Do Films Have Expiration Date For Viewing ?

[Anonymous User]

In my watchlist I have about 20 films to see. Would there be a note showing if a film was scheduled to be withdrawn ? I can vaguely remember in the past seeing a black box stating this film is no longer available without any warning being given, but I may be mixing this up with an entertainment pass program..

[DarylM · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous User  Yes, films have expiry dates.  Sadly, for some reason, they're not displayed - even when the films are expiring soon (unlike Entertainment content).

However, you can find expiry dates on this website from @Anonymous User: http://www.artesea.co.uk/nowtv/movies.php

[caseyb1993]

@Anonymous User You can also keep track of what is leaving by going into the nowtv app by going under movies--->collections---> leaving soon. 🙂

[Lindzi]

I use http://www.artesea.co.uk/nowtv/movies.php

Thank you @Anonymous User sooo handy!

[Andy]

One nice feature about the Continue Watching section (I'm quite a fan!) is that if you start watching a movie and don't finish it, the Continue Watching section will warn you if the movie is leaving soon by telling you how many days you have left to watch.

As mentioned it's a shame the information isn't also available in the main Movies section of the interface.

[schnapps]

@Andy

Wasn't aware in the Continue Watching section that if you watched a movie that was leaving soon it would show underneath the movie thumbnail how many days left, so thanks for the heads up on that.

Just went to the movies leaving soon section and used Fury as a test example and like you said it does show how many days left.

Another quick question, when movies are initially transferred into the leaving soon section how many days are remaining before the film leaves the nowtv service, is it 30days, 21days, 14days, 7 days or another time scale figure ?  

[Andy]

@schnapps

I don't think there is a set period. The problem with the Leaving Soon section, like the other collections, is they are collated rather than generated automatically. As a result the Leaving a Soon section only contains a selection of the movies leaving soon, there,s a lot more not in there (as an example all the Harry Potter leave at the end of the week) so I don't really pay much attention to it.

I'd rather see a 30 day countdown next to the movie listings throughout the Movies section, but in the meantime it's good to see it appear in Continue Watching. I tend to watch a movie in one go but I suspect it will be useful for families with children where movies are stopped and started often.

[schnapps]

Thanks @Andy, again i didn't realize that not all the movies that are going soon from the nowtv service aren't automatically transferred into the "Leaving Soon" section.

Yeah that's a great idea to tag the movies (similar to what nowtv do with the entertainment shows) with a 30 day countdown reminder clock next to the movie.