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Time Warner CEO thinks Hulu users should pay for cable

By Laura Hazard Owen May. 2, 2012, 12:03pm 10 Comments

Hulu should require viewers to have a cable subscription, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes suggested in an investor call following the company’s Q1 2012 earnings report this morning. “We think Hulu authenticating makes sense,” Bewkes said. “We think Hulu is heading in the right direction now.” Read More »

Netflix Faces Higher Prices For HBO, Agrees To Doubled DVD Delays From WB

By Staci D. Kramer Jan. 6, 2012, 5:43am 1 Comment

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is facing changes to its DVD business with two Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) programmers after months of CEO back-and-forth a… Read More »

HBO To Cord Cutters: You'll Never See Our Shows

By Jeff John Roberts Nov. 30, 2011, 9:20pm 39 Comments

HBO is cementing its reputation as a trail-blazer with a new batch of hit shows and, more recently, a hugely popular mobile offering. But th… Read More »

HBO And Sports Illustrated Website To Build Buzz A Year Ahead Of TV Series

By David Kaplan Nov. 15, 2011, 11:05pm 1 Comment

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) siblings HBO and Sports Illustrated magazine are collaborating a on a multi-part documentary series entitled Sport i… Read More »

HBO Go Gets It Right; More Than 1 Million Downloads On iOS, Android

By Staci D. Kramer May. 10, 2011, 8:00pm 2 Comments

HBO’s best production this year may not be a program. I had a few doubts at times with the browser version but HBO Go as an app is everythin… Read More »

Netflix Narrows Subscriber Gap With HBO

By Andrew Wallenstein Mar. 12, 2011, 4:50am Comments Off

Yet more reason for competitive tension between Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and HBO comes from the fourth-quarter pay-TV subscriber numbers out Fri… Read More »

@ NATPE: How Netflix Will Hurt HBO: Bidding Away Warner Bros. Films

By Andrew Wallenstein Jan. 25, 2011, 9:19pm Comments Off

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will attempt to outbid HBO for streaming rights to the movies the pay-TV giant gets from its current output deal with W… Read More »

HBO Adds Cinemax To Go; Starts On Verizon FiOS

By Multichannel Sep. 10, 2010, 8:51pm Comments Off

Verizon FiOS TV customers that subscribe to Cinemax now have access to MaxGo.com, the “TV Everywhere” portal for HBO’s sister channel with m… Read More »

HBO In Discussions For ‘TV Everywhere’ Deals: Kessler

By Multichannel Mar. 25, 2010, 8:43pm Comments Off

Pleased with early “TV Everywhere” returns from its relationships with Verizon FiOS and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), HBO is moving toward deals wi… Read More »

Video: HBO’s Eric Kessler On HBO Go; Cinemax Go On The Way

By Staci D. Kramer Feb. 18, 2010, 12:14am 1 Comment

Two years after HBO started a small trial of HBO Broadband, the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) premium net is going live with HBO GO on Verizon FiO… Read More »

The iPhone Wrap: HBO; LinkedIn’s Upgrade; Panasonic’s Shaving Game

By Tameka Kee Dec. 30, 2009, 7:36am Comments Off

– Welcome to the iPhone, HBO: The premium cable network has launched an iPhone app that gives users show snippets and a program guide, but… Read More »

Time Warner Cable Online Video Test En Route

By Staci D. Kramer Aug. 27, 2009, 9:55am 2 Comments

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is on the verge of expanding its online video efforts from a small-scale HBO trial to a small-scale national t… Read More »

Time Warner’s HBO, Cinemax Join Comcast Broadband Trial; Showtime May Take Part

HBO Aims To Boost DVD Sales Through New ‘Fetish’ Microsite

HBO Lowers Pay Wall For ‘Alzheimer’s Project’

@ Digital Hollywood: HBOlab Exec Talks About Life With Break Media

Break Media Buys HBOlab