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Old Feb 23, 2016 | 3:56 pm
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Originally Posted by NYC2TheWorld
Cost. I believe the way they negogiated their arrangement it is that LiveTV pays for the installation of the system and (this one I'm less sure on) they split the revenue from the seats.
That is my understanding as well. It is not an insignificant cost to install these things - and at the time I don't think large capital investments in something like this was feasible - so, you get someone else to foot the bill, take a lower income stream down the road, and sign a contract that is basically an anchor around your neck...
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