HBO's new overseer from AT&T confirms he wants more programming from the pay cable network

Variety

But WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey says a recent New York Times story on his plans for HBO, which implied that he wanted it to become broad and compete with Netflix, had not “effectively characterized what we are about." Stankey said he would pursue "a very responsible investment" in new shows at HBO. The team at HBO “feels comfortable that we can flex up on development in a way that rounds out the schedule very nicely,” Stankey said during an AT&T earnings call, adding: "We have a tremendous amount of great projects already in the funnel." ALSO: Stankey wants to have enough content so HBO subscribers don't cancel for parts of the year.