I heard rumblings about this a few years ago. shyt should be really interesting.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbos-real-life-game-thrones-802764
Unlike so many of the channels rushing toward an on-demand future — CBS announced its stand-alone service a day after Now — HBO is uniquely positioned for a brave new broadband world. For one thing, it has proved it knows how to make shows people will pay to watch, particularly now, as the network is enjoying a second renaissance that rivals the Sopranos era, with such hits as Game of Thrones, Veep and Silicon Valley. Even the network's nonfiction fare, led by six-part docuseries The Jinx, Scientology doc Going Clear and late-night Peabody winner Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, have tapped the cultural zeitgeist, making HBO the envy of Netflix — not the other way around. On June 21, HBO will add a pair of testosterone-fueled new editions — Dwayne Johnson's sports dramedy Ballers and the Jack Black-Tim Robbins political half-hour The Brink — along with a second installment of the drama juggernaut True Detective. And the network will ramp up from there, with plans for more of the addictive Robert Durst docuseries, a not-yet-announced 1970s porn drama from The Wire's David Simon and, if all goes as planned, a platform for ESPN cast-off Bill Simmons. While HBO executives are staying mum, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the network is in talks for a major multipart deal with the biggest media personality in sports (more on that later).
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbos-real-life-game-thrones-802764
Unlike so many of the channels rushing toward an on-demand future — CBS announced its stand-alone service a day after Now — HBO is uniquely positioned for a brave new broadband world. For one thing, it has proved it knows how to make shows people will pay to watch, particularly now, as the network is enjoying a second renaissance that rivals the Sopranos era, with such hits as Game of Thrones, Veep and Silicon Valley. Even the network's nonfiction fare, led by six-part docuseries The Jinx, Scientology doc Going Clear and late-night Peabody winner Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, have tapped the cultural zeitgeist, making HBO the envy of Netflix — not the other way around. On June 21, HBO will add a pair of testosterone-fueled new editions — Dwayne Johnson's sports dramedy Ballers and the Jack Black-Tim Robbins political half-hour The Brink — along with a second installment of the drama juggernaut True Detective. And the network will ramp up from there, with plans for more of the addictive Robert Durst docuseries, a not-yet-announced 1970s porn drama from The Wire's David Simon and, if all goes as planned, a platform for ESPN cast-off Bill Simmons. While HBO executives are staying mum, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the network is in talks for a major multipart deal with the biggest media personality in sports (more on that later).
