ABC cuts out UK TV networks with new Spielberg series

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth

The River on iTunesABC is going to sell its new US series direct to UK iTunes users:

The much-anticipated new US thriller series “The River”, from Steven Spielberg, and Oren Peli, the creator of “Paranormal Activity”, is set to make its UK debut on iTunes (www.itunes.co.uk/tv/theriver) on 8th February, just 24 hours after its US broadcast on ABC. iTunes customers will be first in the UK to see this chilling drama series. A Season Pass of all eight episodes of the much-anticipated show will be available to pre-order from today, with episodes one and two launching on 8th February.

The UK networks – non of which have bought the show – are cut out completely. It’ll be interesting to see how this goes…

via [The Medium is Not Enough]

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