The short version

Ted Sarandos predicted on February 1, 2013: “The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.” Verdict: Called it. Right. HBO's full streaming answer, HBO Max, did not launch until May 27, 2020 - seven years and three months later - into a market Netflix already dominated; Netflix passed 200 million global subscribers at the end of…

Prediction by

Ted Sarandos

On February 1, 2013

“The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.”

Follow-up

Right. HBO's full streaming answer, HBO Max, did not launch until May 27, 2020 - seven years and three months later - into a market Netflix already dominated; Netflix passed 200 million global subscribers at the end of 2020. HBO won prestige; Netflix became the business.

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