Buy for whatever fraction of the original build cost they can that production line.

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One thing that allows HBO to offset this cost is that most of its programming, on an hourly basis, is movies (remember that HBO stands for Home Box Office), the rights to which are relatively less expensive than producing original content, as much of the production cost of these films has been absorbed by box office sales.

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