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FX has acquired the television broadcast premiere rights to THE TWILIGHT SAGA series from Summit Entertainment. Twilight will air in late 2011, New Moon in late 2012, and Eclipse in early 2013, with Breaking Dawn to be determined by its theatrical release date. FX also has purchased the broadcast rights to The Hurt Locker for mid-2012, Knowing in mid-2012, and Push in 2012. All the pics will broadcast on FX after Summit's Showtime pay TV window.
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Is FX still known for cutting up a movie bigtime to make it fit it’s timeslot? It was so annoying, I stopped watching it.
The best slate of titles on Basic Cable. An unsung executive in their head of scheduling, Chuck Saftler who has always teed up the Network’s Original Programming Slate with Premium Cable titles insuring there are eyeballs there to sample the new series. This is an expensive play for sure, but a big one from the standpoint of upside and a statement by Tony Vinciquerra in terms of how he supports the strategy.
I would be curious to know what the license fee is…
After the theatrical run, showtime window, dvd/bluray release and all the legal and illegal downloads – who will be left that has not seen these films by the time they air on FX?
I would also be curious to know the license fee. And I was originally going to say it’s besides the point that FX is way down the food chain of ancillary markets because it’s such a phenomenon, but maybe the fact that “Twilighters” are such fanatics is a detriment to the basic cable run? Won’t these people be pre-buying the DVD on Amazon or downloading on iTunes, etc.?
In the end, I guess it’s such a big film that even the run-off audience is going to be huge for a network like FX. Would welcome comment from anyone who works this side of the business!
Licensing fees are usually 12% of the box office run. FX has fantastic original programming though and wish they focused more on that than ordering movies even if it is a fantastic slate.