Talk:List of BBC DVD releases

suggested title change

no article for "BBC DVD releases" or "List of BBC DVD releases" exists as yet so I suggest one of those as the title, which I consider more explanatory than the current title for this article. I did change the title of this article today, then the title got reverted. --Stardizzy2 03:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think a separate article is necessary, any more than we need two articles for BBC Video and BBC Video Releases. Doug86 04:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

For now I think we don't need a separate 'List of' article. I don't see that there is enough information on BBC DVD (as a whole) to justify moving it. Any information that is around can go at the top of the article as an introduction. --Tangerineduel 13:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

2Entertain/Woolworths

As far as I am aware, the BBC purchased Woolworths share of the company after they had gone into administration, making the BBC full owners of 2Entertain. I do not have any evidence however, so have not added anything to the main article page.

• Geek Mythology 19:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I've been looking for something definitive on this for a few weeks now. The best I can come up with is that the sale has not, in fact, gone through. BBCW offered 100m at first, then cut it radically to 40m in late December, which the Woolie administrators rejected as what it was: a ridiculous insult. The 2 entertain website still says as of today that Woolies is a part owner, even though they've been trying to sell it since at least May of 2008. The reason it's taking so long seems to be because the value of the company is highly speculative. One of the big unknowns is how much 2 entertainment Video's products are worth as distributed on the internet. Given the insulting 40m bid, and the relative profitability of that li'l section of the former Woolie's empire, the administrators seem keen to wait and see what kind of genuine worth the online sector has.

If you ask me, BBCW simply overplayed their hand. They had Woolies on the carpet, and they kicked 'em in the teeth. If they'd just maintained the 100m bid, or maybe gone slightly lower, the deal would be done. But to go down to 40m, well, that was a tactical error. Clearly, their 40% stake is worth more than 40m, if only because the value of the company as a whole is more than 100m.

Any actual sale is probably going to break first and most reliably at Business Week's private companies profiles, so keep your eye there. At the end of the day, thoguh, it doesn't matter all THAT much to the daily operations. BBCW is majority owner now; they don't technically need Wollies' percentage for anything having to do with day-to-day operations of the company. And BBCW hold the right to buy the Woolies stake ahead of anyone else. So a bidding war can't really happen. If another company swoops in and offers 200m, BBCW still have the right to purchase at that price. So, unless some mysterious bidder offers some absolutely ridiculous price, BBCW will eventually end up with the whole thing.

Which kinda sucks, to be honest. It was almost certainly a better company when it was the mixture of a strong retailer and a strong television producer. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 16:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Missing Stories

Missing stories occasionally creep into the "Still To Be Announced" section of this page. As it is extremely unlikely that there would be a DVD issued for any completely missing story or any story that is included in the "Lost in Time" set I feel that adding them is merely wishful thinking and perhaps should be discouraged.

Netrhino 17:24, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

• I agree a link to Missing episodes is the better way to go, however I reworded the link as the original version was unnecessarily defeatest. Aside from the fact missing episodes still turn up from time to time, the idea of animating being "too expensive" is a fallacy now that we have people doing such things for free on YouTube that frankly look superior to the restored Invasion episodes. It's only a matter of time. And there's also always the chance BBC Video, especially when they get near the end of available complete stories, could always simply obtain the Loose Cannon restorations or similar projects. Not saying any of this is guaranteed, mark you, but "never say never" is definitely the order of the day. 23skidoo 15:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Half Destroyed Stories

Is it really nessecary to have this included in the article, the information is already covered in the relevant articles Bigshowbower 05:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

2010 and Onwards

I would like to know what evidence supports the likeliness of the releases of Planet of the Spiders, The Masque of Mandragora and Silver Nemesis I can understand Revenge of the Cybermen as it would complete Season 12.

• Please sign your comments. As for the likeiness of releases, I'm unaware of any barriers preventing their release. They're complete stories. People involved in making them are still alive and available for commentaries. There's probably a load of deleted footage for Silver Nemesis (maybe enough to create an extended version). It's only a matter of time till they are released. Same with any other complete stories. BBC Video has stated they plan to release them all eventually. And by then it'll be so cheap to animate the missing episodes they'll just move on to those. 23skidoo 15:08, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Split Articles.

I propose two new articles. Both of which would lessen the load on the 'List of BBC DVD Releases'.

The first would be similar. Only detailing the list of Australian DVD's. This would be to make the original page more tidy. And the new article could go into greater detail about our schedule.

The second proposed article is a List of rumoured DVD releases. As we all know that all complete episodes will one day be released, this page could be done in the form of a list with each episode, followed by their individual status. (eg: Lost, reconstruction rumoured, commentry recorded) This would allow for the clutter at the bottom of the current page to vanish and be replaced by an orderly system.

If anyone would care to help me build these pages, or offer any suggestions, please feel free to contact me.

Regards,

D.M.J--D.M.J 10:49, 11 August 2009 (UTC)