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From 'The Grand Tour' to 'Hand of God', how Amazon rates TV shows

Amazon divides a show's production and marketing expenses by the number of people who stream that programme first after signing up; the lower the better

Reuters 

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The logo of Amazon's The Grand Tour

Internal company documents reveal evaluates TV shows by their “cost per first stream” — effectively, the price to hook a customer on Prime. divides a show’s production and marketing expenses by the number of people who stream that programme first after signing up; the lower the better Amazon Note: S1 and S2 are Season 1 and Season 2.

Numbers reflect subscribers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Japan as of early 2017. Source: documents, Reuters

First Published: Thu, March 15 2018. 21:04 IST
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