How much does it cost ITV or BBC to show a film?

[paddyhasneeds]

Just curious, I guess there is a scale but I have no idea at all how much or little it is for the crappest or best of films.

[Dare2Fail]

I think, but I could be wrong on this, that they buy them in as a package of films rather than individually. It always seems to be 1 or 2 good films and 4 or 5 absolute useless excuses for films that no-one would ever pay money for.

[saleen836]

Don't know but they sure get their money worth by repeating it the following night on +1 then the night after on +2...you see where this is going?!

[tali1]

I think the companies have the films on contract for a time period? - as for several years they seem to be shown on just the one channel?
I wonder if there are also repeat restrictions/quotas?

[Mr E Driver]

There are some films they seem repeat quite often, I think 'Catch me while you can' has been shown about 3 or 4 times in the last couple of years

[CaptainSlow]

saleen836 said:

Don't know but they sure get their money worth by repeating it the following night on +1 then the night after on +2...you see where this is going?!

No, +1 is one hour behind not one day.

[JAM35F]

ITV buy the rights for a two week period, one charge no matter how many times they show it. Hence lots of repeats and switching it to sister channels.

[chris watton]

Don't know about BBC, but I find I can no longer watch most films on ITV - not because of the ads, but because they all seem to be cut to ribbons, turning 18 rated films into PG.