Amid Trade Tensions, Game of Thrones Finale Blocked in China

HBO isn't the only US company that may face tariff-inspired hiccups

Higher prices from retailers like Walmart and Macy’s are a fairly predictable outcome of the U.S.-China trade war. The ability of Chinese fans to tune in to the Game of Thrones finale is arguably less so.

And yet that’s precisely what happened on Sunday—at least according to the Wall Street Journal.

While 19.3 million U.S. consumers were able to watch the series finale on Sunday, the Journal says fans in China were thwarted by transmission problems on HBO’s streaming partner, Tencent Video.

A rep for HBO told Adweek, “There was no issue with the delivery of the episode.”

However,

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