Meghan Markle and Prince Harry: these incredible sums paid for their interview with Oprah Winfrey: Current Woman The MAG

TV channels fought to try to recover Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey : it must be said that this is a very rare interview which will be broadcast on Sunday March 7, 2021 on American TVs … Thus, to broadcast this unprecedented interview which should include many revelations about the royal family, CBS would not have not hesitated to pay a huge sum to Oprah Winfrey. Indeed, the one who conducted the interview also produced it through her company Harpo Productions, and so it was she who pocketed the jackpot, estimated between 7 and 9 million dollars, or more than 6 million euros, according to the Wall Street Journal. If the channel has spent so much, it is because the return on investment should be immense: according to advertisers, the thirty seconds of advertising aired just before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke would be sold for 325,000 dollars (272,000 euros). It must be said that the words of Archie's parents, who are expecting their second child, are so rare that this exclusive interview should be very followed … But all these financial transactions will bring nothing to the couple: their spokesperson has in announced effect that they weren't paid to give this interview.

Prices also very high internationally

In order to make the most of the money invested in the interview, CBS found another way: to sell the rights internationally. Thus, it would even be specified in the agreement with Oprah Winfrey that the channel has the right to sell licenses internationally, which she decided to do, according to the Wall Street Journal. In France, we will therefore have the opportunity to see the interview on TMC on Monday March 8th. According to Le FigaroBFMTV also reportedly tried to buy the rights to broadcast the interview with Meghan and Harry, but the TF1 group channel won the game. That same day, in the United Kingdom, it is on ITV that the British will be able to discover the secrets of Prince Harry and his wife. The channel would have paid more than a million euros to be able to broadcast this great interview according to The Telegraph.

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