G4 and Mojo Acquire Re-Broadcast Rights for Heroes
Variety is reporting that G4 and their HD counterpart, Mojo, have acquired the same-week repurposing rights to Heroes and will begin rebroadcasting the shows later this month. Also, as part of the deal, they received off-net strip rights beginning in 2010. The off-net run includes exclusive cable rights to stream Heroes episodes on G4’s website. G4 will also gain free video-on-demand rights to Heroes starting in 2010.
G4 and Mojo are believed to have paid about $300,000 an episode. Strangely enough, NBC’s Sci-Fi Network (which repurposed season 1), passed on the show as did TNT, Spike and A&E.
Heroes will debut on G4 and Mojo the weekend of October 27-28, when they will air all-day marathons of the first season. G4 will also run the first six episodes of Season 2 on Saturday, November 3, from 5-11 p.m. This will be a great opportunity for new fans who need to catch up on last season.
After the marathon runs, G4 will air the repeat of the current week’s Heroes episode on Saturday nights at 10 p.m., followed by a half-hour live wrap-up, called “The Post Show,” at 11 p.m. ”The Post Show” will repeat Sundays at 6 p.m.
G4 may also create a “2.0″ version of Heroes, like they have with Star Trek and Cops. The 2.0 versions include DVD-style extras that run on-screen coupled with online features.
They have previously featured Heroes on Attack of the Show where Tim Kring has appeared several times.
This is a real coup for the young G4 and Mojo networks, which are owned by Comcast Networks. Comcast Networks also owns E! and Style. G4 currently reaches about 64.7 million homes while Mojo is in about 10 million.
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October 12th, 2007 at 2:21 am
What ia g4 and mojo?
Y didnt scifi want to rerun H? I loved that they did it & I always tuned on on fridays @ 7/ NBC was showing H on say@8 but that stopped and they are stupidly showing Office :-(.
I do have comcast but I have no g4 or mojo channel.
Pls let me know lilkuntaatexcite.com
October 12th, 2007 at 5:46 am
I have no idea why Sci-Fi would pass on it? Seems strange to me since they are an NBC/U network. G4 is expanding, maybe it’ll show up on your lineup soon.
July 26th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
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