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Comment Re:Interesting (Score 2) 322

Panamax is 12.04m draft, 32.31m beam, and 294.13m length for a total volume of 114420 m^3. With a tropical fresh water density of 0.9954 g/cm^3, that comes out to about 113,894 metric tons (125,547 short tons) of displacement.

New Panamax is 15.2m draft, 49m beam, and 366m length for a volume of 272597 m^3 or 271,343 (299,105 short tons) of displacement.

Comment Re:Over paid (Score 1) 442

$326k is the national ad rate. Local rate is 1/2 that if not more. There are 215 CBS affiliates (14 of which are O&O by CBS). Local ad rates go to support the station operating expenses, which does include fees that go up to the national network. But it's not as if BBT or CBS national get that ad money directly. So you really can't factor in what you computed as the $65m.

Comment Re:Over paid (Score 1) 442

So $3m/episode for the main stars. The other stars aren't making anywhere near that, and factoring in production costs, say we double the amount to $6m. Average show has 8 minutes of commercials and presuming 30-second ads, that's $375k/commercial (or probably less)

Coincidentally, ads were $326k last fall so my $6m/episode may not be that outlandish.

This also doesn't factor in any other money they make from merchandise sales, syndication ($1.5m/episode several years ago), and "goodwill" for other shows that BBT attract viewers too.

Comment Re:Um... good for whom in the US? (Score 1) 111

US sales tax which doesn't exceed 10% anywhere.

No individual location has a state tax exceeding 10%, but depending on what is being purchased and where it's being purchased, there may be an additional tax beyond just the general sales tax that applies, driving the price up. Local governments usually can add a percent or two to the state rate. Alcohol, tobacco also get a "sin tax" added, as does lodging, transportation rentals, and restaurants pushing them well above 10%.

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