On 26 February 2010 15:21, Bod Notbod bodnotbod@gmail.com wrote:
But it strikes me that they produce a lot of in-house stuff that simply won't have much resale/repeat value and for which I don't think (but I am willing to be challenged on this) they would need to worry about royalties and rights.
I suspect it would not be as clean-cut as that. In an average 30 minute news bulletin for instance, I think there are often a few shots pulled in from the AP or similar agencies, or from partner broadcasters. Then in the sports segments the footage is often marked as "courtesy of" and then BSkyB, ESPN, ITV Sports or similar (depending on who paid for the rights). Therefore there is a strong possibility that it would still require a lot of sifting through the rights, which would increase the cost of doing it.