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markbnj on April 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Snags Older HBO Shows For Web Streaming

So what was it about the Amazon deal that made HBO say yes when they've been telling Hastings to gfh for years now?

Raphael on April 23, 2014 [–]

Yes, I'm surprised Amazon could pay HBO enough. My assumption was that Netflix couldn't afford HBO content, but that apparently wasn't true, as Amazon doesn't charge more than Netflix and has hefty delivery costs.

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