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The Warner Bros. Pictures Group announced on Thursday it will stream its entire 2021 film slate on HBO Max in the United States, along with an exclusive one-month access period on the latter, on top of being shown within theatres worldwide. After these 2021 films leave the exclusive HBO Max access period, they will "leave the...

Bell Media has announced the first wave of shows to debut on HBO Max in the U.S. will be coming to Canada starting May 27 on its streaming service Crave. Crave will air three HBO Max series at the same time as their U.S. premieres. The following titles will be available on May 27, 2020:...

In what used to be a pioneering entertainment district a century ago, Culver City, California is becoming the new home of modern entertainment companies. Amazon, Apple, and HBO, among others, are all in the process of moving into large office and production spaces in the city over the next few years in preparation to compete...

Streaming services are taking over the world and yet another offering, HBO Max, set to launch in 2020, will make its way into Canada via Bell Media. Bell announced it had signed a “new long-term exclusive deal” with Warner Bros. to bring the latter’s HBO Max programming to Canada, starting in 2020. This is the...

HBO has announced the eighth and final season of its mega-hit, Game of Thrones, will see its release date in April 2019. A 30-second hype trailer was released earlier this morning on Twitter and Facebook, indicating the final April 2019 air date. The Twitter trailer has already been viewed over 2.2 million times. https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/1062359268203077633 Canadians...

HBO has just landed the first TV series written by prolific producer J.J. Abrams since 2008's Fringe, after a bidding war with Apple. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the premium cable network has handed out a straight-to-series order to the Westworld executive producer for sci-fi drama ‘Demimonde', further expanding its relationship with Abrams. The source notes that Abrams was impressed with what the premium...

Game of Thrones has officially broken another record. With the final statistics now in, Season 7 of the award-winning drama is the most watch season of a series in Canadian Specialty and Pay history. The show's most recent season averaged 1.7 million weekly viewers, which is a 13 percent increase over Season 6. Game of...

According to The Information, Apple is serious about its video entertainment efforts, and executives recently held talks with former HBO programming head, Michael Lombardo, earlier this year, cites an unnamed source. Another source familiar with the situation noted Apple has been trying to find a person to fill the head role. The search for a...

Twitter is planning to stream live video around the clock through its apps and website, in a move that will establish the social media giant as a 24/7 online broadcaster. In a press statement, Anthony Noto, the CFO and COO of Twitter, has stated that the social media platform aims to broadcast live video with news,...

It’s no secret that Apple is looking to move into the television and movie market, but is the company looking to create a subscription-based video streaming service akin to Netflix, or something more traditional akin to HBO? [caption id="attachment_208213" align="aligncenter" width="5426"] Image courtesy of Mashable[/caption] Bolstering Apple’s video content is no side project. Apple CEO Tim Cook a...

Taking an different approach to entering pay TV, Apple is reportedly proposing a bundle of three "premium" channels — namely HBO, Showtime, and Starz. A new report from Recode says Apple is trying to bring together a deal to offer HBO, Showtime, and Starz without requiring viewers to sign up for a base-level channel package first. Apple is...

Apple may have now found its next leg of growth: developing original television shows and movies. The Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter," reported Thursday Apple is looking to become a giant in Hollywood at a time when sales of its iPhones and other electronic devices are slowing. Such a move could make Apple...