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HBO Go Is Nice, But It Won't Help Cord Cutters
The new “HBO Go” site, which lets you watch some 600 hours of the pay cable service’s programming on the Web, looks nice. And if you’re a Verizon (VZ) Fios TV subscriber and you pay for HBO, you’ll get...
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More Money for Web Video? Sure: Clicker Raises Another $11 Million.
How do you launch a Web video start-up without getting crushed by lawsuits and bandwidth bills? Launch a Web video search engine. That’s the thesis behind Clicker, a would-be TV Guide for Web video,...
View ArticleComcast Shows Off an iPad Remote, Promises to Show Off iPad Shows, Too
The heads of the big TV companies are in Los Angeles this week, and all of them are making an effort to publicly embrace the brave new world of video. Not freaked out by it at all, okay? Here’s Comcast...
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HBO Headed to iPad, but Not Netflix
Netflix (NFLX) subscribers hoping to stream HBO series through the company’s Watch Instantly service may have a long time to wait. The deal that would allow them to do so is looking increasingly more...
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HBO Comes to the iPad, a Couple Days Early
HBO Go, the pay cable channel’s Web service, doesn’t formally launch on the iPad until Monday. But no need to wait: You can download it now at iTunes. As advertised, the free app is a mirror of HBO’s...
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Why Time Warner's "TV Everywhere" Means "Except For Time Warner Cable"
Starting today, you can stream CNN’s TV broadcast right to your iPad or iPhone, in real time. It’s part of parent company Time Warner’s “TV Everywhere” campaign, which gives Web users the ability to...
View ArticleMicrosoft Shows Off Its New Video/Xbox Service
So here you go: As I reported last night, Microsoft has added several more video providers to its Xbox video service, and has deals with Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner’s HBO, among others. The video...
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HBO + iPad = More HBO-Watching, "Steady" HBO Subscribers
A move to let people who subscribe to HBO watch the pay channel’s shows on iPads and other gadgets has increased total viewership. But it hasn’t moved the Time Warner unit’s subscriber figures. HBO Go...
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HBO Go Is Finally Going to Be on Time Warner Cable
It took a while, but it’s finally a done deal: Time Warner Cable subscribers who also subscribe to Time Warner’s HBO will soon be able to get HBO Go, the pay channel’s Web and mobile service. The two...
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Roku Plays Nice With Cable Guys
Roku is one of the cord-cutter’s favorite tools, because its devices make it easier to get video on your TV without paying for a cable subscription. But as Roku plans to more than double the current...
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HBO Digital Head Alison Moore Talks About HBO Go and More! (Video)
Earlier this week, HBO co-Presidents Eric Kessler and Richard Plepler hosted a cocktail party in San Francisco, along with a screening of HBO’s latest original film, “Game Change.” The idea of the...
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Xbox Users Clocking More Hours Gobbling Media Than Gaming Online
Microsoft’s Xbox is no longer just for hardcore gamers, but rather is beginning to attract a more general audience looking to consume movies, TV and music online. The Redmond, Wash.-based company said...
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Reed Hastings Is Just Like You -- He Complains About the Cable Guys on Facebook
Last fall, Reed Hastings took to Facebook to field his customers’ complaints. Now he’s using Facebook to complain to Comcast. Here’s a screenshot of the Netflix CEO’s most recent post, where he gripes...
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Reed Hastings Goes After Comcast, Again, on Facebook. Again.
Two weeks after Reed Hastings called out Comcast, using his personal Facebook account to vent at the cable company, the Netflix CEO is at it again. Today’s blast is similar to last month’s in both form...
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HBO Ignores Internet Geniuses, Sells More HBO
We all agree that it would be awesome if HBO would let us subscribe to the pay-TV service without paying for TV, via the Web. And many of us agree that HBO will eventually do that, one day. Maybe. For...
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Why You Can't Watch the Best Show on HBO on HBO Go
“Hard Knocks” doesn’t have dwarves or dragons or naked (female) breasts. But it’s one of HBO’s best shows: If you love football, you know this already. If you don’t, you may be surprised to learn it’s...
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Exclusive: Synacor to Offer TV Everywhere Authentication Via Social IDs
Synacor, the behind-the-scenes tech company that provides authentication services to television companies, will be launching a new identification platform for pay-TV services that will allow users to...
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Top HBO Digital Exec Alison Moore Hired to Run NBCU's DailyCandy
NBCUniversal’s digital unit has hired well-regarded HBO exec Alison Moore to be EVP and GM for its women-focused online property DailyCandy. The move is an interesting one for Moore, who has been a...
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Netflix Has Plenty of Competitors, and None of Them Are Close
Netflix has plenty of competitors selling streaming video on the Web. So far, none of them are remotely close to challenging Reed Hastings and company. That’s a reasonable conclusion to draw from a new...
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All I Want for Christmas Is My Apple TV
Coming into 2012, with rumors and theories running wild, we all hoped for a new Apple TV in time for Christmas. While we did get spades of new tablets from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung and...
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