Don’t expect Met HD telecasts to show up on your pay-per-view channel anytime soon. According to the Associated Press, theater owners protested that the release of the telecasts to the In Demand service only 30 days after theatrical release would take revenue away from their broadcasts.

“At least five of the Met’s operas this season are to be released on DVD under an agreement with EMI Classics,” the story goes on to note. Which five, La Cieca wonders?