Hello, I'm Matt Lines and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC World Service.

Today we're asking who are the custodians of our films and TV shows,

the people making sure we can watch what we want when we want.

It's easy to think of the film industry as a body that has an intent

and is very efficient with

well-moving players and everyone's doing what's best in the financial interest of everybody.

But it's really not like that.

The way we watch films and TV shows today has changed with more and more titles moving

onto streaming services. But what happens to a movie when it's removed from an online platform?

It's not given that films are preserved, a lot of the material that is now produced digitally and does not make it into a public archive.

Those are at the mercy of the owners of those assets.

We find out how the media landscape affects not just you, the viewer, but also those making the content. It was a real kick of the assets. We find out how the media landscape affects not just you, the viewer,

but also those making the content. It was a real kick in the pants. It feels like creating

these shows and movies is being undervalued. It's all about just the dollars and cents.

While nobody destroys heritage on purpose, there are definitely a lot of films now where there isn't money or

worthwhile investment in providing access to them.

And we'll meet those trying to make sure films aren't lost in the streaming ether.

We want to make sure that audiences in the future really can see a picture of what's gone

before answering those kind of questions of how do we get here and where are we going next?

That's on Business Daily from the BBC World Service.

What should we watch tonight?

Well, we finished Twin Peaks the other day, so should we see if we can find the film to watch?

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