Crunch Report | Reddit Now Valued at $1.8 Billion
Niantic postpones its European Pokémon GO Event, Discovery Communications acquires Scripps Networks for $14.6 billion, Game of Thrones materials getting released in HBO hack and Reddit is now valued at...
View ArticleDMCA filing says hackers stole ‘thousands’ of internal HBO docs — but company...
The hack of HBO isn’t limited to a handful of Game of Thrones episodes; a DMCA takedown notice issued on behalf of the company says hackers stole “thousands of Home Box Office (HBO) internal company...
View ArticleNew Game of Thrones episode appears in the wild
What’s going to happen in episode 4? It turns out that some people already know the answer. Earlier today, the fourth episode of the seventh season of Game of Thrones leaked online. You may think that...
View ArticleApple said to be spending $1 billion on original content in 2018
Apple’s ambitions around creating original content seem set to grow: The Wall Street Journal reports that it has a budget of around $1 billion to spend on creating its own programming next year....
View ArticleAnother ‘Game of Thrones’ episode leaked early via a partner
HBO’s international partners and affiliates should be extra careful going forward: For the second time in a little over two weeks, one of them was responsible for the early leak of an episode before...
View ArticleCrunch Report | Apple Spending $1 Billion on Original Content
Apple is spending $1 billion to acquire original content, Workday acquires Pattern, Google Home now lets you make free phone calls and Andrew Ng is starting an AI fund. All this on Crunch Report! Read...
View ArticleHBO NOW’s app has pulled in $19 million since the “Game of Thrones” premiere
The “Game of Thrones” effect is in full force for HBO NOW, the premium network’s streaming service for cord cutters. According to new data from app market data provider App Annie, the iOS and Android...
View ArticleAT&T expands free HBO to both its unlimited wireless plans
AT&T announced this morning it’s adding free HBO to all customers on its unlimited wireless plans, including both Unlimited Plus and Unlimited Choice. The carrier in April had offered free HBO...
View ArticleGame of Thrones will spawn its own finale multiverse to avoid spoilers
HBO isn’t leaving anything to chance when it comes to spoiler potential for its climactic Game of Thrones finale: The network will be shooting multiple endings for Season 8, the show’s next and final...
View ArticleNetflix and HBO cleaned up at last night’s Primetime Emmys
Hulu made Emmys history last night by becoming the first streaming service to win an Emmy for Best Drama (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), but it was Netflix that actually took home more awards at last night’s...
View ArticleTC’s Original Content podcast watches the Emmys and goes to Disrupt
This week, we’re mixing up the format on TechCrunch’s Original Content podcast. Your hosts Darrell Etherington and Anthony Ha were both at the Disrupt SF conference this week, which meant that they...
View ArticleApple said to be spending $1 billion on original content in 2018
Apple’s ambitions around creating original content seem set to grow: The Wall Street Journal reports that it has a budget of around $1 billion to spend on creating its own programming next year. That’s...
View ArticleAnother ‘Game of Thrones’ episode leaked early via a partner
HBO’s international partners and affiliates should be extra careful going forward: For the second time in a little over two weeks, one of them was responsible for the early leak of an episode before...
View ArticleCrunch Report | Apple Spending $1 Billion on Original Content
Today’s Stories Apple said to be spending $1 billion on original content in 2018 Workday acquires the team behind Pattern, a young startup founded by ex-Googlers You can now make free phone calls...
View ArticleHBO NOW’s app has pulled in $19 million since the “Game of Thrones” premiere
The “Game of Thrones” effect is in full force for HBO NOW, the premium network’s streaming service for cord cutters. According to new data from app market data provider App Annie, the iOS and Android...
View ArticleAT&T expands free HBO to both its unlimited wireless plans
AT&T announced this morning it’s adding free HBO to all customers on its unlimited wireless plans, including both Unlimited Plus and Unlimited Choice. The carrier in April had offered free HBO only...
View ArticleGame of Thrones will spawn its own finale multiverse to avoid spoilers
HBO isn’t leaving anything to chance when it comes to spoiler potential for its climactic Game of Thrones finale: The network will be shooting multiple endings for Season 8, the show’s next and final...
View ArticleNetflix and HBO cleaned up at the Emmys
Hulu made Emmys history last night by becoming the first streaming service to win an Emmy for Best Drama (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), but it was Netflix that actually took home more awards at this year’s...
View ArticleTC’s Original Content podcast watches the Emmys and goes to Disrupt
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View ArticleHBO launches Soderbergh’s choose-the-order storytelling app and show Mosaic
What if a mystery TV series let you decide to follow one character’s story to the end, or jump between characters as the action unfolds? That’s the idea behind Mosaic, a 3-year, $20 million project by...
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