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HBO Is Getting A Bigger Budget Under AT&T To Challenge Netflix

June 18, 2018

HBO is getting a bigger budget under AT&T to challenge Netflix

Evan Rachel Wood and James Marsden in the HBO series "Westworld." (John P. Johnson / HBO)

 

HBO’s new owner is looking to devote more money to the network behind “Game of Thrones” and “Westworld.”

John Stankey, the incoming head of AT&T Inc.’s entertainment division, plans to boost HBO’s original-programming budget to keep pace with deep-pocketed rivals such as Netflix Inc.

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