Home Box Office, Inc.
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Three Business Models the $38 Billion Newspaper Industry Could Copy | Fast Company
Fast Company | 33 days 8 hours 11 minutes ago
"TV got better," says The Wire creator David Simon, after HBO and Showtime started offering complex characters and provocative storylines worth paying for. Newspapers, he says, should also charge for premium, exclusive content -- instead of reprinting AP stories -- so that reporters can "stay on a beat long enough [to acquire better] information."
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Forbes | 32 days 3 hours 2 minutes ago
Anne Cox Chambers $9 bil Cox Enterprises. Atlanta. 89. James C. Kennedy $4.5 bil Cox Enterprises. Atlanta. 61.Article Controlsemail
'Paranormal Activity' harnessed social media to become a hit movie
SeattlePI.com | 37 days 5 hours ago
Fueled by a grassroots Internet campaign that included a "Tweet Your Scream" promotion using Twitter, a low-budget horror film titled "Paranormal Activity" has become a surprise box office hit. Meanwhile, a more anticipated movie, "Where the Wild Things Are," gained 871,000 fans on its Facebook page last week and now has more than 1.5 million eager devotees even before the film hits screens today.
How Net activity boosted 'Paranormal Activity'
San Francisco Chronicle | 38 days 18 hours 47 minutes ago
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Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 20 days 11 hours 14 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
Crowded theatres build momentum for home 3-D
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 28 days 20 hours 30 minutes ago
Sony, Panasonic to introduce 3-D-capable high-definition televisions for the mass market
Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home
Forbes | 29 days 4 hours 23 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES -- Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
As theatrical runs for 3-D movies gets shorter, pressure builds to develop home video systems
Sun (Baltimore), The | 29 days 3 hours 36 minutes ago
Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
As theatrical runs for 3-D movies gets shorter, pressure builds to develop home video systems -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 29 days 4 hours 32 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home
Seattle Times, The | 28 days 9 hours 33 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home by The Associated Press
National Public Radio | 29 days 3 hours 41 minutes ago
Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
Pay-television pioneer HBO has last laugh
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 32 days 15 hours 24 minutes ago
With deep decline in sector's ad revenue, move to rely on subscribers, DVDs pays off
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Company Overview
| Company: | Home Box Office, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Television Cable, Pay & Broadcast Networks |
| Website: | http://www.hbo.com |
The theater might be in your living room, but you still have to pay this company to see the movies. Home Box Office is a leading pay-TV operator with more than 40 million subscribers to its HBO and Cinemax cable television services. The channels offer a variety of Hollywood movies and foreign films, along with original series programming including Big Love, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Entourage. Subscribers also recieve sports events, concerts, and other specialty programming. Internationally, HBO reaches more than 50 countries in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. In addition to its movie channels, Home Box Office produces films and TV programming through HBO Films. The company is a subsidiary of Time Warner.
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | 0.0 () |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
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| Number of Employees | 0 (0) |
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| Fiscal Year-End | December |