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How is TNT considered as free tv?
From comments here, I see many commenting about free tv. How is TNT free tv?

AEW Blood and Guts telecasted in TNT. Rizosome (talk) 19:26, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I can't find the conments you are referring to. But, I have seen people talking about WWE or AEW or other promotions "giving the fans a big match for free" even though the match was televised on cable. What is left unsaid is that "free" is only in reference to the financial relationship between fan and promoter. Yes, you pay your cable provider for access to the channel, but that doesn't really flow back to the promotion. There's a much more direct link between a fan buying a PPV and the promotion getting money.--Khajidha (talk) 19:46, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Back in the '80s, if you saw any WWF match on your local afternoon channel, chances are Vince's own pocket paid the station to air it, the jobber got about fifty bucks and the "winner" just had to be happy he was getting seen outside of the Northeast market. And a good chunk of the hour was essentially an ad for bigger matches at obscure house shows, where "TV stars" were expected to make that real money. We've come a long way, brother! InedibleHulk (talk) 23:05, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, back then (and before), big matches were not put on tv precisely because you would be giving it for free. Promoters used tv to drive house show attendance. --Khajidha (talk) 23:30, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * That all changed in 1995, when Antonio Inoki drew about 200,000 people, raking in a cool $?.??. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:02, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , Television Numerique Terrestre is free TV in France. And that man in your movie needs to see a doctor me thinks.. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 01:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC)