DB/DBZ/DBGT and the Funimation Channel?

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:39 pm

So Funimation Channel just expanded today, and I was lucky(?) enough to get it, see here:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=9289

Anyway, their schedual:
http://funimationchannel.com/index.cfm?page=schedule

has nothing DB on it whatsoever. I was wondering if the Cartoon Network brodcasting rights were the reason. Is there ever a chance we'll see it on there?

theoriginalbilis · Post by **theoriginalbilis** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:22 am

CN owns the exclusive TV airing rights to DB/DBZ/DBGT in the US. So... it probably won't be airing anywhere else for a LOOOONG time.

scottdahl · Post by **scottdahl** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:02 pm

Worst channel ever.

tarsonis · Post by **tarsonis** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:43 pm

scottdahl wrote:Worst channel ever.

I'm beginning to think that every one of your posts is very troll-like.

_Jrinu_ · Post by **_Jrinu_** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:12 pm

theoriginalbilis wrote:CN owns the exclusive TV airing rights to DB/DBZ/DBGT in the US. So... it probably won't be airing anywhere else for a LOOOONG time.

I remember a while back, it was being aired on the WB.

veshira · Post by **veshira** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:59 pm

_Jrinu_ wrote:I remember a while back, it was being aired on the WB.

It's possible the rights to airing the show on cable wasn't written to Cartoon Network back then. (I remember the day they took it off. "WHAT?! Frickin' Bill Cosby?! Damn you, Bill Cosby!")

theoriginalbilis · Post by **theoriginalbilis** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:57 pm

_Jrinu_ wrote: I remember a while back, it was being aired on the WB.

That's back when KidsWB and Cartoon Network had a "Toonami week." KidsWB spent the whole week airing Toonami shows like DBZ & Sailor Moon. CN and WB are both owned by AOL Time Warner. Cartoon Network holds the rights to broadcast DBZ. AOL Time Warner cross-promotes it's Toonami lineup on WB. Starting to make sense, here? CN may have the exculsive airing rights, but the networks are owned by AOL Time Warner, which has the right to decide if they want to put CN shows on other channels.

Either that... or you're referring to the ol' days when DBZ was in syndication.

veshira · Post by **veshira** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:02 pm

theoriginalbilis wrote:
_Jrinu_ wrote: I remember a while back, it was being aired on the WB.
That's back when KidsWB and Cartoon Network had a "Toonami week." KidsWB spent the whole week airing Toonami shows like DBZ & Sailor Moon. CN and WB are both owned by AOL Time Warner. Cartoon Network holds the rights to broadcast DBZ. AOL Time Warner cross-promotes it's Toonami lineup on WB. Starting to make sense, here? CN may have the exculsive airing rights, but the networks are owned by AOL Time Warner, which has the right to decide if they want to put CN shows on other channels.

Either that... or you're referring to the ol' days when DBZ was in syndication.

Actually, Dragon Ball Z was aired years before the Toonami week, which I think is what Jrinu was talking about (but I can't be completely sure, which I guess is what you mean by "in syndication."

) However, what you said about Warners' still applies. Warner Bros. owns Cartoon Network, I believe, which is why you'll usually see the same shows on each channel, though the exclusively "new" episodes only run on one of the channels.