Posted by lunadude2001 <russell_smith@ntlworld.com> on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/DVD-s-Deleted-tp1505927p1505945.html



>
> And yes, Carlton *has* sold the rights to Granada Ventures.
> And if UFO is re-released on DVD again in the UK, the company
> which has the rights is now Network.
>
> All this news has no impact on the Australian UFO DVDs,
> which are presumably still being released later this year.
>
> Marc

Sorry, I should have been a little more specific, the news I
originally posted was only in respect to the UK Carlton produced
discs. It seems that Carlton are getting out the sell-through DVD
business, period.

The original digipak boxed set were quite quickly replaced with a
tacky slipcase that wraps around the stock amaray cased versions. I
suspect given a year or so the original digipak versions will start
appearing on eBay and the like at a premium.

It is is probably not quite right to say that Carlton have sold the
rights of the ITC catalogue to Network they have merely licensed part
of it - allbeit a good part of it, and the catalogue will revert back
to Carlton at the end of the term of the contract. Perhaps a small but
important distinction.

Not wishing to be a "Jonah" but there has been some spectuation that
the Network deal has already affected some of the proposed Umbrella.
With the release dates of some eargerly awaited titles slipping. We
will just have to see how it pans out in the fullness of time.

I also did'nt see UFO in the list of titles that had been transfered
to Network - I'm not saying it is not in there, I just did'nt see it.
It would appear that Network are going to concentrate on the ITC
titles that have not already released [Dept S et-al] and the bigger
sellers [that were not properly remastered] such as Randall and
Hopkirk and the Avengers - so I suspect it could be a while before we
see UFO out again on DVD. Bearing in mind Network have a history of
being some what slow in getting titles to market - but they do tend to
be worth the wait as they are nearly always universally acclaimed
attention to detail.

The Lunadude.