Home Box Office, Inc.
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Time Warner Inc. Reports Third-Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 1 hour 26 minutes ago
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) today reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
Three Business Models the $38 Billion Newspaper Industry Could Copy | Fast Company
Fast Company | 30 days 21 hours 45 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."
Media Mavens
Forbes | 29 days 16 hours 36 minutes ago
Anne Cox Chambers $9 bil Cox Enterprises. Atlanta. 89. James C. Kennedy $4.5 bil Cox Enterprises. Atlanta. 61.Article Controlsemail
KyLinTV Joins China International TV Corporation to Celebrate Five Years of Innovative Great Wall TV [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 21 days 12 hours 26 minutes ago
...Associates, and Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevision and Home Box Office. Production is made possible through technology partnerships with NeuLion, Inc. of Plainview, New York and Trans Video of Beijing...
KyLinTV Announces Taiwan Package with ETTV Channels [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 109 days 19 hours 25 minutes ago
...Associates, and Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevision and Home Box Office. Production is made possible through technology partnerships with NeuLion, Inc. of Plainview, New York, and Transvideo of Beijing...
'Paranormal Activity' harnessed social media to become a hit movie
SeattlePI.com | 34 days 18 hours 34 minutes 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 | 36 days 8 hours 21 minutes ago
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Crowd Around the Couch! TiVo and BLOCKBUSTER Bring Hit Movies to a Living Room Near You [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 38 days 18 hours 56 minutes ago
...more way to bring home the box that does it all...Blockbuster Inc. , a global leader...entertainment, and TiVo Inc. , the creator...new comedies, box office hits, and indie...marketing at TiVo Inc. "By bringing...provider of in-home movie and game...
Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 20 days 18 hours 37 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.
Rentrak Reports Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter Financial Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 11 days 9 hours 21 minutes ago
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation
Crowded theatres build momentum for home 3-D
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 26 days 10 hours 4 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 | 26 days 17 hours 57 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.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Home Box Office, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Television Cable, Pay & Broadcast Networks |
| Website: | http://www.hbo.com |
Crime "does" pay for Home Box Office (HBO). Boffo Mafia hit "The Sopranos" brought more viewers to the pay-TV channel than ever before. More than 40 million subscribers (including those for sister pay-TV station Cinemax) pay about $12 monthly to watch original series such as Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Its HBO Films unit produces original movies. HBO also broadcasts concerts, stand-up comedy, documentaries, theatrical movies, and sports. Known for its broadcasting freedom -- more blue language, nudity, and violence than traditional networks -- the commercial-free HBO is a critical favorite. The company is a unit of Time Warner.
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| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | 0.0 () |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 () |
| Number of Employees | 0 (0) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (0) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |