. >> sreenivasan: the hbo television series "game of thrones" set a record this year3 wiemmy nominations final season. they won in 12 of those the success of the show is having an unintended consequencn he city where it was filmed. tourists are making the medievan hottest travel destinations. newshour weekend's special correspondent, christopher livesay, has the story. >> reporter: dubrovnik, croatia. even if you've nevereen to this gem of the adriat chances are you've seen this cityscape straight out of a fantasy. or, recognize that music ♪ ♪ with its sea, ancient history,wi and these medieval wal dubrovnik was already a magnet for tourism. then, virtually overnight, thingsent into hyperdrive. that's the day the dragons came. is is king's landing from "game of thron." for seven of the series' eight seasons, drovnik was the backdrop of this most important of settings in one of the most popular d praised tv series of all time. and it's brought this modest balkan city a jolt of notoriety. >> i remember when i first watched it. it was just, "oh, my god!" >> well, first, we heard about thw w

this is actually my third trip to chernobyl, but my first one after watching the hbo television series and i've got to say it's a bit of a different experience because chernobyl is a disaster that i've known about all my life but i haven't had aa emotiocoection to it. and now walking around these abandoned buildings i'm imagining the drama that played out here that i saw in the show. chernobyl lies now in an independent ukraine; then, it was the ukrainian soviet socialist republic. and for ukrainians, who are all too familiar with the consequences of the disaster, the show has served as a fresh reminder of what life was like under moscow rule. >> i believe that the hbo h miniseri reminded the many ukrainians uh, about uh,it neceuh, to have controls of their lives and the, the lives of their community, of their country, uh, closer tond their own because it's a terrible feeling when, when yout are onrely on somebody else's decision, who is very, very reme, and, may or may not care about you at all. >> reporter: for the pbs newshour i'm sime ostrovsky in chernobyl exclusion zone. >> woodr

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hbo max. disney plus could still be an additive. it's not trying to be everything. netflix's enemy is cable. it wants to replace cable televisionrnet television and have netflix as the number one network. disney plus is a little bit more like a cable network in a traditional sense. it serves a particular audience. hbo max is the only service that is trying to be all things to all people. carol: they have a wide array of programming from the get-go. >> yeah. they combine what you already get with hbo. then they fold in other programming from what was once time warner. that includes movies from warner brothers, aquaman, harry potter, all things like that. that includes cartoon network. every day, i get a new announcement about a new series or licensing deal they have struck. the amount of press that they are putting out about these projects dwarfs disney, apple, and comcast combined. kailey: there is just so much content. are people willing to pay for more streaming services? is there room for everyone? >> there's room for a lot of them. everybody? i'm not sure. when i talked to the guy overseeing at&t, they suggest people will s

television being produced there. so we're missing the big picture here because it really doesn't matter how much money is going into disney plus or hbothe amount coming out of that 85% is a much bigger opportunity than the drip that is going in from the top from these streaming services >> investors have certain growth expectations on top of that. i wonder how much of this verizon disney story is about rebundling >> yeah. >> it's about getting people in as quickly as possible and making it simple at the same time >> yeah. we're moving out of one bundle, the cable bundle and into another bundle, the wireless bundle in this case. i think it's important that's a 12-month offer it's about raising the price you're paying or spending in your wireless bundle we'll see what the adoption rate for something like that looks like overall consumer spending is clearly moving more into this streaming on demand environment. ultimately that's a good thing for the provider that has the highest value to spend ratio, which is by far netflix. >> when you think of bundles, you use this term, this new bundle, how many channels can be in it? how many servic

hbo max. disney plus could still be an additive to netflix. it is cheap and targeted, it is not trying to be everything. netflix's enemy is cable. it wants to replace cable televisionternet television and have netflix be the number one network. disney plus is a little bit more like a cable network in a traditional sense. you stick with that analogy and that metaphor, because it still serves a particular audience. hbo max is the only one of these new services that is similarly trying to be all things to all people. carol: they have a wide array of programming right from the get-go. >> yeah. they combine what you already get with hbo. "the sopranos," "game of thrones," as well as the new catherine the great show that just came out. they are also folding and programming from what was once time warner, warner media, and movies that includes from warner bros., so aquaman, harry potter, all things like that. it includes things like cartoon network. every day, i get a new announcement about a new original series or a new licensing deal they have struck on hbo max. the amount of press they are putting out about new projects dwarfs disney, apple, and comcast combined. kaile

about new television or entertainment or sports packages that you can stream over the internet for $5 to $15 a month each of these services offers thousands of hours of programming. netflix, hbohulu, amazon, prime, apple tv plus, disney plus, peacock, cbs, all access, showtime, starz, sin macinemax o name it. then you've got the electronic arts and activision and take two and you can play them on systems by sony or microsoft or ninltd, sign up for nfl sunday ticket, watch all the football you need. you can sit on your couch and scroll through your instagram feed while ordering delivery from niche restaurants including wing stop, which we have on tonight. you can get the same day delivery or next day delivery from amazon unless you prefer to buy online and pick up in the store at costco or walmart but you know what we don't have? we don't have enough hours in a day to enjoy all this stuff we just talked about. not enough time. even if you quit your job and learn how to go without sleep. the latter of which i've got down cold. we also don't have a one-stop shop where everything's at your fingertips, which brings us to the second more powerful limitation, the government the regu