Author: Julia Alexander
Game of Thrones’ series finale streamed around the world last night, giving fans closure just about everywhere — except China.
Thousands of Chinese users who rely on streaming platform Tencent Video were outraged to discover they couldn’t access the most recent episode. A message that read “transmission medium problems” appeared in lieu of the finale, according to The Wall Street Journal. An HBO spokesperson told the Journal the network had no issue with transmitting the episode, but Tencent was restricted from airing it by the Chinese government because of ongoing trade disputes with the United States.
Fans in China not being able to stream Game of Thrones is just another example of how increasingly tense the trade disputes between...
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Game of Thrones’ series finale streamed around the world last night, giving fans closure just about everywhere — except China.
Thousands of Chinese users who rely on streaming platform Tencent Video were outraged to discover they couldn’t access the most recent episode. A message that read “transmission medium problems” appeared in lieu of the finale, according to The Wall Street Journal. An HBO spokesperson told the Journal the network had no issue with transmitting the episode, but Tencent was restricted from airing it by the Chinese government because of ongoing trade disputes with the United States.
Fans in China not being able to stream Game of Thrones is just another example of how increasingly tense the trade disputes between...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...