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kleinbl00 · 3421 days ago · link · · parent · post: Jeremy Clarkson ‘not worth the money’ Amazon spent, says Netflix executive
Game of Thrones Season 1: $60m House of Cards Season 1: $60m Orange is the New black Season 1: $40m (same link as above) But we're talking GBP not USD, so it's not $160m it's $244m. So Amazon, which has streaming as a "value add" on Prime, just paid a season of Game of Thrones, a season of House of Cards and a season of OITNB and Straight Outta Compton three times over for three British television producers. Combine that with the fact that Amazon Prime went from $79 to $99 pretty much to cover the increased cost of shipping. Best guess is Prime is pretty much priced at break-even on shipping with streaming as a loss leader. Which makes this a $244m loss leader. Or pretty much a Fire Phone and Straight Outta Compton three times over.