Pay-per-view Television

Part of Prayers – in the House of Commons at 1:13 pm on 28 October 1998.

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Photo of Derek Wyatt Derek Wyatt Labour, Sittingbourne and Sheppey 1:13, 28 October 1998

My hon. Friend may be interested in a number of other pay-per-view events—the Spice Girls were on BSkyB. However, I am more concerned with the launch of the digital channel, Film Four. If the Hollywood moguls decide to launch a film on pay-per-view ahead of its theatrical release, it will seriously affect the economics of television and of the multiplexes that are being built throughout the world. Given that Sony produce wide-screen computer screens and television sets, one can envisage which way it will go with its films. I would welcome my hon. Friend's comments on that.