We take a step back to explore how HBO--what used to be called Home Box Office -- went from serving B-movies to some 325 homes in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania to become the juggernaut of original shows and movies that it is today. And in the process, become the standard by which all other cable companies would one day have to measure themselves.
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