# Movies on TV

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**Category:** General Television Topics\
**Created:** [November 13, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789 "2017-11-13T02:59:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/706 "2019-06-08T11:01:48Z")

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Long absense.

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**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/707 "2019-06-08T12:41:02Z")

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_“You’ve Got Mail” (1998) network premiere on 7flix. Formerly always on Nine (AFAIK) and used to get run a lot. From WB_

 ![20190608_223554](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/2/c21ce3a84dc4346c3e0dc70bbc352886293cfc9e.jpeg)  
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 ![20190608_223620](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/3/e3be251ef467185878061892e260402b9ea4c180.jpeg)  
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_Stylised WB opener in that year, as well as for the movie in an internet dial-up/static theme_

 ![20190608_223228](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/1/91024e0df5d994678dccc00c26681009e8d83393.jpeg)  
 ![20190608_223246](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/2/12e1c68985de20abf5570cd68cbc560df06a47a6.jpeg)  
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**Author:** ![Zampakid](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/zampakid/32/270066_2.png) [@Zampakid](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Zampakid)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/708 "2019-06-09T12:44:01Z")

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Throwback to November 2004 - ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ Channel Nine Premiere Promo:

 ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h38m39s132](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/8/182185bda7d183b14d1680f7677ad4b1112e7663.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h38m48s077](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/9/89ab6944f3070dba158bb9c3b2eb3fd11ccaa48e.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h38m53s093](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/2/c2f07a07456bf0a4c3d88aac98cce53b61852b8d.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m12s325](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/d/1d6d22ec78e9cb6ad9ed095523ab99bf6cca377b.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m17s497](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/e/3ebb300a1d0d087b938bb47ab468c5f51558bd64.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m23s035](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/4/04235a25d471069cd192afb65a9b79b45007371a.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m29s152](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/5/b509bb556da112f1aa21f75d49bab13d8e20d7d2.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m36s575](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/4/e4dc6f29f681b85a34417941195b769721090cb6.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m43s781](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/5/65f0efb62915bf6a015010de34c01eeac6241e61.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m50s078](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/a/fa56e244e9a5e607aa3fd68da32192e02688dc6f.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m56s011](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/1/c17239d4aa7bdcbead73af9d030066ac3b8a8ee8.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h39m59s959](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/7/37004aad50dffd4bbfba547d0de6ed8845488d48.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-09-22h40m07s503](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/a/ca640e049837e01d1538e71c4f0bee6c77885812.png)

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**Author:** ![Squee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/squee/32/267645_2.png) [@Squee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Squee)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/709 "2019-06-09T13:13:45Z")

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The first film that displayed a copyright notice in the promo on Australian FTA IIRC.

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**Author:** ![AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/australianaerial/32/427176_2.png) [@AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AustralianAerial)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/710 "2019-06-14T10:36:45Z")

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Never understood why Warner Brothers et. al. chose to require networks to show this

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**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/711 "2019-06-14T13:22:32Z")

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Nine have been doing it again recently on all their _Walt Disney_ promos

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**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/712 "2019-06-15T01:50:54Z")

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When Harry Potter movies premiered on TVB Pearl (English-language channel in Hong Kong) a few years ago, a copyright notice was also shown during promos.

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**Author:** ![OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/onair/32/88553_2.png) [@OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/OnAir)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/713 "2019-06-15T02:00:33Z")

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Also in NZ.

Maybe a stipulation from JK Rowling to ensure she maintained control/credit over the characters (so she could retcon them on Twitter years later)?

Remembering at this time, Harry Potter was the hottest property in the world so they could pretty much attach anything to the contract and people would agree

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**Author:** ![Zampakid](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/zampakid/32/270066_2.png) [@Zampakid](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Zampakid)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/715 "2019-06-15T09:29:41Z")

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David Campbell once again introducing ‘The Wonderful World of Disney’:

 ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-15-19h23m19s323](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/d/2d51ee38ef156569282ef2d8ba283623e0b05475.jpeg) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-15-19h23m24s212](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/a/ca9ff6aa7becf75e2f2c72f467a1b9342cb48be7.jpeg)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-15-19h23m32s523](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/7/e746595c1ebfc5ee356c60ea72d75cc4fd79d153.jpeg) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-15-19h23m40s250](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/5/a5be0c2a2981e621813b31e4cef3dfbe605d3972.jpeg)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-15-19h23m53s727](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/e/7e761a9ced587f82fb3581ce559f609167ca2c89.jpeg) ![ZampakidCap-2019-06-15-19h23m57s368](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/0/603c3b36fe75154ed30cc1c6765bdc95a0dbd3eb.jpeg)  
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/716 "2019-06-15T09:31:18Z")

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Looks like Disney have provided a modern ‘cover up’ version to Nine? As if I’m not mistaken that definitely wasn’t the WD logo back in the mid-1990s?

_Edit_

Yep:

 ![20190615_194413](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/2/22b9c186aee2597976768623be73721b786f8490.jpeg)

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 ![20190615_194454](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/d/2db0bbb7d449238f809d34135168e86bc1cef6fa.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/718 "2019-06-15T10:23:34Z")

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I’m pretty sure the blu-ray release from 2010 had the new WD opener? (for the first and second movies)

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/719 "2019-06-15T11:08:48Z")

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_“LotR” split movie for classification at 8:30pm on 9Go, with some stylised modifications by Nine_

 ![20190615_210332](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/6/f658ea9e9e68a652e3537cd2ba498c2d114d75a7.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/720 "2019-06-15T11:52:08Z")

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Surely the ACMA should tell Nine to cut out this part 1/part 2 nonsense. Will Foxtel show a movie with two different classifications? Absolutely not.

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/721 "2019-06-15T11:54:14Z")

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“Unstoppable” network premiere

 ![Screenshot_20190615-223730_7plus](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/1/317eeb31bb8d5da48c5f42853cc99a0f8e0ca1bd.jpeg)

> [@JohnsonTV](#):
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> Absolutely not.

Nine are the only ones who do it, only started doing it a few months ago.

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/722 "2019-06-15T12:51:03Z")

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I know it happens in the UK a bit (particularly with Channel 5 and ITV to a degree) where a movie can sometimes be split in two to accommodate either a news update or an actual bulletin

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/723 "2019-06-15T12:57:27Z")

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Also happens in Hong Kong’s TVB Pearl. When Pearl shows a movie it never starts earlier than 9.30pm. Occasionally the movie has to be split into two to accommodate the late news which must be shown at or before midnight due to licence regulations. But the movie keeps the same classification throughout.

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/724 "2019-06-15T13:24:06Z")

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I’m sure the networks have cleared any potential hurdles before starting this practice.

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/725 "2019-06-15T13:59:55Z")

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Says the network that’s been in trouble with the ACMA more than anyone else, time for Richard Lyle to be put to pasture me thinks. They’ve never even followed the Code guidelines by the book like Ten or Seven, making up their own consumer advice and weird stuff like 15 years ago.

I actually did wonder that some time ago, seeing as he’s been at Willoughby since the late 1970s and runs the commercial classification co-operative “media classifiers Australia”, that perhaps he thinks he ‘knows better’ than the ACMA.

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/726 "2019-06-15T14:26:10Z")

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> [@Sully](#):
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> that perhaps he thinks he ‘knows better’ than the ACMA

Pretty much … and because sometimes ACMA is clueless:

Back in 2009/10 the television series Dante’s Cove was rated MA 15+ by the classification board for DVD but ACMA said that Nine should have edited scenes for broadcast so the series could fit within the MA 15+ rating.

> **[Nine agrees to stricter classifying of Dante's Cove | TV Tonight](https://tvtonight.com.au/2010/10/nine-agrees-to-stricter-classifying-of-dantes-cove.html)**
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> An episode of US gay soap Dante's Cove which landed Nine in trouble with the media watchdog has now resulted in enforceable action.

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/movies-on-tv/3789/727 "2019-06-15T19:30:36Z")

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> [@Sully](#):
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> runs the commercial classification co-operative “media classifiers Australia”, that perhaps he thinks he ‘knows better’ than the ACMA.

Broadcasters always think they know better than regulators, by pushing the boundaries.

Unfortunately, most of the time they’re right because the regulators come across as out of touch/step.

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