deal/ > > And after reading the article, you're right. As someone noted: any new > Sesame Street is always greater than no new Sesame Street. > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:58 AM Joe Coughlin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> +++++++++++++++ >> Joe Coughlin >> http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. >> > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
