HBO tried to build their streaming service in-house. They hired very competent guy (Microsoft's higher-up from xbox) to lead it. The project failed and was scra

HBO tried to build their streaming service in-house. They hired very competent guy (Microsoft's higher-up from xbox) to lead it. The project failed and was scrapped. It's not easy to do those things from scratch to handle "Games of thrones" premiere traffic. Then they outsourced streaming tech to MLB: http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/4/9090897/mlb-bam-live-streaming-internet-tv-nhl-hbo-now-espn http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/4/9090897/mlb-bam-live-stream...