Bill Simmons is headed to HBO. After ESPN cut ties with the sports media star in May, Simmons will now host a weekly TV show and video podcasts on HBO starting next year as… Read More
The Emmy nominations were released this morning, and HBO is king with 126 nominations, including 24 nods for the most-nominated series Game of Thrones. As a relative newbie, Amazon Instant… Read More
HBO Now is coming to Android today. The $14.99/month service was previously sold exclusively through Apple devices and Cablevision’s Optimum Online subscriptions. The HBO Now app, which allows cord cutters to get HBO… Read More
Update: Toulouse has woken from his coma and is on the road to recovery as of June 13. Stephen “Stepto” Toulouse, a longtime fixture at Microsoft who currently works at HackerOne,… Read More
We’re diving into the world of video streaming on this week’s GeekWire radio show. Our guest in the studio is Rob Toledo, the editor-in-chief of Exstreamist.com, a site based in… Read More
How bad was a fictional product launch on HBO’s Silicon Valley? Zune bad. In Sunday’s episode, as Business Insider noted, the writers worked in some not-so-subtle jabs at failed Microsoft… Read More
If you’re creating a new technology or have a business idea beware. Patent trolls are everywhere. HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver took on the world of companies that… Read More
This video created by the all-lady team JustBoobs Sketch has combined two popular HBO shows about two completely opposite groups of misfits into this one mashup, “HBO’s Girls of Silicon Valley.”… Read More
Everyone’s all about Game of Thrones returning this weekend, but HBO is also bringing back Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley. The show’s gotten mixed reviews in the tech community, but the casting… Read More
For years, HBO was unwilling to share its content with cord-cutters who wouldn’t subscribe to a cable package with HBO included. People who wanted to see shows like “Game of Thrones”… Read More
Sling TV announced today that customers of its over-the-top streaming service will be able to purchase access to HBO starting today, just in time for the season premiere of “Game… Read More
Need to catch up fast on everything that has happened on Game of Thrones, seasons one through four? No problem. DirectTV has launched “The Kingsroadmap,” which summarizes every major event throughout… Read More
Sling TV announced today that it inked a deal to provide its customers will access to HBO – just in time for the premiere of the next season of “Game… Read More
HBO has signed a lease that will quadruple its office space in Seattle, expand its engineering capacity in the region following a shakeup last year. The news, reported by the Seattle Times and confirmed by… Read More
If you are a fan of graffiti and street art, the Google Art Project delivered some great news: They are doubling their online portfolio of street art. According to an… Read More
HBO CEO Richard Plepler just took the stage at Apple’s event in San Francisco to announce details of the company’s new HBO NOW streaming service, with Apple as the exclusive… Read More
Rejoice cord cutters and those who don’t have buddies to steal HBO Go passwords from! HBO Now is set to launch in April. According to the International Business Times, the… Read More
Wow, HBO Is really building this up. To fuel the Game of Thrones hysteria, the cable channel has released two new scenes that were deleted from last season’s episodes, but are… Read More
Beloved and delightfully wicked author George R.R. Martin took to the Writers Guide West Awards and dropped some potential bombshells for HBO’s Game of Thrones fans. “People are going to… Read More
Fast Company announced its annual ranking of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, and Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse, ranks third on the list. Alibaba, which grabbed headlines last year for raising… Read More
Silicon Valley residents got to meet the actors behind HBO’s sleeper comedy Silicon Valley this past weekend. At SF Sketchfest, four of them took the stage as the “Pied Piper Panel”… Read More
In case you want to relive all the blood and gore of the last two episodes of Game of Thrones‘ Season 4, here’s your chance. For one week only, the… Read More
Amazon Prime members, you’ve got an undiscovered gem to watch! The company’s landmark series, Transparent, has been seen by fewer than 40 percent of Amazon Prime subscribers, according to new estimates released after… Read More
Otto Berkes, the Microsoft veteran who has worked as HBO’s chief technology officer for nearly four years, has resigned from the position. The move comes after HBO decided to use a third-party… Read More
HBO has decided to cancel in-house development of an upcoming streaming service that would allow viewers to watch the premium channel without a cable subscription. Instead, HBO will license third-party technology to power the service, according… Read More
Not content to sit back and let online video titans like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon slug it out alone, CBS is jumping into the fray with a new streaming service.… Read More
Next year will mark the first time you will be able to watch Game of Thrones without a cable subscription. HBO CEO Richard Plepler said during an investor presentation that… Read More
HBO’s Seattle engineering office has grown to 55 people since opening last year, and the company is planning to double the size of the operation by the end of this year — taking over a… Read More
Amazon today added its first set of HBO content to Prime Instant Video, bringing shows like The Sopranos and The Wire to its streaming service. It’s the first bunch of… Read More
Amazon’s shareholder meeting on Wednesday is one of the rare times we get to hear from Jeff Bezos. The rest of the year, the company’s founder and CEO frequently skips duties, like chatting with analysts on… Read More