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HBO's legacy and future as streaming services prevail

HBO and chill? It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but there was a time when HBO considered buying the streaming juggernaut Netflix when it was valued at just $1 billion. That’s a paltry sum compared to their worth today of $300 billion.

Peter Kafka of Vox and ReCode reflects on each company’s legacy and future with host Scott Tong.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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