Companies try to reach multitasking television watchers through their smartphones, tablets and laptops with Twitter and Facebook posts that are relevant to popular programs.
The audience represents a relatively strong start for the network’s new host. “Game of Thrones” continued to break records for HBO.
John Oliver’s new show, “Last Week Tonight,” on HBO, is the “All Things Considered” to Jon Stewart’s evening news.
A future where consumers will be able to assemble an à la carte menu of entertainment suddenly seems much closer.
Telltale Games, an independent video game studio, has developed an intense following by prizing nuance and narrative. It is working on a video game version of “Game of Thrones.”
In a deal believed to be worth at least $300 million, Amazon is forming an alliance with HBO.
On Sunday John Oliver, the “Daily Show” veteran, will launch “Last Week Tonight,” his new satirical news show on HBO.
The two half-hour comedies on Sunday night follow “Game of Thrones,” which continues to draw some of the largest audiences in the network’s history.
Winning in the distribution of high-end content is about mining an audience, and you can’t blame technology companies for believing they have relevant skill sets.
The epic fantasy had its highest ratings on Sunday night for its season premiere. The network’s announcement carries the series through six seasons.
The premiere Sunday night averaged 6.6 million viewers at 9 p.m., the largest audience for any show on HBO since the finale of “The Sopranos” in 2007.
If there is a rivalry between the two, it is by many measures a mismatch. But that hasn’t stopped the salivation at the story line: Netflix, the Silicon Valley interloper, taking on HBO, the establishment player.
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The Pacquiao-Rios fight has presented a complex tangle of logistical problems for HBO as it prepares for the event, its first pay-per-view broadcast originating outside the United States.
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Mr. Oliver was widely praised this summer, when he filled in for Jon Stewart. His new show will have many of the same satirical elements.
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Robert De Niro, the Oscar-winning actor, has agreed to take over the part played by Mr. Gandolfini in the pilot of “Criminal Justice.” Mr. Gandolfini died in June.
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Ms. Lacy, the creator and executive producer of “American Masters,” has signed a multiyear deal to produce documentaries for the pay cable channel.
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Investments in mythical kingdoms and alien invasions are paying off for Time Warner, which posted an 87 percent jump in income after it increased spending on original programming.
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HBO said the film’s two directors have had exclusive access to the legal team that successfully argued the case against California’s Proposition 8.
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The creators of “Vice,” an HBO newsmagazine, said the former basketball star Dennis Rodman was asked to visit North Korea after Michael Jordan said no.
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Quarterly revenue fell at Time Warner’s magazine and movie divisions, partly offsetting gains at Turner Broadcasting and HBO.
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