By all accounts, Comcast and HBO are close to striking a deal that allows the HBO Go app to stream for Xfinity customers over the Xbox gaming console. Whenever it is that the deal gets sealed — reportedly some time this week — it won’t be too soon for users, including Netflix honcho Reed Hastings.

Yesterday, HBO and Microsoft brought the HBO Go app to the Xbox 360. We did a video tour of the application in action (as you see above). I’m a Comcast subscriber. I wanted to add HBO Go to my Xbox 360. You saw that happen in the video itself. You also saw that I had

HBO Go, the service that brings HBO programming to users away from their TVs and cable boxes, is now available for the Xbox 360 platform as an application. It’s free to download. In order to use it, however, you’ll need to be a current HBO subscriber through your television provider. So, no, HBO is not

Netflix wants to rub shoulders with channels like HBO, Showtime and Starz, a new report suggests. According to Reuters, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has secretly been meeting with U.S. cable companies to discuss a deal that would see the streaming service offered alongside traditional networks, perhaps as an additional option added to a subscriber’s cable

For the last year or so, Microsoft has been trying to brand their Xbox 360 as a great solution to watching television and movies (while not gaming, of course). Part of that appeal was the planned coming of HBO Go, the premium channel’s exclusive content streaming offering. While we knew that HBO Go would eventually

When it comes to television, it seems all eyes are on the mythical Apple “iTV.” But while the media focuses on the hype and hardware rumors, something else might be brewing right now that could wind up revolutionizing the television industry: Online alternatives to cable TV, like Hulu and Netflix, are increasingly delivering their own

Are you a Roku user that has been blocked out of using HBO Go on your set top box? It seems it isn’t HBO’s fault, but instead the onus falls to your cable provider. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Time Warner Inc. CEO Jeff Bewkes discussed the issue of why the HBO Go has been

The competition between HBO and Netflix seems to be heating up. As of January 1, the cable entertainment channel will no longer provide DVD or Blu-ray discs of its shows to the on-demand Internet content provider. The news was confirmed by both parties on Thursday. A CNET report revealed that, although Netflix won’t receive DVDs

It’s been another blockbuster year for the seminal iPhone. Even after enduring a longer than normal product cycle, demand for the device is still at an all time high. According to Reuters, Apple was on pace to sell around 28 million iPhones during 2011′s final quarter alone – a 70 percent jump from a year ago. Whether

HBO has long been one of cable’s premier networks, offering a wide array of hugely popular content unrivaled by other premium channels. Unfortunately, the company said it would never (at least for now) offer shows like True Blood or The Wire to digital non-subscribers, instead remaining loyal to TV distributors. Speaking at VideoSchmooze NYC, HBO

Netflix has won a symbolic victory by announcing that it has won pay TV windows rights for DreamWorks Animation films from HBO. Announced this morning, starting in 2013 Netflix Watch Instantly customers will be seeing DreamWorks Animation movies on their account before they head to the traditional premium cable channels.  According to The New York

It looks like someone finally clued premium cable channel HBO into the concept that people don’t want to always watch long form video on their mobile devices as the HBO Go service is finally coming to connected televisions and gaming consoles. During an earnings call yesterday for Time Warner – HBO’s parent company – it

If you’ve been toying with the idea of cutting your cable – such as our own Noah Kravitz – you had better be ready to wait eight days to watch any Fox network shows via the Internet. Beginning Aug. 15th, just before the fall 2011 television season premieres in Sept., Fox will require you to

The HBO Go on demand video service has made its way to mobile devices finally, but don’t bother downloading it if you don’t already subscribe to the network. There has been a lot of talk about how people would love to see a streaming solution for HBO’s notoriously high quality original content.  The problem is the company

NPD Group announced that Netflix’s share of streaming video content market has reached a definitive 61 percent. Comparatively, that’s about fifteen times the share that Apple’s iTunes movie store has reached. Does Netflix have an edge on its competitors? How will the rental service take advantage of its market share? With Apple’s recent push to

Getting video content where you want it, when you want it, is becoming the battle cry of consumers.  No one wants to be tied down to the antiquated concept of having to be home at a certain time to watch TV, and DVRs are no longer the answer either because no one wants to be