- Post
- #352966
- Topic
- First airing of ANH on TV
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/352966/action/topic#352966
- Time
There was a subscription television service called OnTV that aired it in 1982. I remember we had to pay extra to get it. Here's something listed from Wikipedia about it:
"In 1982, ON-TV's executives convinced George Lucas to sell them the rights for the very first TV broadcast of Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope as a means to "help a pioneering PayTV technology fight the likes of HBO and Showtime cable networks from taking over." HBO and Showtime were not able to acquire Star Wars rights until several years after ON-TV's showing in September 1982."
Love to find a copy of this!