14-08-2023, 12:39 AM
(14-08-2023, 12:20 AM)James2001 Wrote: I wasn't really thinking of that, more things like Most Haunted and the Dave Spikey Bullseye that were made for VMTV where they still pull out the 14:9 copies.Sorry, I was replying to an earlier post. I've edited my post to insert a quote now to make this clearer.
We don't know what Sky received from Living TV Group at the point they were acquired - it's plausible the only playout assets were digital.
Worth noting that even though it was initially aired on Challenge the Spikey series is still owned by ITV in exactly the same manner as the original series; it wasn't even a Challenge commission initially - Granada produced it for an intended ITV2/4 slot then got cold feet. You can safely presume that ITV hold master copies of that series in 16:9, and of all the original ones unedited in 4:3. It's entirely plausible that Flextech (and their successor/s) never had copies of the Spikey series in any format other than the 14:9 ones which they've always showed.
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