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Originally Posted by croat
I am not going to PM them. I want rest of the members see their response. I would hate getting PM's and retelling the story. Hopefully they'll answer soon.
Regarding of programing: Well I've said this many times and I will say it again. They cannot resolve programming right issues (so they can show movies, series, etc) unless channel is encrypted. Well first they encrypted North American feed and basically no change. Now they're going to do Australia. But don't expect any change as Picture of Croatia is still FTA in Europe.
Now HRT-America mentioned that they have solved programming rights for Europe so they can do it FTA. This is NOT true. How come they're not showing Duga Mracna Noc, or Villa Marija on POC? This is because these shows along with others don't have FTA broadcasting rights. When Duga Mracna Noc and Villa Maria are shown on HRT1 or HRT2 in Europe via satellite they're encrypted.
While some shows that are 100% HRT production are shown FTA (even on HRT1, 2)
So as long POC stays FTA in Europe, we WILL NOT see change in programming. They could fix this by having special feed of POC for Europe but we all know this won't happen either. Or they need to shut it down. I don't even know why they have POC in Europe.
Also it's April 1st, and picture quality is still terrible (Checked this during FTA part)
PS Hertz, yes I use same nick.
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Croat,
First of all, Picture of Croatia is specifically designed for the Croatian’s living abroad….it is not meant for EUROPE viewers. HRT’s currently uses the spare time available at night on HRT2 (Hot Bird) to backhaul the signal to
GlobeCast Europe’s facilities. In the past, the programs on POC which required encryption were encrypted while the other programming were free-to-air. This has been like this since HRT took the decision to increase to 8 x 3 hours per day. I don’t understand where you are getting your information regarding what is or should be encrypted on POC in EUROPE and which programming requires which distribution rights / licenses???. Most programs around the world are available to be broadcasted Free-to-air if the Broadcaster / Rights Holder is willing and able to agree to specific terms…i.e. pay a huge price for the free-to-air rights, rebroadcast with a specific delay (ex. 48hrs), pay royalties fees, etc….The program rights business is very complicated and can carry a huge cost depending on the programming, requirements, territory, interest, etc…
HRT-America along with HRT has solved the programming rights. Unfortunately, a few days later then originally expected. Villa Marija is coming soon, as for Duga Mracna Noc, I need to check with my colleagues in the HRT programming department in Zagreb.
I will repeat myself once again, you will begin to see significant changes in the HRT’s Picture of Croatia in the coming days, BUT this will not happen over night as there is a process which needs to take place and requires some time to build up to a better overall programming schedule.
If you have any further questions or require additional information, please feel free to let us know and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
In the meantime, we look forward to your continues support towards making HRT service abroad a complete success.
Sincere regards,