Seven in BBC oldies deal
Seven has bolstered the content for its digital channel 7Two, signing a deal for archive BBC material including Bargain Hunt, All Creatures Great and Small, Jonathan Creek and The Good Life.
The announcement:
Cannes / Sydney: BBC Worldwide has licensed more than 27 timeless television titles to Australian free-to-air digital channel 7TWO, ranging from classic comedy to light drama through to favourite food and lifestyle titles.
In a deal that delivers over 500 hours of content, enduring BBC comedies such as the camp classic Are you Being Served?, pastoral favourites The Good Life and To the Manor Born and the hilariously aspirant Keeping up Appearances will transmit on the Freeview digital channel in conjunction with other classic and contemporary content.
Oh yeh, CH 7 is getting nice and desperate for content eh? Who cares really – is anyone still watching commercial TV anyway?
Looking at last week, 90.8% of people watched television of some description, 89.3% watched FTA television, and 86.6% watched commercial FTA television.
So I guess AB that the answer is a resounding YES!