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A better question: who would pay $3-5 for an episode of Game of Thrones in 1080p that starts playing with a single mouse click and is available as soon as the episode airs in the earliest timezone (at least an hour before it appears online illegally)?

My guess: not everyone, but a lot of people.



And there goes the whole entertainment industry + advertisement industry debate. Channels do not put adverts to sustain their content, they put content to sustain their adverts.


HBO doesn't display ads in the middle of a show. I'd like to know exactly how much a non-HBO show makes from one viewing's worth of ads.




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