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From a previous thread on the death of Catherine O'Hara:
Binson Echorec wrote:
Wonderful if true:
This report indicates it's not Netflix but Amazon Prime that has acquired the rights to the original SCTV.
But here's a twist. If the story is right, the show will only stream in Canada.
“Here's the deal on the TV shows. Andrew Alexander and the other financial partners would've released the tapes on home video years ago but for a little item they overlooked back in the eighties called ‘clearing music rights,’” SCTV star Dave Thomas explained to fans in the FAQ section of the show's Web 1.0 site.
“We were true guerrilla TV in that when we wanted background music we just lifted it from wherever we wanted. Consequently, today, to release the shows on home video, it would cost millions to clear the music.”
It's unclear how, exactly, Prime Video managed to make the SCTV catalog copyright compliant for Canadian streaming."
'SCTV' Is Finally Coming To Streaming, But Only in Canada
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Amazon has deep pockets for royalty payouts and might already happen to own a fair bit of the incidental music used in SCTV.
Or, they'll be chopped up like the DVD sets were, similarly to WKRP.
I'm hoping for the former.
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Gotta think it's significantly less expensive to pay the royalties for what would be limited viewership vs. paying to chop it all up.
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RadioAaron wrote:
Gotta think it's significantly less expensive to pay the royalties for what would be limited viewership vs. paying to chop it all up.
Significantly less work involved for sure.
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Troy Soren would like this