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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by scarface74 on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:15PM (#21489549)
There isn't anyway of knowing it was the most profitable unless you can prove that the number of people who signed up for HBO because of GOT was enough of an increase to make up for the cost.

Maybe? But I haven't seen any surveys.

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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by sp332 on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:24PM (#21489587)
HBO knows how many people watched, yeah. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-television-gameofthrones/... Here's an estimate of the costs and revenues. https://decider.com/2019/05/21/game-of-thrones-hbo-profits/ ThinkMoney had a somewhat lower estimate but they don't say how they got those numbers. https://www.finance-monthly.com/2019/05/how-much-money-has-h...
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