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		cyanbane on April 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix now bigger than HBO "HBO’s figure dates to the end of 2012, but it’s unlikely to have grown much in the first three months of 2013, owing as much to the cable TV industry’s stagnation as its own trouble signing up new subscribers." I wonder how many people are like me and only pay for the months in which Game of Thrones is on (Q2 so far)?

filmgirlcw on April 23, 2013 [–]

LOTS. That's why they typically try to program hits like GoT and True Blood back to back so they can get you for six months.

HBO hovers between 27 and 33m depending on the quarter.

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