Some AT&T customers were capable to watch the first episode of the terminal season of Game of Thrones before than everyone else .
Theseason premier — one of the most hoped-for television events in chronicle — aerate at 9 p.m. EST on Sunday for millions of Game of Thrones fans . But favourable fans with DirecTV Now accession were able to watch the show four hours ahead of time .
AT&T acquired HBO when it took over Time Warner in June 2018 . The move allowed the company to stream HBO shows on AT&T ’s subscription cyclosis help DirecTV Now . Immediately after the acquisition , DirecTV bumped up the cost for its service by$5 a month
Photo: (HBO)
Insiderfirst reported that DirecTV Now customers were sent qui vive at 5 p.m. on Sunday saying the Game of Thrones instalment was available to stream , and that people were gleefully tweeting about their early access .
So PSA . Tonight’s#GamesOfThronespremiere drop hour and minute early on Direct television set so BE CAREFUL ONLINE FOR TWITTER IS wickedness AND FULL OF SPOILERS .
— Joanna Robinson ( @jowrotethis)April 14 , 2019
So this is season 8 . I think@directvnowscrewed up . But I get to watch@GameOfThrones3 hours early.pic.twitter.com/j13hJL1its
— Coach Carle ( @Coach_Carle)April 14 , 2019
CNBCconfirmed with AT&T it was indeed a screw - up .
“ Apparently our system was as excited as we were for Game of Thrones last night and pass on a few DirecTV Now client early access to the episode by mistake , ” an AT&T voice told Gizmodo . “ When we became cognisant of the error , we forthwith fixed it . ”
There ’s no reason to think this was n’t an honest mistake , but it does n’t anguish AT&T to indicate to its customer that a subscription could get them other admission . It ’s arduous to think that AT&T releasing such a momentous episode early then issuing a blithe financial statement about the mistake would n’t upset some high - level employees at HBO . If so , there ’s not much they could do about it now .
[ Insider , CNBC ]
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