“About time,” said everyone.
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The site is a total of 596 pixels wide, which implies it was designed for 640x480 screens. The average website is 960 pixels wide these days. Shockingly, the site doesn’t use responsive design.
The whole idea that there’s a lot of people out there that want to drop multichannel TV, and just have a Netflix or an HBO — that’s not right. Look for the data, you won’t find them.Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes • Once again shooting down any chance of a web-only HBO GO service, following an inquiry by a Barclay’s Capital analyst during Time Warner’s earnings call. Bewkes told investors that the 7 million additional subscribers to HBO and Cinemax in the last 6 months was proof that there was still an extremely large market for cable-exclusivity. “There are tens of millions of homes with multichannel TV… [that] aren’t currently subscribing to HBO,” said Bewkes, “That’s the opportunity.” source (via • follow)
Seriously, though, props to HBO for realizing the animal rights issues involved in making a show like “Luck,” which is about horse racing. An abrupt, unfortunate way to end (a third horse died on the set of the show), but at least done for the right reasons.
To answer your question, no, John McCain was not a fan of his portrayal in “Game Change,” and watched a Phoenix Coyotes game instead last night. “I don’t use coarse language very often,” McCain said of the HBO film. “I have a larger vocabulary than that.”
» Sure to stir presidential emotions: The made-for-TV movie regarding the “rise of Sarah Palin” airs March 10. Though HBO claimed the movie is a “balanced portrayal” of events, Palin’s Super PAC has already labeled the movie “fact change.” Which may be true. ”Game Change” may have taken some dramatic liberties from the book, but you’ll be the judge of that.
Bill Maher Says GOP Is “Dividing America”: During last night’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, the host lambasted Republicans for taking a divisive approach to politics. Saying the current crop of GOP candidates could save Americans time by simply disclosing “which parts of America they don’t hate”, Maher pointed out that members of the GOP regularly denigrate ”East Coast Elites and San Francisco Liberals” — among other groups — while simultaneously accusing the President of dividing the country. (Edit: fixed minor spelling error, thanks Portorock for tip) source
The premium channel tells the streaming and DVD-by-mail company — which has increasingly been viewed as a competitor — that it will no longer supply them discounted product.
Meanwhile, only HBO’s dismissal of streaming-only services as a temporary thing makes this decision seem worse. Because, let’s face it … people would pay for the service. Hey, do you hear the walls rumbling, HBO?
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And now, ladies and gentlemen: Dick Cheney will soon be returning to the American limelight in the form of an HBO miniseries. The polarizing (and I think even the most hardened pro-Cheney partisan would admit, oft-glowering) former Veep’s entire career is said to be the focus of the series, from his rise in the Nixon administration, to the House of Representatives, to his roles in both Bush administrations. The series will be based on a Frontline documentary called “The Dark Side,” as well as a book called “Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency” by Barton Gellman. source
The Wire’s Snoop arrested in massive drug arrest: Remember Snoop (aka Felicia Pearson) from The Wire? She and 30 others got arrested in a massive Baltimore drug sting. She’s still totally one of the best parts of Season 4. (thanks Margaret Leist) source
In Chicago, November 22, 1987, two intrusions on television broadcasts were made by a hijacker wearing a Max Headroom mask. The pirate remains one of the few people ever successful in overriding a major broadcast, and was never caught.
Video of this is chilling.
Terror!
This is one of our favorite things ever. Beyond being one of the inspirations for the name of our weekly political clips feature, we find this incident endlessly fascinating. Also worth reading about is “Captain Midnight,” the satellite dish operator who interrupted HBO’s signal to protest the pay network’s increasing rates.
(Source: liquidatomicgonads)
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