From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "Wouter Valentijn"  wrote in message   
   news:4d50586a$0$81485$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...   
   > Your Name wrote:   
   >> "Wouter Valentijn"  wrote in message   
   >> news:4d4ec127$0$41103$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...   
   >>> Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There's a similar stupidity here in New Zealand where a show is not   
   >>>> labelled as a "rerun" when it's played on one network, even though   
   >>>> it has already played on another network.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's because they want to ignore the existence of other networks.   
   >>> :-)   
   >>   
   >> More likely the reasons include:   
   >>   
   >>    - the networks are too damn lazy to check or store such   
   >> information,   
   >   
   > If a show gets aired in the US, and after that in Canada, would the folks   
   > in   
   > Canada call it a rerun?   
      
   Actually, that's referred to as "first-run syndication" for the lagging   
   countries.   
      
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