HBO Max, live Wednesday in the US after months of hype, marks the arrival of yet another major-league streaming service. It has a huge catalog of blockbuster movies and TV hits to watch — superheroes included. It’s trying to entice you with big-budget, exclusive originals. And one of those shows wants to tug at your …
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HBO Max — the latest in a parade of streaming services, this one from AT&T’s WarnerMedia — launched Wednesday in the US after months of hype. For some people, helming the rollout of an app with a multibillion-dollar lineup of programming in the middle of a pandemic might be vexing. (Ask Quibi.) But Tony Goncalves, the overseer of HBO Max‘s development, says he’s …
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HBO Max, the HBO-centered streaming service that AT&T’s WarnerMedia set to launch May 27, will offer a month-long free trial to most AT&T wireless and internet customers who don’t qualify for a more generous promo. And other AT&T customers can qualify for a three-month or even a year-long free trial. Earlier this year, HBO Max said that people who already subscribe to HBO …
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HBO Max, the HBO-centered $15-a-month streaming service launching in May, will be free for Charter cable customers who already pay for traditional HBO in their pay-TV packages, Charter and AT&T’s WarnerMedia said Wednesday, in a first for the forthcoming service. Related stories Peacock vs. Quibi vs. HBO Max vs. Disney Plus vs. Apple TV Plus vs. Netflix: How streaming stacks up HBO Max: …
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Did you ever have a time when you were waiting for a favorite show to come back on Netflix and then find it was released six months ago? Then you cursed yourself for binge-watching Lost in the meantime instead? I have. If concerts have their own tracking apps, then why not streaming TV? Binge Buddy (iOS / Android) lets you track your …
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Like many fans of HBO’s Westworld, I have resigned myself to the fact that the show won’t be back for a new season until next year. On May 19, the night the series finale of Game of Thrones aired, a teaser for the third season of Westworld was released showing off Aaron Paul’s new character and reinforcing the 2020 return …
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Bethesda Softworks, the company behind the Fallout and Elder Scrolls video game franchises, is suing Warner Bros. over its Westworld mobile game. Bethesda alleges that Warner Bros. and Westworld game developer Behaviour copied code from Bethesda’s game Fallout Shelter (via GameSpot). According to the court documents, Bethesda hired Behaviour to help develop Fallout Shelter in 2014. Years later Warner Bros. …
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