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HBO Now officially launched yesterday, finally letting those of us (with Apple TV, that is) break free from the binds of borrowing our parents’ passwords so that we can subscribe to the premium cable network on our own — and just in time for this Sunday’s Game of Thrones premiere! But with more networks offering their own streaming platforms, consumers are raising questions as to how reliable the services will be — remember how HBO Go crashed during the True Detective finale? — as to how much buffering will take place while you’re streaming your favorite show. We’ll find out how HBO Now handles the Game of Thrones fans taking to the Internet en masse to watch the premiere this weekend, but one thing is for certain: if your connection is slow, it’s most likely not HBO’s problem.

he cable network is firmly drawing a line between its programming and its online services. As Re/code points out, HBO’s help center directs the network’s subscribers to their own broadband provider if they notice issues with playback. And HBO is also distancing itself from questions about individual subscriptions, which is handled by iTunes. As Adam Epstein writes on Quartz, “It’s probably not laziness on HBO’s part when it directs customers to other companies to solve service or billing problems. HBO specifically developed HBO Now so that it wouldn’t have to deal with those issues, just as it isn’t responsible for them when someone buys HBO through a cable provider.”

In other news…

In anticipation of the upcoming HBO documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the film’s co-executive producer (and Cobain’s daughter) Frances Bean Cobain slyly reveals she’s not a Nirvana fan. [Rolling Stone]

BBC America is making it super easy for you to check out their hit show, Orphan Black: the first four episodes are now streaming on YouTube. Go on, get hooked! [LostRemote]

The big screen adaptation of Ant-Man hits theaters this July, but it’s been a long road for Marvel’s tiniest superhero to get the blockbuster treatment. [Vulture]

If you’re underwhelmed by the reviews of the anticipated Apple Watch, maybe you’ll be more stoked for the Netflix Watch? [YouTube]

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