HBO targets April launch of standalone subscription service, report says
Peter Dinklage in HBO's "Game of Thrones." Credit: AP / Helen Sloan
HBO is targeting an April launch of its standalone streaming service, which would coincide with the "Game of Thrones" season premiere, according to a report on Fortune.com.
Fortune also reported that HBO will use technology built by MLB Advanced to launch the service, thus ending a plan to build its own platform.
The future of HBO Go, the company's streaming service for cable subscribers, is unclear.
HBO Go took a beating from frustrated subscribers earlier this year when it crashed repeatedly during the season finale of another popular show, "True Detective."
HBO already confirmed in October that it would launch a standalone service.
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