The Prisoner - Coming Not So Soon?

Broadcast Magazine has a new picture of Sir Ian as Number 2 in the ITV/AMC remake of The Prisoner.

Slightly worryingly, the piece says that AMC is planning on airing it later this year, while ITV is showing it in 2010. Might I suggest that this is a bad idea if ITV wants to avoid rampant piracy?

Simultaneous broadcasts - or as near to as possible - is the only way to show this kind of event TV. Not doing that will just reduce the available audience. That's especially true with genre programming, and is why Sky One has been showing Battlestar Galactica as near to the US screenings as possible.