wraggster
August 7th, 2011, 21:26
Time Warner is bringing its HBO Go video-on-demand service to consoles and smart TVs.
According to a report on Gigaom (http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-go-connected-tvs), the move was revealed by Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes in an earnings call following the company's second quarter financial results.
HBO Go was launched early in 2010 as a browser-based service for films and HBO's back-catalogue of TV series, with apps for iPhone, iPad and Android following in April this year.
Time Warner claims that the apps have been downloaded 4 million times, and HBO Go users generally watch more content than those who only use the TV network.
Streaming film and television content is a significant growth area on consoles, with Netflix, in particular, enjoying great success on all three platforms.
A Nielsen study released last month indicated that 50 per cent (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-07-28-half-of-netflix-users-connecting-through-console) of Netflix users accessed its content through a console. The Wii supports 1.5 million (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-07-14-1-5m-daily-netflix-users-on-wii) Netflix users in the U.S. every day.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-08-04-hbo-streaming-service-coming-to-consoles
According to a report on Gigaom (http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-go-connected-tvs), the move was revealed by Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes in an earnings call following the company's second quarter financial results.
HBO Go was launched early in 2010 as a browser-based service for films and HBO's back-catalogue of TV series, with apps for iPhone, iPad and Android following in April this year.
Time Warner claims that the apps have been downloaded 4 million times, and HBO Go users generally watch more content than those who only use the TV network.
Streaming film and television content is a significant growth area on consoles, with Netflix, in particular, enjoying great success on all three platforms.
A Nielsen study released last month indicated that 50 per cent (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-07-28-half-of-netflix-users-connecting-through-console) of Netflix users accessed its content through a console. The Wii supports 1.5 million (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-07-14-1-5m-daily-netflix-users-on-wii) Netflix users in the U.S. every day.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-08-04-hbo-streaming-service-coming-to-consoles