HBO is aware of an issue with HBO Max running on Apple TV 4K devices and is working to address it.
Many users have reported “can’t play title” errors. The issue seems to be impacting all generations of Apple TV 4K devices, especially those running tvOS 16.1.
HBO’s SVP of Communications Chris Willard confirmed to The Verge that the company is “aware and working on a fix.”
HBO has shut down its Apple TV Channel, forcing users to embrace HBO Max instead.
Apple TV Channels is the company’s premium channel service, allowing users to subscribe to premium channels and watch them via the Apple TV app. The billing is also handled via Apple’s ecosystem, rather than paying the content channel directly.
As 9to5Mac reports, HBO had already stopped accepting new subscribers via Apple TV Channels once HBO Max launched. Now the company has even blocked existing subscribers from accessing content, forcing Apple TV users to use HBO Max instead.
Warner Media clearly sees HBO Max as the future of its streaming efforts. Unfortunately, that seems to mean promoting HBO Max exclusively, even at the expense of partnerships that benefit the end user.
AT&T reported its first-quarter results, scoring big on wireless subscriber growth and HBO Max subscriptions.
The wireless company reported revenue of $43.9 billion for the quarter, up to 2.7%. Even more significantly, AT&T added 595,000 postpaid subscribers, the most valuable customers for a wireless carrier. The company also added an additional 207,000 prepaid subscribers.
HBO was another bright spot for the company, adding 2.7 million HBO Max and HBO subscriptions.
“We continued to excel in growing customer relationships in our market focus areas of mobility, fiber and HBO Max,” said John Stankey, AT&T CEO. “We had another strong quarter of postpaid phone net adds, higher gross adds, lower churn and good growth in Mobility EBITDA. We also continue to increase penetration in markets where we offer fiber broadband and we’re moving quickly to deploy more fiber. HBO Max continued to deliver strong subscriber and revenue growth in advance of our international and AVOD launches planned for June.”
AT&T’s report is in direct contrast to Verizon, who reported a loss of 178,000 postpaid connections during the same period.
YouTube TV has scored a win against its streaming TV rivals with a deal to bring HBO and Cinemax to its service.
The TV streaming wars are heating up as companies fight to gain and keep subscribers, not just from traditional TV and cable companies, but also from each other. Hulu, Sling TV, fuboTV, CBS All Access, Disney+ and Apple TV+ are all vying for content, networks, channels and programming.
YouTube TV just inked a deal with WarnerMedia to bring HBO, Cinemax and the upcoming HBO Max to YouTube customers. HBO’s content has been available to Hulu, Amazon Prime and AT&T Now subscribers for some time. The deal rounds out YouTube TV’s lineup and helps the service better compete with its rivals. The deal also ensures YouTube TV continued access to WarnerMedia’s other channels, such as TBS, TNT, truTV, CNN, HLN, Turner Classic Movies, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network.
“As consumers’ media consumption habits continually evolve and the landscape becomes more and more dynamic, our goal remains constant, and that is to make the portfolio of WarnerMedia networks available as widely as possible,” said Rich Warren, president of WarnerMedia Distribution. “YouTube has been a valued partner for a number of years, and we’re pleased to not only extend our existing agreement, but also make HBO and Cinemax – and soon HBO Max – available to YouTube TV customers for the first time.”
When HBO Max debuts, it will not be accessible directly in YouTube TV, but customers will be able to use their YouTube TV credentials to log in.
It’s that time of the year again to swoon over adultery, murder, and nudity. The new season of Game of Thrones is upon us and Season 5 absentee Bran Stark is making his much-anticipated comeback.
After taking a long hiatus since the Season 4 finale of Game of Thrones, the youngest remaining member of the House Stark has been confirmed to appear in the upcoming sixth season. Viewers last saw Bran Stark on the show meeting the three-eyed raven in the giant weirwood tree.
While a lot has definitely taken place in Westeros during Bran Stark’s absence, fans can expect a huge difference in the young Stark as well.
Bran Stark, who is played by English actor Isaac Hempstead-Wright, has outgrown his long, disheveled hair for a shorter and cleaner look. Entertainment Weekly released the first peek of Bran’s new look on December 28th and showed the now-teenaged Stark looking upward towards the sky with a familiar direwolf sitting nearby.
Bran Stark is back! Here’s your first look at him in #GameOfThrones season 6: https://t.co/ElWJ6CE63I pic.twitter.com/qoFJW5atvc
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 29, 2015
The death of his alleged brother Jon Snow in the previous season’s finale was certainly the most talked-about event in the series since the massacre of most of the Stark family during the Red wedding. There has been so much speculation as to the fate of Jon Snow, with some people believing that magic will bring him back to life.
With most of the Game of Thrones characters believing that Bran Stark has long been dead, fans of House Stark are now hoping that his return will somehow avenge the dismal fate of his family. Ever since he became a warg, viewers are looking forward to witnessing how Bran Stark will use his powers.
As one will remember, Bran Stark lost his ability to walk when both his legs were broken from a long fall. He had inadvertently witnessed the incestuous affair between siblings Cersei and Jaime Lannister, which caused Jaime to push him down from the tower in an attempt to kill him.
Season 6 of Game of Thrones is set to return in April of 2016.
HBO insiders have just revealed the third main character of its latest and much-anticipated television series: actress Shailene Woodley.
The series is entitled Big Little Lies, which is adapted from the Liane Moriarty-penned bestselling novel of the same name. The plot revolves around three women whose children attend the same kindergarten. Their school interactions result in a friendship that develops as they confide in each other about their respective domestic problems. Their bond grows stronger after an unexpected murder takes place in their town.
Shailene Woodley joins Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon in HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’: https://t.co/pKqejwEhfj pic.twitter.com/BLXk5YCBtR
— IMDb (@IMDb) December 6, 2015
Shailene Woodley is reportedly playing the role of a single mom, while the other two characters will be portrayed by fellow superstars Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. While HBO has yet to make an official statement on Woodley’s involvement in the project, Kidman, who is co-producing the series, confirmed the news at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi, India on December 5th.
Nicole Kidman confirming Shailene Woodley for Big Little Lies at the HT Leadership Summit. pic.twitter.com/BUpIX0lQrG — Lauren (@lfakier) December 5, 2015
The 24-year-old actress has managed to carve out her own niche in Hollywood – the strong, independent, and sensitive female type in various blockbuster and critically-acclaimed films. After her breakout role as Amy Juergens in the 2008 ABC series The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Shailene Woodley went on to star in her first major Hollywood film role in The Descendants, for which she earned several acting awards.
She officially became a household name after playing Tris Prior in the Divergent film series and Hazel Lancaster in The Fault in Our Stars. Shailene Woodley has reportedly been cast in the upcoming Oliver Stone biographical thriller, Snowden, which is scheduled to be released next year.
Kidman’s Blossom Films and Witherspoon’s Pacific Standard Films acquired the rights to novel’s film adaptation and have also enlisted the expertise of David E. Kelley to co-produce the series with them. Fans are eager to know who else will be joining Shailene Woodley in the acting roster, but they might have to wait until January of next year when filming is said to begin.
Nicole Kidman has confirmed the addition of Shailene Woodley to HBO’s Big Little Lies, which also stars Reese Witherspoon.
Kidman announced that the Divergent star is joining HBO limited series at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.
Sources told the Hollywood Reporter that Woodley’s deal is near finalized and is is expected to close next week. HBO, however, did not confirm the news.
Shailene Woodley Joins HBO's Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman Drama https://t.co/K4S9BFFfeP pic.twitter.com/KRGqlvtPIz
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 5, 2015
The new drama is based on Liane Moriarty’s book of the same name and is being written by David E. Kelley (Boston Legal, Ally McBeal). After a bidding war with Netflix, HBO landed the project in May.
The drama chronicles the lives of three mothers of kindergartners whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
Big Little Lies is the biggest television roles for Kidman, Witherspoon and Woodley, as they join the many A-list celebrities who have decided to make the move to TV.
No need for Bollywood to ape Hollywood content, says Nicole Kidman
https://t.co/DnbGo2zFy3 pic.twitter.com/jP5co3oemr
— CNN-IBN News (@ibnlive) December 5, 2015
For years, film stars refused to demean themselves by starring in a television series. However, in recent years, those same actors and actresses have made the transition as a way to take on different material with a reduced time commitment while still juggling feature films.
It seems to be a win-win for celebrities and television audiences.
The recently held 2015 Emmys has been a wonderful night for the Game of Thrones family. The TV show won 12 awards including the award for Outstanding Drama Series — the biggest award of the night.
Red lip, strong brows, top knot, LBD. Amanda Peet is one classic beauty. #Emmys pic.twitter.com/RFiiC2qm85
— NewBeauty Magazine (@NewBeauty) September 20, 2015
Game of Thrones creator David Benioff accepted the award. But before he went on stage, he turned to his wife, Amanda Peet, who was sitting next to him, and gave her a kiss.
[Photos] Game Of Thrones creator David Benioff plants passionate kiss on wife Amanda Peet… http://t.co/cioFAlm58U pic.twitter.com/FZsqDeJXkt — wheytindey (@oluwaseunjr) September 21, 2015
The whole cast of the TV show celebrated their victory at the official HBO party at the Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, Calilfornia. Peet and her husband Benioff were also spotted at the party. The 43-year-old actress was photographed sharing a kiss with Chilean actor Pedro Pascal in front of her husband, who playfully flicked his middle fingers up at the cameras. The couple posed with Pascal afterwards.
Aw, Amanda Peet was so happy about her husband’s #Emmy win for #GOT ???http://t.co/wHWscXBiAE pic.twitter.com/dPHzx4Cp7y
— HuffPostEnt (@HuffPostEnt) September 21, 2015
One onlooker told People that the couple was “always at the center of the social activity together” and added, “They seem like a fun and very in-sync couple.” Peet and Benioff have been married for nine years and have three children: Frances, 8; Molly, 5, and Henry, 9 months. Game of Thrones beat other hit TV series like Homeland, Mad Men, Downton Abbey, Orange Is The New Black, Better Call Saul, and House Of Cards for the Best Drama category. The TV series made history on Sunday as it bagged a total of 12 awards, including Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
Top 10 Moments from the 2015 #Emmy Awards: “Game of Thrones” breaks records http://t.co/f5tCJXzDRA pic.twitter.com/ueKXq1fr02 — IMDb (@IMDb) September 21, 2015
The hit TV series also beat the previous record holder, The West Wing, which took home nine Emmys back in 2000.
Emilia Clarke, who was nominated for Outstanding Supporting actress, was absent during the party as she is currently in Spain, filming for the upcoming season of the show.
The Game of Thrones star, Maisie Williams, describes her first onscreen sex scene as “awkward.”
The 18-year-old star is trying to do a more mature role with her newest indie film The Falling. But despite being part of the hit series Game of Thrones, the actress felt rather self-conscious, she told Vulture.
.@Maisie_Williams reveals why filming her first sex scene was super awkward http://t.co/KVLwbiWAvJ pic.twitter.com/1MRaSuN1Y3
— WhoSay (@WhoSay) August 17, 2015
The Falling is about Lydia, an English all-girls school student. The story tackles sexual awakening among young women in a very repressive surrounding set in the 1960s.
She revealed in an interview that her co-star, Joe Cole, helped her a lot to make her feel comfortable during their intimate scene.
The actress said, “Joe was very sensitive to the fact that I had never done a scene like this before, and it was great to work with someone who was so considerate of that.”
To make sure that the scene would go smoothly, Williams and Cole spent time together to get to know each other. The actress revealed they went out for lunches and rehearsed together so as to learn more about their characters.
When asked about her co-stars, Williams told Vulture she thought Maxine Peake hated her. She was relieved when she was told that Peake, who plays Lydia’s estranged mother, was instructed by the director to not get close to her.
The technique seemed to work on the actress because she admitted she was affected by Peake’s cold treatment. Williams confessed, “it felt like everyone was ignoring me and being really mean. It made me feel really sad and secluded and alone.”
Williams said she was happy to be able to form a good relationship with the other girls in the film. She said she had a great time bonding and learning with them during the filming.
The Falling is now showing in select theaters.
The iconic Sesame Street, which has aired on PBS for 45 years, is moving to HBO.
Don’t worry – you won’t have to subscribe to HBO to watch Sesame Street. But HBO will be the first place it airs, and the broadcasting company gets a nine-month window.
HBO and Sesame Workshop have just announced a five-year deal that will give HBO first-run rights to Sesame Street – meaning the show will appear on HBO and its streaming platforms (HBO GO and HBO NOW) well before it hits PBS.
“We are absolutely thrilled to help secure the future of Sesame Street and Sesame Workshop’s mission for the nation’s kids and families,” said Richard Plepler, Chairman and CEO of HBO, and Michael Lombardo, President, HBO Programming. “Home Box Office is committed to bringing the most groundbreaking and creative shows to its audience. Sesame Street is the most important preschool education program in the history of television. We are delighted to be a home for this extraordinary show, helping Sesame Street expand and build its franchise.”
The new episodes will hit HBO as early at late fall of this year, says the company.
The deal also gives HBO over 150 library episodes of Sesame Street, as well as past episodes of other Sesame Workshop shows like Pinky Dinky Doo and The Electric Company.
For Sesame Workshop, the deal allows for a giant boost in production. The partnership lets it produce 35 new episodes of Sesame Street a year – up from 18. And “for the first time ever, make the show available free of charge to PBS and its member stations.”
“Our new partnership with HBO represents a true winning public-private partnership model,” said Jeffrey D. Dunn, Sesame Workshop’s CEO. “It provides Sesame Workshop with the critical funding it needs to be able to continue production of Sesame Street and secure its nonprofit mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder; it gives HBO exclusive pay cable and SVOD access to the nation’s most important and historic educational programming; and it allows Sesame Street to continue to air on PBS and reach all children, as it has for the past 45 years.”
Olivia Wilde is sporting a new baby bump just a little over a year after giving birth to her son, Otis, with Jason Sudeikis.
However, Olivia Wilde isn’t expecting in real life. The prosthetic bump is all for her latest role.
Olivia Wilde is starring in the new HBO drama, Vinyl.
The show, set in 70’s-era New York, stars Olivia Wilde as the wife, Devon, of record executive Richie Finestra, who is played by Bobby Cannavale.
The cast also includes the likes of Ray Romano, Juno Temple and James Jagger. Wow! That’s some serious casting.
It’s going to look a little something like this:
On HBO’s website the show is described as “a ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop, the show is seen through the eyes of a record label president, Richie Finestra, played by Bobby Cannavale, who is trying to save his company and his soul without destroying everyone in his path.”
Sounds interesting. Vinyl will debut next year.
It seems the bump Olivia Wilde is wearing brings back happy memories of her real pregnancy.
While the prosthetic bump can help her recapture that feeling, it can’t help her in the boob department.
During Olivia Wilde’s real pregnancy she talked a lot about finally having boobs.
In one interview for Lucky magazine, Olivia Wilde shared her excitement over the new world she was experiencing.
She said, “I’m like, double D, hello! I’ve never been in this section of the bra store! I’ve been flat-chested my whole life so it’s a wonderful new world.”
Are you excited to see Olivia Wilde in her new role in Vinyl?
The 5th season of Game of Thrones has drawn plenty of controversy, from rape, bloody battles, torture and sexism. Now, the wife of GOT producer David Benioff, Amanda Peet, speaks out in the defense of the show.
What caused the fans to accuse the show of sexism was the brutal rape of Sansa Stark, played by Sophie Turner, and Cersei Lannister’s ‘Walk of Shame’ played by Lena Headey.
In the aftermath of the big finale, the 43-year-old Togetherness actress Peet, has come to be an advocate of the show. Aside from disagreeing with the criticisms of sexism, Peet also concludes that the female characters on the show are some of the strongest women on television.
“I think it’s really misplaced. They write some of the greatest female characters that are on television,” Peet said in an interview with The Wrap.
Amanda Peet thinks “Game of Thrones” misogyny backlash is “misplaced” http://t.co/278DPnSQ4A pic.twitter.com/Nx2LJmV1Ue
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) June 26, 2015
Peet also echoed an often repeated sentiment saying, “It’s a misogynist world, this world that George R. R. Martin created, but we have to experience it without thinking that people are condoning this.”
Peet highly praised the roles of the women in GOT . “It’s much more insidious to have middling, ancillary female roles where the women are not part of the plot — where they don’t advance anything,” said Peet.
“Wife roles, girlfriend roles, there are very few of those in ‘Game of Thrones.’ If someone takes their clothes off and it’s a massive part of the plot? So be it,” Peet argued.
However, all her points about the show weren’t positive. Peet admitted that she was devastated over the season’s finale especially when Jon Snow was repeatedly stabbed.
“I was furious. He was already in Belfast, he’s back to work now on the next season, but I texted him and said, ‘I’m single now!’” Amanda Peet added, laughing.
Still no hard timeline for CBS’s rollout of its HBO Now-like standalone streaming platform for Showtime, but it shouldn’t be too much longer.
CBS head Les Moonves had that much to say in a recent earnings call.
From CBS Communications’ Dana McClintock:
Moonves on #CBSEarnings call: We’re “looking forward to rolling out our new Showtime over-the-top service in the coming months”
— Dana McClintock (@Dana_McClintock) May 7, 2015
Ianniello: “We expect Showtime over-the-top to be a meaningful driver of our cable results in the near future.” $CBS
— Dana McClintock (@Dana_McClintock) May 7, 2015
Showtime first announced its intentions for a standalone, cable-free streaming option right after HBO announced theirs.
“The days of the 500 channel universe are over,” declared Moonves at the time.
Cord cutting isn’t a foreign concept to CBS. Last year, the network launched CBS All Access, offering full current seasons of over a dozen CBS shows and past seasons of more series. It also lets users livestream local CBS channels – for $5.99 a month.
HBO launched HBO Now in early April. It’s already a hit.
If you live in a town with a good bar or brewery, it’s likely that come 9pm on Sunday, it’s packed with people gearing up for the new episode of Game of Thrones.
Public viewing parties of popular shows have taken off in recent years – people sharing beers and tears over shows like Games of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and more. It’s the communal viewing experience that leads to incredible moments like this, an entire bar watching the Mountain v. The Viper scene from Game of Thrones:
Gee, looks fun. HBO wants to murder than fun.
It looks like HBO is now going after bars that hold these live screening parties. The NY Daily News reports that one Williamsburg bar, Videology, was recently sent a cease and desist letter – which the owner described as “a very polite but official letter asking us to stop showing it.”
They plan to comply with HBO’s polite request, because yeah it’s their content but come on, man.
“As a pay subscription service, HBO should not be made available in public establishments,” said HBO in a statement. “When it does happen, it is of particular concern when there is an attempt to profit off the programming. We have taken such actions for well over a decade.”
It appears HBO is frustrated over the fact that someone leaked a screener of the first four episodes of the new season of Game of Thrones, and it’s taking it out on some truly puzzling targets. This cease and desist order to a New York bar was preceded by legal action against Periscope, Twitter’s live broadcasting app. The company sent takedown notices, following reports that users were live-streaming the season five premiere of Game of Thrones for their followers to see.
Of course, there are a couple of things peculiar about this. For one, Periscope streams vanish after 24 hours – they aren’t permanent videos like, let’s say, YouTube videos. So essentially, HBO is fighting ghosts.
Also, you can’t believe that HBO really considers Periscope a piracy threat. How many Game of Thrones fans do you know who would suffer through watching the show via a low-quality live-stream on Twitter? As in someone recording their TV screen? It makes no sense.
HBO has always had a complicated relationship with piracy. Until the release of HBO NOW, the company’s new standalone streaming app (no cable subscription required), the only way to get HBO content outside of a cable subscription was to steal someone’s HBO GO password or simply download it. Game of Thrones has sat atop the Iron Throne of piracy for years.
But HBO execs have said some interesting things about piracy and password sharing over the years.
In 2013, a GoT director said that piracy doesn’t matter to the overall success of the show and that shows like Game of Thrones survive on cultural buzz. He later backtracked.
A few months later, HBO programming head Michael Lombardo referred to the rampant Game of Thrones piracy as a “compliment of sorts.”
“I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts,” Lombardo said. “The demand is there. And it certainly didn’t negatively impact the DVD sales. [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network.”
Last year, HBO CEO Richard Pleper said sharing HBO GO passwords helps them “build addicts.”
“To us, in many ways, it’s a terrific marketing vehicle for the next generation of viewers and it is actually not material at all to our business,” said Plepler.
“It’s not that we’re ignoring it, and we’re looking at different ways to affect password sharing, I’m simply telling you that it’s not a fundamental problem, and the externality of it – it presents the brand to more and more people and gives them the opportunity to hopefully become addicted to it. What we’re in the business of doing it building addicts – building video addicts. And the way we do that is by exposing our product, and our shows, and our brand to more and more people.”
Facing stiff competition from streaming-only services like Netflix, HBO courted cordcutters with the new, cable-free HBO NOW option. But its coming out party was marred by the massive episode leak, and it looks like HBO is pissed.
Even though the leak did nothing to stop the season premiere of Game of Thrones from setting an all-time viewing record.
Image via GameofThrones, YouTube
HBO isn’t happy with Periscope, Twitter’s live-broadcasting app.
The company has sent takedown notices, following reports that users were live-streaming the season five premiere of Game of Thrones for their followers to see.
“We are aware of Periscope and have sent takedown notices,” an HBO spokeswoman said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “In general, we feel developers should have tools which proactively prevent mass copyright infringement from occurring on their apps and not be solely reliant upon notifications.”
As in, Periscope should be watching for this, on an algorithmic level.
According to Periscope’s Terms of Service, it doesn’t allow the rebroadcasting of copyrighted materials and will “respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law and are properly provided to us.”
“Twitter, Inc. respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of Periscope Services to do the same,” says Periscope. “We reserve the right to remove Content alleged to be infringing without prior notice and at our sole discretion. In appropriate circumstances, Periscope will also terminate a user’s account if the user is determined to be a repeat infringer.”
So if you’re broadcasting Game of Thrones via Periscope, tread carefully.
The company does say, however, that it “may, but are not required to monitor or control the content posted via Periscope and cannot take responsibility for such content.”
HBO may be going after the wrong people, however, as Periscope videos vanish after 24 hours. And when you can just download decent copies of the show via torrent, why watch someone record their TV and play it back in potato quality on Twitter?
As you probably know, the first four episodes of the new season of Game of Thrones leaked online hours before the premiere. HBO has chalked it up to a screener it sent out to an early reviewer. According to TorrentFreak, the episodes were downloaded more than 100,000 times in just the first few hours of availability. Now, that number is well over a million.
The massive leak failed to keep the show from setting a viewing record, however. Nearly eight million viewers tuned in live.
Image via GameofThrones, YouTube
Cordcutters rejoice. If you’re looking for a (legal) way to watch Sunday night’s Game of Thrones premiere, you now have another option.
Last week Dish’s live TV platform Sling TV announced that it would soon be offering HBO to subscribers of its basic package – for an extra $15 per month.
Today is the day. HBO is now live on Sling TV.
“We continue to give TV lovers the content they want on the devices they already own,” said Roger Lynch, CEO of Sling TV. “We know Sling TV is the only way most of our customers can watch HBO shows like Game of Thrones live. Adding HBO’s live and extensive on-demand content to our lineup highlights our continued commitment to bringing customers the very best programming.”
If you pony up $15 extra for HBO on Sling, you’ll gain access to HBO’s main channel live, as well as HBO’s entire library of content – “the same VOD library HBO provides on its other platforms,” says Sling. So if it’s available on HBO GO and HBO NOW, Sling TV has it.
Sling also says it’ll “provide its customers with access to three streams of HBO, in addition to the single-stream dedicated to its core and add-on packages.” That multi-stream functionality will be rolling out to customers over time.
It’s been a big week for HBO and cordcutting. On Monday, HBO’s new standalone streaming platform HBO NOW launched on Apple devices. It’s important to note that Sling TV isn’t getting HBO NOW – that’s still an Apple exclusive for now. Sling TV is offering HBO content directly through Sling TV itself.
Frustrated with the fact that his only options to watch HBO involved ponying up god knows how much for a cable subscription or piracy, a guy named Jake Caputo launched an internet campaign called Take My Money, HBO.
In short, all he asked HBO to do was to please, for the love of god, offer a standalone streaming service so he could give the company his money. The campaign went viral. That was in 2012.
Fast forward to April, 2015. HBO just launched HBO NOW, and for the first time ever, you can stream HBO content without a cable subscription. Or stealing your mom’s HBO GO password – but that’s another story.
In honor of that, and because HBO wants you to think they launched HBO NOW because you demanded it (which is at least partly true), the company has brought back two Sopranos favorites to do what they do best – take people’s money.
Enjoy:
Image via HBO, YouTube