HBO's streaming strategy is being dragged out of the dark ages, thanks to WarnerMedia

Bloomberg

Former HBO and Time Warner employees "suggest that maximizing HBO on the internet has long enchanted and frustrated the scores of executives who’ve tried," says Felix Gillette of the AT&T shakeup that saw the departure of longtime HBO executive Richard Plepler. He adds: "From the outside, people think of HBO for its innovative programming—The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire, and, of course, Game of Thrones. But people who’ve worked there describe a hidebound institution. Decisions are made slowly and by consensus; longtime employees guard the network’s lucrative, award-winning status quo. From the start, HBO’s internet team was met with occasional outbursts of resistance." ALSO: AT&T is basically saying "enough" with the Game of Thrones-style factions within Time Warner and HBO.