After a short break concluding his legendary run on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, former host Jon Stewart is heading to premium…
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All you need to know about HBO’s new HBO Now streaming service
HBO Now is almost here: HBO officially announced plans to launch its online-only streaming service dubbed HBO Now during Apple’s spring event…
Read MoreHBO officially announces April launch of HBO Now at Apple event
HBO CEO Richard Plepler took to the stage at the Apple Watch event Monday to officially announce the launch of HBO Now,…
Read MoreComcast customers can finally watch HBO Go on their Rokus
Hell has frozen over for Comcast customers: Subscribers to the company’s Xfinity cable TV service can now watch their favorite HBO shows…
Read MoreAmazon is adding HBO Go to its Fire TV
HBO is a go for owners of Amazon’s Fire TV: Amazon has added a HBO Go app to its Fire TV set-top…
Read MoreHBO Gone: CTO leaves after HBO outsources streaming service
HBO CTO Otto Berkes quit his job Tuesday after news broke that the cable network is outsourcing the development of its online…
Read MoreRupert Murdoch on Myspace: We just messed it up
Myspace could have been what Facebook and YouTube are now if News Corp. hadn't messed it up, according to Rupert Murdoch, who also believes that it will take a long time for HBO to succeed online.…
Read MorePuppy justice: How John Oliver won the Internet
The Supreme Court does not allow cameras in the court room, so John Oliver decided to reenact a case with dogs -- and then release the raw footage to remix on YouTube.…
Read MoreHBO will unbundle from cable TV in 2015, but CEO hints at internet bundles
HBO wants to sell its service to cord cutters starting in 2015, but details about the unbundled service are still scarce.…
Read MoreHBO is bringing HBO Go to legacy set-top boxes in Europe
It’s not quite the unbundling many HBO fans have been hoping for, but HBO Go is taking some first steps to bring…
Read MorePeter Thiel sends his first ever tweet
Peter Thiel gets over his long-time fear of Twitter, minutes before taking the TechCrunch Disrupt stage.…
Read MoreFake Steve Jobs: He’s back and we’ve got him
Dan Lyons caused quite the kerfuffle when he started the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs 7 years ago. Lyons, a reporter, novelist is now working on Season 2 of HBO's Silicon Valley and he's our guest this week.…
Read MoreNPD Group backtracks on data suggesting that HBO and Showtime are declining
HBO and Showtime didn't like a recent media release by the NPD Group that suggested their subscriber numbers are down. The research company took another look at its data - and agreed.…
Read MoreUpdated: Game of what? TV viewers ditch HBO as they flock to Netflix
TV viewers love Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime Instant. But while these services are growing, premium cable channels are getting ditched.…
Read MoreFinding the HBO or the Netflix of the enterprise: What we’ve all been waiting for
Much like television is experiencing a diversity of new and niche content thanks to the change in distribution wrought by broadband, the enterprise is experiencing a similar explosion of software.…
Read MoreHBO CEO thinks shared HBO GO passwords are a great promotion
Are you using someone else's HBO GO password to watch True Blood? Don't worry, you're not keeping HBO CEO Richard Plepler awake at night. Instead, he thinks of it as marketing.…
Read MoreTime Warner Cable next to embrace cheap HBO bundle
Time Warner Cable knows that some of its customers don't care about 300 channels. The company is now offering a bundle of local channels and HBO -- but is it really a good deal?…
Read MoreHBO’s no-cable experiment goes nowhere: Netflix handily beats HBO Nordic in Sweden
HBO Nordic isn't getting much love in Sweden, where a recent survey found Netflix more than ten times as popular.…
Read MoreChromecast rumor roundup: HBO Go, international launch, strong sales on Amazon
Google is looking to hire people to bring Chromecast abroad, and a leak hints at an impending launch of HBO Go support.…
Read MoreTime Warner’s CEO isn’t worried about those HBO plus broadband deals
Comcast is offering broadband, local channels and HBO for $40 a month - but Time Warner's CEO isn't worried. Maybe because the sticker price isn't what you end up paying.…
Read MoreDid Comcast just take a first step towards unbundling HBO?
HBO doesn't want to sell you direct access to its programming online. But Comcast now came up with an offering that is intended to lure in all those who only want HBO.…
Read MoreLouis C.K.’s new HBO special is on sale for $5, DRM-free, through his website
The first time that Louis C.K. sold a special for $5 through his website, he pulled in over $1 million in 12 days. Now he's trying the model again.…
Read MoreNetflix exec: HBO would have many more customers if it sold online-only subscriptions
Netflix CFO David Wells has some interesting advice for HBO: Become more like us, and you could be twice as big.…
Read MoreReady for the future of TV? Too bad the industry is still just talking
Recent reports could make you think that Apple, Sony and Google are all getting ready to launch their own pay TV services any day now. Time for a reality check.…
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