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Originally Posted by muppetman11
How would launching HBOUK get their content seen by a wider audience ? Netflix reported in August 2013 it had 1.5 million UK subscribers for a service priced at £5.99 how many do you think would subscribe to HBO at a premium price for just their content , nowhere near that many in my opinion. Sky's deal with HBO ends in 2015 although its worth remembering Sky Deutschland also have a similar deal with HBO for Sky Atlantic in Germany.
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Cause access to Sky Atlantic was, until very recently, a minimum of £21.50 a month. Also apparently the issue was that consumers were not given choice as to where they were to access the content, they had to go with Sky.