HBOHBO Testing Streaming Film, TV Service for SubscribersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 17, 2010 - 7:53am.
New York
- Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO is preparing to launch an online streaming service for cable,
satellite and telco TV service subscribers to its pay-TV channels, The New York
Times reported. The HBO GO service has launched in beta for Comcast and Verizon
FiOS TV subscribers; HBO counts about 35 million subscribers overall.
HBO Plans Series on Female Showbiz Blogger; Nikki Finke?Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2010 - 11:54am.
Los Angeles - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO has announced plans to
develop a series about "a powerful female online showbiz journalist with a
no-holds barred style," leading many to speculate the subject is Nikki
Finke, the one-time LA Weekly columnist who started her own successful blog
before being hired by Mail.com Media Corp. to run Deadline.com. Gawker
contacted Finke for comment, who said she would be posting on the news on her
own site shortly. The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, said HBO did not obtain
Finke's life rights before moving forward with the project, and does not plan
to work with her on the show.
tags: Blogs | TV | Publishing | Time Warner | HBO | Nikki Finke | Deadline.com | Mail.com Media Corporation |
Liberty Names Former HBO Head Albrecht as Starz CEOAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 22, 2009 - 11:03am.
Englewood,
Colo. - Liberty Media (NASD: LINTA) announced
on Tuesday that it has named former HBO (NYSE: TWX) chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht as the
new president and CEO of its Starz pay-TV programming unit. Robert B. Clasen is
set to retire as chairman and CEO of Starz at the end of the year. Albrecht
spent over 20 years at HBO, before resigning in 2007 shortly after being
arrested and charged with assaulting a girlfriend.
Time Warner Prepping "TV Everywhere" for Pay-TV SubscribersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 4, 2009 - 1:01pm.
New York
- Media conglomerate Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is in talks with a number of fellow content
providers, as well as cable, satellite and telecom providers, on a new service
that would provide free, on-demand Web access for subscribers to premium pay-TV
content, AdAge.com reported. "If you want to watch your favorite TV
network or shows through broadband on any device -- PCs or mobile -- you can do
it as long as you subscribe to any multichannel provider," Time Warner CEO
Jeffrey Bewkes told AdAge.
Time Warner, Adobe to Collaborate on Web VideoAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 3, 2009 - 1:51pm.
San Francisco
- Adobe Systems (NASD: ADBE) said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) TBS,
Warner Bros. Entertainment, and HBO to collaborate on next-generation video and
implement Adobe's Flash video platform on Time Warner sites. The companies also
plan to work together "to accelerate the development of digital rights
management for the Web and desktop, and metadata and audience measurement
solutions to improve the discovery and monetization of content."
HBO to Offer "Flight of the Conchords" Songs on iTunesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 13, 2009 - 1:12pm.
Los Angeles - HBO will offer songs featured in each episode from the new season of its comedy "Flight of the Conchords" for purchase and download on iTunes the day after each episode airs, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Fans who pre-order a 15-track album featuring songs from the new season from SubPop.com will also receive the new episode tracks each week. HBO to Premiere New Season of "Conchords" on FunnyorDieAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 16, 2008 - 1:43pm.
Los Angeles - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO plans to offer a full-length streaming preview of the second season premiere of its "Flight of the Conchords" comedy series on FunnyorDie.com, Variety reports. The preview will be available from Wednesday through Sunday, while the broadcast premiere is slated for Jan. 18. HBOlab Taps Web Video Stars for Webisode Series "Hooking Up"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 8, 2008 - 10:21am.
Los Angeles
- Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) digital production studio HBOlab is set to launch a new online
series next month, "Hooking Up," which will feature a number of
Internet celebrities, including "Lonelygirl15" Jessica Rose and video
bloggers sxePhil and KevJumba, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
tags: Video | Advertising | TV | Time Warner | Webisodes | HBO | Lonelygirl15 | HBOlab | Hooking Up |
HBO Adds First Four Seasons of "Entourage" to iTunes StoreAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 13, 2008 - 11:36am.
New York - Time Warner's HBO has announced plans to put its entire "Entourage" series up for sale at Apple's iTunes Store, the Associated Press reports. The first two seasons of the series were made available today, while the third and fourth seasons will be added in consecutive weeks before the broadcast premiere of the fifth season on Sept. 7. FunnyOrDie Sister Site BlueCollarOrDie ShutteredAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 22, 2008 - 9:14am.
Los Angeles - BlueCollarOrDie, a spin-off comedy site of Will Ferrell-backed FunnyOrDie, has been shut down due to lack of Web traffic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. HBO, Cinemax Docs Coming to Amazon DVD-on-Demand ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 16, 2008 - 12:26pm.
Seattle - Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) CreateSpace on-demand DVD distribution service said on Monday that it has partnered with Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO Video to offer a selection of HBO and Cinemax documentaries on the service. Films included in the offering, to include "When I Knew" and "Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card," will also be the first created through an on-demand service to be encrypted by the industry's Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection technology. HBO Backs FunnyorDie.com; Will Migrate Web Ideas to TVAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 11, 2008 - 7:45am.
tags: Deals | Video | TV | Comedy | Time Warner | HBO | Investments | Will Ferrell | FunnyOrDie.com |
Report: HBO Shows Coming to iTunes with Flexible PricingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 12, 2008 - 8:52am.
HBO Offers First 15 Episodes of "In Treatment" for Free OnlineAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 6, 2008 - 9:44am.
Los Angeles - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO is offering free streams of the first fifteen episodes of its new series "In Treatment" on its website, in an attempt to help generate a following for the show -- the first HBO series that airs five nights a week, according to The Hollywood Reporter. HBO to Offer Programs for Free Online to SubscribersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 22, 2008 - 12:16pm.
HBO Takes on The Barry Bonds StoryAuthored by Scott Goldberg on November 29, 2007 - 7:43am.
Barry Bonds, the San Francisco Giants slugger and current Major League Baseball homerun king, was recently indicted on federal charges for perjury, obstruction of justice, and lying under oath, capping a story that dates back to his single-season homerun record obliteration. One of the most controversial figures in the history of American sports will now take center stage in an HBO film, Variety reports. Sopranos Creator Discusses Finale in New BookAuthored by Scott Goldberg on October 25, 2007 - 7:34am.
David Chase, creator of HBO’s The Sopranos, was unreachable following the series’ final episode last spring, and for good reason: No matter your opinion of the ending, good or bad, you had strong words. Some felt duped by the blackout ending, as if their cable had frozen or failed; others were betrayed that eight years of development could result in such an inconclusive conclusion; and others analyzed the artistic merits from head to toe, seeing it as the perfect finish to the perfect show.
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Team on HBO ProjectAuthored by Scott Goldberg on October 22, 2007 - 10:22am.
The duo will produce a series with HBO, untitled for now, and it will be written by The Bourne Ultimatum co-writer Scott Burns. The subject matter hits close to the couples’ own experiences, as it will cover the internal politics of an international aid organization, the lives of humanitarian workers in danger zones, and the people they assist.
HBO to Tackle the Duke Rape CaseAuthored by Scott Goldberg on October 3, 2007 - 6:05am.
HBO has acquired the rights to the book "Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case," written by Stuart Taylor Jr. and K.C. Johnson. The book, about the prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players for the gang rape of a stripper at a team party, was published by Thomas Dunne Books.
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