{"id":53118,"date":"2022-08-22T19:46:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T19:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hbo-max-crashes-for-thousands-during-house-of-the-dragon-release\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T19:46:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T19:46:50","slug":"hbo-max-crashes-for-thousands-during-house-of-the-dragon-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hbo-max-crashes-for-thousands-during-house-of-the-dragon-release\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max crashes for thousands during &#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center\" config=\"[object Object]\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\"><button class=\"wpds-c-gNHrZC wpds-c-gNHrZC-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-gNHrZC-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-gNHrZC-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-gNHrZC-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-gNHrZC-futxca-cv wpds-c-gNHrZC-ihhnWqF-css\"><button class=\"PJLV PJLV-igcOMTV-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-coakfw wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\" iconstyle=\"[object Object]\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">HBO Max crashed repeatedly for many viewers during the premiere of the streaming platform&#8217;s highly anticipated \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d prequel on Sunday night, forcing some to create new user profiles to circumvent the issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The website Downdetector chronicled thousands of outages shortly after \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d began at 9 pm Eastern time.  The company confirmed there could be problems when viewing the show through an Amazon Fire TV device.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201c<i>House of the Dragon<\/i> is being successfully viewed by millions of HBO Max subscribers this evening,\u201d HBO said in a statement provided to multiple media outlets Sunday.  \u201cWe&#8217;re aware of a small portion of users attempting to connect via Fire TV devices that are having issues and are in the process of resolving for those impacted users.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The crashes introduced a technical hiccup into one of HBO&#8217;s most hotly awaited shows in years.  \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d is a prequel to the network&#8217;s blockbuster \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d series, which is based on the medieval fantasy series \u201cA Song of Ice and Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d became a television and pop culture giant by serving viewers drawn-out palace intrigue punctuated by violence and sex.  The show was known for shocking viewers by abruptly killing off main characters.  But its final season in 2019 was blown by some longtime fans who thought it had been rushed to a close.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The prequel, helmed by different directors than its predecessors, could provide a comeback of sorts for HBO.  It also comes just a week before its competitor Amazon Prime plans to premiere \u201cThe Rings of Power,\u201d a new cinematic installment to the Lord of the Rings franchise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">HBO&#8217;s technical hiccup Sunday night was a source of concern for some viewers, who expressed their frustration on social media.  \u201cApp is crashing.  Very disappointing,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlyKempler\/status\/1561520516195930112\" target=\"_blank\">wrote <\/a>Carly Kempler, a media and audience engagement specialist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Several viewers found that HBO Max would appear to start the show by playing a trailer advertising the network&#8217;s exclusive content, according to accounts documented on social media.  But then the user would be suddenly taken back to the Amazon Fire TV home screen as the app suddenly exited.  This would happen repeatedly.  (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The network suggested various fixes through its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HBOMaxHelp\" target=\"_blank\">twitter account<\/a>including going into a different show and turning off subtitles, or uninstalling and reinstalling the app.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Some users found Sunday night that they could navigate around the problem by creating a new profile name and accessing the show that way. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<div data-oembed-type=\"twitter\" class=\"\" style=\"min-height:171px\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apparently you have to crate a new user on your hbo max account and it works fine<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stanton (@StantonThe3rd) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StantonThe3rd\/status\/1561526476603809792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">As of Monday morning, there were few new outages reported on Downdetector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"b bt bc-offblack dn-ns hide-for-print\" data-testid=\"mostRead\" subscriptions-section=\"content\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment on this story Comment HBO Max crashed repeatedly for many viewers during the premiere of the streaming platform&#8217;s highly anticipated \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d prequel on Sunday night, forcing some to create new user profiles to circumvent the issue. The website Downdetector chronicled thousands of outages shortly after \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d began at 9 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hbo-max-crashes-for-thousands-during-house-of-the-dragon-release\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HBO Max crashes for thousands during &#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; release<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52849,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fans-annoyed-as-house-of-the-dragon-crashes-hbo-max\/","url_meta":{"origin":53118,"position":0},"title":"Fans annoyed as &#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; crashes HBO Max","date":"August 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Fans were anxiously waiting for the premiere of the \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d prequel \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d on Sunday evening \u2014 but some viewers were in for an infuriating night when the much-anticipated 10-episode series finally dropped after months of hype. 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