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Series Based on Indie Game Development Might Come to HBO

HBO, the best-known premium cable channel in the world, with producer Scott Rudin have optioned the rights to create a television series that is based on the documentary Indie Game: The Movie, which depicts the struggles and success of a number of indie game developers. The documentary has been directed by Lisanne P...

25 January 2012
02:10 GMT

Golden Globes 2012: Peter Dinklage Highlights Fellow Actor's Plight

It's not uncommon for celebrities to use the few minutes they have to make an acceptance speech at various events to highlight other causes close to their heart. Peter Dinklage did just that at last night's Golden Globes 2012. The actor, fresh off an Emmy win for his work on the HBO fan and critic-favorite ...

16 January 2012
04:52 GMT

Harry Belafonte Denies He Fell Asleep During Live Interview

The puns started writing themselves the moment a video of Harry Belafonte apparently sleeping during a live interview emerged online. However, they were all uncalled for, his rep is saying in a statement. The “incident” occurred during an interview the iconic singer was supposed to give this past Friday o...

19 October 2011
09:15 GMT

Game of Thrones Cyanide RPG Uses Some TV Series Assets

Video game developer Cyanide has confirmed that it has entered into a deal with television channel HBO designed to allow it to use some of the assets and the characters designs that fans of the R.R. Martin written A Song of Fire and Ice have seen in the Game of Thrones first season.Cyanide has already launched Genesi...

3 October 2011
16:41 GMT

Origin Delivers Revenue Similar to Steam for Electronic Arts

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has been very vocal about promoting its newly launched digital distribution service, Origin, and now the leader of the company says that it plans for it to be like a cross between HBO and Netflix in the future.Speaking during a conference call with investors, John Riccitiello, who...

28 July 2011
05:44 GMT

HBO Now Flowing onto iPads via Azuki Systems' Wireless Platform

Azuki Systems’ Wireless solution has been confirmed as the chosen platform to manage and unify end-to-end workflow for preparing, protecting, and packaging HBO GO content to iPhones, iPads, the company announced today. A fledging company founded just three years back, Azuki provides an end-to-end solution that...

25 May 2011
13:41 GMT

iPad HBO GO Content Now Routed Through Level 3

As of today, Level 3 Communications is the content delivery network services selected by HBO to support their new HBO GO iPad app through delivery of premium media content. Level 3’s expertise and network capacity for delivering bandwidth-intensive content to mobile devices will be leveraged by HBO not only ...

11 May 2011
09:05 GMT

Download the Free HBO GO App Now (iOS)

As reported by Softpedia last week, May 2 marks the moment when HBO fans can download their free HBO GO application for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, to enjoy over 1,400 of their favorite HBO shows. The announcement on iTunes reads: “Introducing HBO GO. The new streaming service from HBO.” “Wa...

2 May 2011
08:30 GMT

HBO Go for iPhone, iPad Announced - Free Download on May 2

The premium cable television network owned by Time Warner Cable, HBO has announced plans to release a free iOS application capable of streaming the network’s shows and movies. Via a teaser video of the upcoming app, HBO offers a quick glimpse at the app’s key features, including the ability to easily b...

21 April 2011
05:22 GMT

Sarah Jessica Parker Wants ‘SATC 3’

Despite a terrible critical reception of last year’s sequel to the film based on the original HBO series “SATC,” which turned Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) into an icon, the actress is not yet done with it. In a recent interview with the LA Times, Parker revealed that she wouldn’t min...

18 February 2011
09:20 GMT

Rumor Mill: TV Networks Coming to the Xbox 360

Sources within the industry have suggested that Microsoft might be in early talks to get television networks to deliver content on the Xbox 360 home console through a subscription based service, with the launch date set for late 2011.The two sources are saying that Microsoft is talking about creating a “virtual...

2 December 2010
13:41 GMT

Marilyn Manson Is a Rather Weird Fan, Says Danny McBride

In September, shock rocker Marilyn Manson showed fans a side of him they had never seen before by removing all his makeup and rocking a perm faux mullet. As it turns out, Manson is quite a “weird” fan, Danny McBride says.As we also reported at the time, the rocker’s latest obsession is with HBO&rsqu...

13 October 2010
03:34 GMT

HBO to Sell Its Programs on the PlayStation 3

Sony Computer Entertainment of America and Time Warner have agreed to offer HBO's programs on the PlayStation 3 for a premium price. This is yet another move in Sony's strategy to position the PS3 as not just a game console, but more of a general entertainment distribution channel. The 47 million registered...

25 May 2010
05:26 GMT

HBO to Launch Video Site, Only for Existing Subscribers

Online video is a mainstream phenomenon and a central part of the web, so it's understandable that everyone wants in, preferably on their own terms. Few video sites are actually making any money but it doesn't stop TV executives from staying up at night fearing all their subscribers will start getting their...

17 February 2010
04:11 GMT

Evan Rachel Wood’s Vamp in ‘True Blood’ ‘Swings Both Ways’

This Sunday, stunning actress Evan Rachel Wood will make her debut as Queen Sophie-Anne, a “1,100-year-old bloodsucker boss lady of Louisiana,” in HBO’s successful vampire series “True Blood.” E! Online has sat down with the star and has managed to get some juicy details on what’s ...

28 August 2009
09:51 GMT

HBO and Cinemax Join Comcast's On Demand Online Trial

Comcast's trial project On Demand Online is gaining traction with the addition of HBO and Cinemax programing to the catalog. As part of the “TV Everywhere” project announced last month jointly by the Comcast and Time Warner cable companies, On Demand Online will offer 5,000 US citizens the chance to ...

14 July 2009
03:49 GMT

Time Warner Embraces Flash, Not Silverlight

Microsoft has managed to grab precious audience away from Adobe, with its own technology dedicated to delivering web-based video and rich media and interaction experiences. In the Silverlight vs. Flash face-off, the Redmond company made inroads into what traditionally was Adobe's territory with projects such as ...

3 March 2009
08:44 GMT

Rumor: HBO Coming to iTunes

Portfolio is reporting that Apple and HBO are "close" to announcing their agreement to sell HBO shows via iTunes, citing employees "involved in executing the agreement." According to them, programs and movies will be priced and offered up for grabs within one or two weeks, along with an official announcement that the...

13 May 2008
03:20 GMT

Comedian Bill Maher Says Pope "Used To Be a Nazi"

Comedian Bill Maher - who currently hosts the "Real Time with Bill Maher" show on HBO - has come under heavy attack from angry American Catholics in general and some politicians in particular after he embarked on an offensive rant about Pope Benedict's visit to America during his show the previous week. Among ot...

18 April 2008
09:32 GMT

HBO Programs Coming to Your Computer!

Tuesday marked a turning point in HBO's long-term strategy: it just rolled out a service to deliver to its subscribers the programs, movies and sports shows that until now were only for TV, the Associated Press reported. I cannot imagine a better prolonged lunch break other than "tuning" in on your laptop in the...

23 January 2008
11:26 GMT

YouTube vs. HBO. Round One. Fight!

HBO filed a copyright complaint and sent it to YouTube, sustaining the clips showing the fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and posted on YouTube are infringing their rights. It seems that YouTube published two versions of the fight, both of them representing TV rips. One clip was offering quite...

8 May 2007
15:06 GMT


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