Comments on: HBO Lets Conchords Pilot Fly Freely http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/ Fri, 25 May 2012 14:14:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Hulu to Get Some Premieres Early « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447184 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:35:25 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447184 [...] shows online before they air on oldteevee is becoming par for the course for networks. Last year, HBO released the Flight of the Conchords pilot on MySpace, iFilm and iTunes before it went up on the pay cable [...]

]]> By: The Wire Puts Prequels on Amazon « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447183 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:01:11 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447183 [...] HBO did stream the first episode of its comedy Flight of the Conchords for free online, and that show turned into a cult hit. And now, in addition to putting new episodes [...]

]]> By: NewTeeVee HBO Digital Team ‘Ankles’ « http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447182 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:00:28 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447182 [...] has been futilely aggressive against downloaders, while at the same time hiring digital talent and expanding promotional distribution with the HBO Labs [...]

]]> By: scooby http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447181 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:36:17 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447181 ive been watching The Tudors on veoh. But I stopped because it got boring. dont know when its coming to Australia.

]]> By: ohigotchya http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447180 Thu, 24 May 2007 18:50:01 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447180 HBOLab runs under the moniker “runawaybox.com” and distributes content that is original, episodic, and almost daily. It has created all the content you see on the runawaybox.com web site.

Also, HBO has a thing called a subscription base. Granted things that are free and embeddable are good for all, but for HBO the line is drawn at promotion. This was a promotional effort. If every episode was maded free and sharable legally, this would obviously dilute the subscription base… and voila! no more HBO.

]]> By: neovids http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447179 Thu, 24 May 2007 04:20:06 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/hbo-debuts-new-comedy-on-itunes/#comment-447179 I recently discovered that “HBO Labs” was backing a show called Man in the Box on YouTube as well. You can read more and see the episodes here: http://www.runawaybox.com/whythiswhynow/whythiswhynow.htm

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