Lost on C4?

michael baxter · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:54

What's happened to the latest series of Lost? Will it be shown on C4 or E4, or has Sky got sole rights?

Jimbeam3678 · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:56

sky got sole rights I believe

michael baxter · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:58

&*%^*&^*&&&I*&^T^&&%&^&^%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Btw, thanks for the info'..............

blairw · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:59

Trust me, get it on dvd, it will be a lot more bearable without annoying adverts and week long waits for episodes.

michael baxter · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:59

Good point, those ad's spoiled it all! Is it out on DVD at this point?

Jimbeam3678 · 10 Apr 2007 at 19:08

not yet it will be soon though as sky are only days behind the yanks now. Lost IMO is sort of losing it way at moment , prison break is/was good. Heroes is what i'm waiting for

Lunatic Dreyfus · 10 Apr 2007 at 19:37

If you have Freeview then they'll probably farm it out to Sky Three within a year. I think that was the rough time frame for Battlestar (this was how I got in to BSG) and 24. But that is rather too long to for me, seeing as I am/was a complete Lost freak.

DVD looks to be the only viable answer unfortunately.

ElvisFan · 10 Apr 2007 at 20:02

Lunatic Dreyfus said:
DVD looks to be the only viable answer unfortunately.

WotDa · 10 Apr 2007 at 21:32

ElvisFan said:

Indeed.

Edit: I was going to leave a smug comment here, but then decided it wouldn't prove the point I was going to make.

_Jimlad_ · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:28

yeah lost has lost it's way a little, can't wait for the ending episodes of heroes!

lemonkettaz · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:33

Lost has lost it a little in the last few episodes... mind you one of the episodes in this series so far was amazing... wont say what, but surely those that seen it will know.

Since then though the last 4episodes have kinda tailed off... hopefully they will revert back to the good one soon.

Still an awesome show.

Heroes is great too, only seen the first 3 episodes like

WotDa · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:36

lemonkettaz said:
Since then though the last 4episodes have kinda tailed off... hopefully they will revert back to the good one soon.

I want to know what was in the box dammit!

stoofa · 11 Apr 2007 at 00:18

WotDa said:
Indeed.

Edit: I was going to leave a smug comment here, but then decided it wouldn't prove the point I was going to make.

What something along the lines of how illegally downloading episodes just makes you so cool or something similar?

ElvisFan · 11 Apr 2007 at 00:21

stoofa said:
What something along the lines of how illegally downloading episodes just makes you so cool or something similar?

Cool, no.

Pragmatic and sensible, yes.

stoofa · 11 Apr 2007 at 00:21

Lunatic Dreyfus said:
If you have Freeview then they'll probably farm it out to Sky Three within a year. I think that was the rough time frame for Battlestar (this was how I got in to BSG) and 24. But that is rather too long to for me, seeing as I am/was a complete Lost freak.

DVD looks to be the only viable answer unfortunately.

Unlikely as Sky are already making plans to pull out of Freeview entirely.
They aren't showing 24 on any Freeview channel, so it's unlikely they will ever air Lost either considering how much the rights cost them.
I've also got a feeling (sure I've read somewhere) that part of the deal of them winning the rights for 24 and Lost was that they didn't show them on any Free to Air channel.

stoofa · 11 Apr 2007 at 00:23

ElvisFan said:
Cool, no.

Pragmatic and sensible, yes.

Or just somebody who feels they are above the law?
Blessed are the law breakers - they are so pragmatic and sensible :-/

WotDa · 11 Apr 2007 at 12:15

stoofa said:
What something along the lines of how illegally downloading episodes just makes you so cool or something similar?

No.

Tommy B · 11 Apr 2007 at 12:38

stoofa said:
What something along the lines of how illegally downloading episodes just makes you so cool or something similar?

There is enormous demand for such a service but no legal substitute.

It is all about convenience. You can watch the episode whenever you like, free of adverts, and they are also available to download in 720p/1080i HD format too.

Now until the television networks provide a legal substitute offering these things, I see no reason why people shouldn't be tempted. Credit to Sky for attempting this, but their offers are of ridiculously poor quality and, as a subscriber, you should not have to pay extra to download the episode when you could get it on your Sky Box.

elevenseventysix · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:22

Tommy B said:
There is enormous demand for such a service but no legal substitute.

It is all about convenience. You can watch the episode whenever you like, free of adverts, and they are also available to download in 720p/1080i HD format too.

Now until the television networks provide a legal substitute offering these things, I see no reason why people shouldn't be tempted. Credit to Sky for attempting this, but their offers are of ridiculously poor quality and, as a subscriber, you should not have to pay extra to download the episode when you could get it on your Sky Box.

I totally agree. People aren't illegally downloading because it's cool, they are illegally downloading for the convenience of being able to watch the show on demand, without adverts, as soon as it's aired. Until a legal service comes - as standard - with a Sky package then the illegal downloading will continue. This is definitely the way forward for television. Watch this space!