92 posts and columns on HBO

Netflix Doesn’t Want to Compete With Cable, Hulu, iTunes or GameFly. But HBO …

in Media on January 26 at 8:35 am PT

Reed Hastings make his case, again: We’re just another cable TV network, and people seem to like that just fine.
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Warner Brothers Will Make Netflix, Redbox, Blockbuster Wait Longer for New Movies

in Media on January 5 at 2:21 pm PT

Want to watch a new movie just out on DVD from Warner Brothers? You’re going to have to buy it, or wait even longer to get it from Netflix or other disc renters.
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Viral Video: “Game Change” (Or the Latest Sarah Palin Impersonation)

in Media on December 26, 2011 at 3:22 am PT

She’s baaaack.
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HBO Go Is Finally Going to Be on Time Warner Cable

in Media on December 16, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT

Time Warner and its former cable company figure it out. Finally.
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Stunning News: Music Industry Acts Rationally

in Media on December 14, 2011 at 11:14 am PT

The world’s biggest music label signs one of the biggest stars in the world, for a song. But the Madonna/Univeral deal still makes sense for both sides.
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The Louis C.K. Window

in Media on December 12, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Louis C.K. isn’t the first performer to sell directly to his fans using the Web. But if he wants to, he can keep working with Big Media, too. Clever.
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Videogame Consoles Still Selling Like Hotcakes, But How Much Life Is Left in the Aging Hardware?

in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

The three major videogame consoles are all nearing the end of their life cycles. But that didn’t stop shoppers from buying — and in some cases fighting over — the hardware.
Experts Give the New Xbox Raves for Control, Creativity (Dec. 6 2001)Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Don’t Trust Your Instincts? Wal-Mart Uses Algorithms to Find Gifts People Want.

in Commerce on November 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm PT

Wal-Mart has launched a Facebook application that helps people buy better gifts for their friends.
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Viral Video: Game of Geeks, Um, Thrones Is Coming Back

in Media on November 23, 2011 at 12:58 am PT

Get ready for a live-action version of World of Warcraft.
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Netflix Reboots “Arrested Development” with an Exclusive Streaming Deal

in Media on November 18, 2011 at 6:49 pm PT

More fresh content for Reed Hastings, this time via a cult comedy that’s been off the air for five years.
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Has Netflix Put Its Checkbook Away?

in Media, November 17, 2011 at 5:23 am PT

Louis C.K. Uses Twitter, Louis C.K. Hates Twitter

in Media, November 5, 2011 at 4:33 pm PT

Viral Video: JB Smoove Takes Over WME

in Media, October 26, 2011 at 6:21 am PT

Reed Hastings Lays Out the Netflix Comeback Plan

in Media, October 25, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Microsoft Shows Off Its New Video/Xbox Service

in Media, October 5, 2011 at 10:30 am PT

Microsoft Puts More TV in Your Xbox — As Long as You Keep Paying for Cable

in Media, October 4, 2011 at 6:39 pm PT

DreamWorks Announces Netflix Deal

Viral Video: Bye “Entourage” — But My Curbed Enthusiasm Is for Larry

in Media, September 12, 2011 at 12:55 am PT

Netflix Grabs DreamWorks Deal From HBO

in Media, July 25, 2011 at 4:18 am PT

Why Time Warner’s “TV Everywhere” Means “Except For Time Warner Cable”

in Media, July 18, 2011 at 10:54 am PT

Okay, Okay, Maybe Netflix Is a Problem for Cable After All

in Media, June 15, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Now Appearing @ D9: Microsoft’s Windows President Steven Sinofsky

in D9, May 23, 2011 at 11:41 am PT

Hold the Sports Phone: Ross Levinsohn Not Leaving Yahoo for HBO

in News, May 6, 2011 at 11:45 am PT

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Swears He's Not Going to Kill HBO: "We Compete Like Football and Baseball"

in Media, May 6, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Couch Potato on the Go: Watching TV on an iPad

in Personal Technology, May 4, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT