Exclusive: Ad-supported HBO Max may lack new HBO shows
The move is intended to satisfy agreement with cable companies that require no commercials in new HBO programs.
John Stankey is the chief executive of telecommunications corporation AT&T.
The move is intended to satisfy agreement with cable companies that require no commercials in new HBO programs.
AT&T will ease marketing initiatives for its satellite television platform DirecTV to most customers, with limited exceptions, a company executive said this week.
AT&T’s chief operating officer says more than 10 million customers who receive HBO programming will automatically get HBO Max in May.
An AT&T executive reiterated his company’s desire to offload satellite pay TV service DirecTV less than five years after the telecommunications giant acquired the service.