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Old 08-10-2013, 13:22   #318
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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Originally Posted by Horizon View Post

Sony, the maker of Breaking Bad, were reported to be very unhappy that their most prestigious show was not getting scheduled correctly. So this may be a reason why the major US broadcasters want to have their own channels in the UK.

Given that Sony have their own TV channel, it makes you wonder why they didn't put it on there. Same with critically acclaimed Damages, which the BBC abandoned. The answer is that unpopular shows don't bring in the advertising revenue.

Netflix came to the rescue in both of those cases.
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