On Sky, the last season was chargeable, not much later, RTL2 emits the eighth season GoT, thus free of charge.
How is it that RTL 2 will broadcast the eighth season, and Netflix can't even buy the older seasons?
The advertisements intervene… TV advertising is extremely expensive!
60,000 euro for 30 seconds. Only outbid in football and Formula 1, etc… Since you pay already 150,000 euro for 30 seconds.
There are many reasons.
For one thing, it's a question of money, of course. Especially new seasons of a series cost a lot of money and not everyone can and / or would like to pay
Then, of course, the owner of the licenses decides who he sells what.
Finally, the streaming provider and the broadcaster decide what he wants to buy. It's quite possible that Netflix has no interest in the new seasons GoT - you do not know that
Because RTL was released as the series at that time has bought the exclusive rights and Netflix can't get them… In addition, there was Netflix then (in Germany) not at all, so they could then also conclude no contracts
Will RTL2 eventually broadcast the entire series?
They have just started!
Oh well, I thought, only the eighth season was aired (had it so when googling found out)
No, they have shown all seasons from Season 1 on before they broadcast Season 8, so now they have shown the Complete Series from the first to the eighth season in the last few weeks
