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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
Exactly. I think the only TV companies that need to worry about something like that are cable companies. Networks themselves could be perfectly fine. Sponsors have plenty of opportunites to run ads where ever they want. I don't think piracy is as big of an issue as Hollywood likes to make it. If they weren't still making money hand over fist we wouldn't see awful films like Battleship. With that said, if the industry is serious about tackling the issue of piracy then they should be looking at Netflix/Hulu/Steam/iTunes as a possible answer and not as a another problem or competition.
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Actually,
Battleship grossed over $300 million with a production budget of around $200 million. Easy to justify garbage like Battleship when you make $100 million.
HBO wouldn't have produced Battleship. But take away their secure revenue source via cable companies, and they may have to produce at that level of mass-market-appeal-quality in order to make money.