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As AT&T gears up to acquire Time Warner, mobile content is top-of-mind for teams at both companies. AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson spoke of these plans on Tuesday, singling out HBO as a Time Warner brand that has become a household name.。

But how would something like。 But how would something like
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look on mobile? Shorter — much shorter. "Maybe you want a 20-minute episode," Stephenson suggested, noting before that the mere suggestion would be terrifying for HBO CEO Richard Plepler.
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"Let the content geniuses and creative geniuses think about this, but curate the content uniquely for a mobile environment," he added.。

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。Plepler hasn't responded to the suggestion of 20-minute episodes, but if we may speak for the。

Game of Thrones 。 fandom — NO. By the old gods, and the new, no.。Twenty minutes is roughly the length of some。 scenes。 on。

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Short mobile episodes would mean less lingering looks and brooding Jon Snow or brevity of tertiary characters like the very important Podrick Payne.
。 On the flip side, mobile episodes would make for impressive bonus content to tease upcoming seasons or the five spinoffs HBO has in the pipeline. I guess... we'll allow it.。

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