Yeah - this is how Sky Atlantic does things like Game of Thrones. They *start* it at 2am (or 9pm EST), but add some commercials so it finishes slightly later. The commercial load is light, but there are commercials.
Adam On Sat, 8 Sep 2018, 16:50 Jim Ellwanger, <train...@ellwanger.tv> wrote: > > > > On Sep 8, 2018, at 4:47 AM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Of course, that means BBCA will simulcast the episode with BBC1 in the > afternoon commercial-free and repeat it in prime time with the commercials. > > BBCA's press release says "The network’s US premiere will start at the > same time as the UK debut on-air on Sunday, October 7th (time to be > announced), followed by a special encore in its new regular primetime > evening slot." > > I would be very surprised if that afternoon showing is commercial-free on > BBCA. Note the "start at the same time" language, which is not the same > thing as "air simultaneously with," etc. > > > http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2018/09/new-doctor-who-premieres-sunday-october-7-on-bbc-america > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
