AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, whose company is in the process of purchasing Time Warner , has suggested that it might make sense to cut down episodes of Game of Thrones to a shorter length to make them more palatable in a "mobile environment."

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“I’ll cause [HBO CEO Richard] Plepler to panic,” Stephenson said at the J.P. Morgan’s Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference according to Variety . "Think about things like Game of Thrones . In a mobile environment, a 60-minute episode might not be the best experience. Maybe you want a 20-minute episode.”Though Stephenson mentioned Game of Thrones, he used the popular HBO series mostly to illustrate how AT&T could adapt Time Warner's portfolio of entertainment brands to better fit mobile platforms.With Time Warner under its umbrella, AT&T has an opportunity to integrate its telecommunications services with brands from HBO, Warner Bros., and more. However, Stephenson's comments don't necessarily indicate any currently announced concrete plans to adapt films, shows, and more from those brands to mobile platforms.For now, Game of Thrones continues to ramp up to its season 7 premiere later this summer, with new season 7 key art and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) explaining that season 7 has a much faster pace than previous seasons. A new look at Game of Thrones' massive dragons in season 7 was also recently revealed.Game of Thrones: Season 7 returns Sunday, July 16th, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO. To get caught up beforehand, be sure to check out IGN's visual refresher to every Game of Thrones episode so far . Meanwhile, five potential spinoff series for Game of Thrones are currently in development . Here's a look at the best Game of Thrones merchandise

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