I just read an interesting article about HBO and it's about Game of Thrones and to a lesser degree, True Blood.
They have 114 million world wide subscribers. The get about $8 per month for each. That's over $900 million a month. They used to bet $6, but the success and popularity of GOT increased that by $2 a household. So GOT is making them about $228 million a month.
They don't have as many episodes but remember a one hour commercial show has only 43 minutes of show content. GOT has 57 minutes or about 40% more. So a 12 episode season is actually close to 17 in minutes to minute comparison.
oh, and it is the most pirated show in the history of television. Over 1.5 people downloaded an illegal copy of the first show. Breaking the record of GOT the previous season.
They have 114 million world wide subscribers. The get about $8 per month for each. That's over $900 million a month. They used to bet $6, but the success and popularity of GOT increased that by $2 a household. So GOT is making them about $228 million a month.
They don't have as many episodes but remember a one hour commercial show has only 43 minutes of show content. GOT has 57 minutes or about 40% more. So a 12 episode season is actually close to 17 in minutes to minute comparison.
oh, and it is the most pirated show in the history of television. Over 1.5 people downloaded an illegal copy of the first show. Breaking the record of GOT the previous season.