I pirated Game of Thrones season premiere

Re:I pirated Game of Thrones season premiere by Samuel_Michon on Thursday April 04, 2013 @09:05AM (#5492341)

EDIT: I don't know why parent deleted his post, but the message was that HBO doesn't run commercials. (Which is true, although it does run promotions for upcoming HBO programs in between programs.)

Right, which also explains both why a HBO subscription costs so much and why they air so many reruns. However, not in all locales can one order HBO without also having a cable subscription.

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Re:I pirated Game of Thrones season premiere by imgabe on Thursday April 04, 2013 @11:06AM (#5493077)

I deleted after reading the article and realizing that it was talking about HBO in Europe, which apparently does run ads during the shows.

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Re:I pirated Game of Thrones season premiere by Samuel_Michon on Thursday April 04, 2013 @12:38PM (#5493577)

Thanks for explaining. In The Netherlands HBO costs Euro 15 ($19) a month, it doesn’t run ads, and the fee includes HBO On-Demand and HBO GO.

I don't know about other European countries, but if HBO runs ads there, surely the service will be cheaper too? </naïveté>

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