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AT&T ups forecast for revenue, HBO Max as business recovers from pandemic
The results come as AT&T is unwinding its expensive media investments to focus on its original business of providing phone and internet services
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HBO Max's global expansion faces intense competition & tangled rights
The deal with Sky is an example of the tangled international rights that HBO Max is navigating as it tries to catch up with Netflix and Disney+ around the world
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Netflix and Walt Disney emerge as big winners at the Golden Globes
Here's the complete list of the winners
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HBO to release four-part docuseries on Woody Allen allegations
The docuseries will look into the story behind the sexual abuse allegations against him involving his daughter Dylan Farrow
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'Game of Thrones' animated series in early development for HBO Max
WarnerMedia is planning an animated spin-off of the insanely popular series for streaming platform HBO Max
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Being part of Amazon is Prime Video's biggest strength, and challenge
From convincing filmmakers to do shows for online, to having a slate with some of the best films and shows, Amazon Prime Video has come a long way since it came to India four years ago
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Warner Bros to stream all 2021 films on HBO and theatres at the same time
In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate including a new Matrix movie, Godzilla vs. Kong and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation In the Heights will stream on HBO Max at the same time the films play in theaters. Among the myriad release plan changes wrought by the pandemic, no studio has so fully embraced streaming as a lifeline. But after disappointing domestic ticket sales for Tenet," and with the majority of US theaters currently closed, the AT&T-owned Warner Bros. will turn to a hybrid distribution model next year. Films will debut simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max in the US. After one month, they will stop streaming and continue to play only in theaters. The move follows Warner Bros.' decision to put Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max in December, along with a concurrent theatrical run. If that pivot sent shockwaves through the industry, Thursday's announcement ...
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With 160 nominations, Netflix takes the lead in 72nd Emmy Award race
Netflix smashed the record for most nominations of any network, studio or streaming platform, breaking the record set last year by HBO.
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George R R Martin is typing
Martin, who is 71 and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has for years blown past deadlines to deliver the final manuscript for The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in the series.
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'Friends' cast to come together for a 'special' reunion on HBO Max
The special will be shot on Stage 24 of the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank, where the entire original series was filmed
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Golden girls of comedy introduce black women in all their complexity
The show is deeply rooted in black culture, having been written and acted by an all-female, all-black cast, and is laugh-out-loud funny even to those outside it
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OTT wars: How Apple, Disney, Netflix will retain streaming subscribers
In May Netflix made a rare acquisition, of the children's media brand StoryBots, for an undisclosed sum. In July it announced seven new series targeting preschoolers.
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Star Wars, Marvel & ESPN: How Disney plans to take on Netflix in streaming
Disney is matching Netflix's standard plan and marketing the service $3 below its rival's premium version, which lets subscribers and their family members watch on as many as four devices at once
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HBO's CEO, Richard Plepler, is leaving after 27 years and scores of Emmys
HBO, under his watch, won more than 160 Emmys for series like "Game of Thrones," "Big Little Lies" and "Veep."
No laughing matter: China blocks HBO website over comedian's dig at Xi
HBO.com was blocked and therefore took away the opportunity for Chinese people to see the Xi Jinping segment by Oliver
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Game of Thrones: HBO offered $250,000 to hackers to prevent episode leak
A leaked email, sent to various publications by the hackers, appeared to come from an HBO executive
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HBO moves from niche to mass
The movie channel rebrands itself to appeal to a wider audience, beyond the metros
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