HBO is making nearly all its titles available for its HBO Go service, in a sign that parent Time Warner Inc is escalating the fight against movie renter Netflix. HBO said today it is putting more than 1,400 its shows, including every episode of The Sopranos and True Blood, on the service that lets subscribers to the premium pay channel instantly watch programs through devices with broadband connections. Previously, HBO GO offered about 600 titles.
A serious overhaul of Cinemax — the pay cable channel so well-known for its late-night, soft-core series like Pleasure Cove and Co-ed Confidential that fans dubbed it “Skinemax” — has been underway since last fall. Cinemax is deep in talks at least four big-name movie producers to create original action series, according to sources.
ABC’s Modern Family and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire were among the television shows nominated for the Directors Guild of America’s top honors, the DGA announced today.
Exclusives
HBO could one day be offered as a standalone service, not tied to any specific level of pay TV subscription, Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes said yesterday.
