Channel 4 signs huge film rights deal with Fox

Channel 4 has signed a deal with 20th Century Fox Television for free TV and digital rights to a wide range of hit Fox feature films, movies for television and library titles for its channels.
The agreement includes titles The Day After Tomorrow, I Robot, Dodgeball, Garfield, Garfield 2, Alien v Predator, Sideways, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Master and Commander, Fantastic Four, Robots, Kingdom of Heaven, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Ice Age 2, X-Men 3, Eragon, The Omen 666, and others through until the end of 2008.

C4’s Jeff Ford said: “We’re obviously delighted to have acquired such an important slate of feature films in advance of our relaunch of FilmFour as a free-to-air channel in July. This deal will give viewers across Channel 4’s family of channels the first free access to 20th Century Fox’s new releases as well as a fantastic library of recent titles.”