Exclusive: Deleted scenes from HBO’s Silicon Valley
Before Mike Judge took the stage at Disrupt SF today, the crowd was treated with 4 minutes of deleted scenes from the most recent season of HBO’s Silicon Valley. There are some fun extra cuts from the...
View ArticleHBO’s new show Westworld explores the hedonism and horror of VR
What if you could shoot or screw whoever you wanted without consequences? Would you feel bad about your decisions? Would you pity your victims, even if their digital memories were wiped clean? HBO...
View ArticleHBO’s Westworld is the robotic cowboy headtrip that you didn’t know you were...
Expectations are ridiculously high as Westworld rides onto HBO tonight. The first season cost a reported $100 million to make, and it’s being pitched in some quarters as the new Game of Thrones. When...
View ArticleAT&T’s new streaming service, DirecTV Now, just got a lot more interesting
AT&T’s soon-to-launch live streaming service, DirecTV Now, just got a lot more interesting following AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. Announced earlier this year, DirectTV Now was already an...
View ArticleNetflix’s Reed Hastings believes AT&T Time Warner merger could be good for...
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings isn’t bothered by the idea of a marriage between mobile powerhouse AT&T and HBO’s parent company Time Warner, “As long as HBO’s bits and Netflix’s bits are treated the...
View ArticleIs Netflix Disney’s next big buy and is Reed Hastings its next CEO?
Disney and Netflix are logical dance partners. And, just as we saw with the 50/50 cash and stock financial engineering that enabled AT&T to buy Time Warner, ever-creative Disney undoubtedly has...
View ArticleHBO leads the Golden Globes again, as attention for Netflix and Amazon cools
The top two streaming services won’t be dominating the Golden Globes this year, despite the investments Netflix and Amazon have made into funding their own original content. In fact, Netflix is having...
View ArticleAmazon launches the first of its own subscription VOD channels, Anime Strike
Amazon has debuted its first own-brand subscription video-on-demand channel, part of the Amazon Channels offering it provides with content from partners including HBO and Showtime. This is the first...
View ArticleCrunch Report | HBO NOW Passes 2 Million Subscribers
HBO NOW passes 2 million subscribers, Trident Capital Cybersecurity raises a $300 million fund, Pinterest adds new visual search features and Y Combinator now takes recommendations from anyone. All...
View ArticleAT&T’s Unlimited Plus wireless plan now includes free HBO
AT&T’s $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner hasn’t yet completed, but the company is already leveraging Time Warner assets to boost its own services – first with its streaming TV service...
View ArticleHBO’s “Silicon Valley” cast hints about upcoming season
They’re back! HBO’s “Silicon Valley” is set to return to television, with the fourth season debuting this Sunday. We had a chance to watch the first two episodes at the premiere and can confirm that...
View ArticleHBO’s Silicon Valley gets renewed for fifth season, Erlich Bachman won’t return
HBO confirmed today that Silicon Valley will indeed be returning for a fifth season, but one of its stars, T.J. Miller, who plays the ever moronic Erlich Bachman, will not be rejoining the cast. Read...
View ArticleAmazon Channels now works like a TV login for HBO & Showtime’s apps
Amazon Channels is starting act like a TV provider. The service, which allows Prime members to subscribe to over-the-top premium networks like HBO, Showtime, Starz, Cinemax and others, now allows you...
View ArticleMolotov adds OCS and HBO content just in time for ‘Game of Thrones’ new season
This deal is a bit convoluted, but the bottom line is that you’ll be able to watch the season 7 of Game of Thrones live or on demand on TV streaming app Molotov. The French startup just signed a deal...
View ArticleHBO and Cinemax come to Hulu, but you’ll need the new app to watch
Hulu this morning announced it’s finally adding HBO as an optional add-on for subscribers, as well as HBO-owned Cinemax. The premium networks will be offered to those who subscribe to Hulu’s on-demand...
View ArticleHBO and Netflix lead this year’s Emmy nominations
Streaming services once again top the list of this year’s Emmy nominations – another indicator of the shift in how today’s consumers are watching TV. HBO, which has been available over-the-top since...
View Article‘Game of Thrones’ premiere breaks HBO streaming records
The anticipated season 7 premiere of HBO’s flagship series “Game of Thrones” set a number of new records for the network on Sunday night, including again setting the record for the most-watched...
View ArticleCrunch Report | Google Glass for the Enterprise
Google Glass is relaunching but this time for the enterprise, Game of Thrones breaks HBO streaming records, Amazon and Tinder both now have a “stories” feature and Embark has taken over. All this on...
View Article‘Game of Thrones’ premiere sent HBO NOW half a million downloads, 3x increase...
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” isn’t just a cultural phenomenon – it’s also a driving force for the company’s over-the-top service aimed at cord cutters, HBO NOW. According to new data from app store...
View ArticleHBO got hacked and some Game of Thrones materials are bubbling up online
HBO confirms it was the target of a hack, though the company doesn’t appear to be quite sure what the damage is yet. So far, episodes of the HBO series Room 104 and Ballers have trickled out online....
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