Pre-registrations for the 'Westworld' iOS game commence alongside signups to play 'Fortnite Battle Royale' on iPhone and iPad

Warner Bros. is accepting pre-registrations for its upcoming iOS game based on 'Westworld,' meanwhile Epic Games has started taking requests for invitations to download the iPhone and iPad version of the popular 'Fortnite Battle Royale.'

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 0

HBO wins bidding war with Apple for J.J. Abrams sci-fi show 'Demimonde'

Proving limits to Apple's corporate clout, HBO has reportedly won the rights to a J.J. Abrams science fiction show called "Demimonde," which was being shopped around in script form.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 20

Apple video content push reportedly helping increase actors' salaries in negotiations with TV networks

Apple's drive for video content is seemingly having a wider effect on how much actors get paid, with a report claiming Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman bolstered their pay from HBO for a project following after Witherspoon made a similar high-value deal for an Apple-commissioned drama.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 13

AT&T bundles free HBO subscription with Unlimited Plus cellular plan

Beginning on Thursday, AT&T will include a free HBO subscription as a perk of its high-cost Unlimited Plus plan, intensifying recent competition among U.S. cellular carriers.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 12

Apple considering selling 'premium' TV bundle with HBO, Starz & Showtime - report

Taking an alternate approach to entering pay TV, Apple is reportedly proposing a bundle of three "premium" channels — namely HBO, Showtime, and Starz.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 37

HBO Go adds support for Apple's TV app, single sign-on authentication

HBO on Thursday released an important update to its iOS app for cable subscribers, HBO Go, enabling support for Apple's dedicated TV app, as well as single sign-on with compatible cable or streaming providers.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 5

US internet users suffering under DDoS attacks on key DNS provider

A series of denial of service attacks on a major DNS provider spanning all of Friday have caused major issues across the internet, with outages of some of the largest sites and services experienced across about half of the U.S. — and now the Department of Homeland Security is getting involved.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 31

Apple exec Eddy Cue talks future of TV at Vanity Fair event

On Thursday Apple's senior VP of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, sat down for a three-way discussion at Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, where he spoke at length about the current state of TV and where Apple sees things going.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 26

Standalone HBO Now subscriptions at 800,000, says network's CEO

Despite launching almost a year ago with a publicity boost by Apple, HBO Now currently has just 800,000 subscribers, the head of the premium network revealed on Wednesday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 18

Tumblr for iOS gets Live Photos & 3D Touch, HBO GO adds support for Autoplay & iOS 9's Picture-in-Picture

Tumblr on Thursday released a major update of its iOS app, including support for the advanced features of the iPhone 6s, while cable network HBO updated HBO GO with features designed for non-stop viewing.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 0

HBO GO activation page for Apple TV suggests support from Charter coming soon

Charter Communications subscribers might soon be able to stream HBO programming to their Apple TV, as an updated HBO GO activation page now lists the U.S. cable company as a participating provider

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 2

Sunrise Calendar builds Meet into iOS 8 keyboard, HBO Go adopts modernized UI

Microsoft on Thursday updated Sunrise Calendar for iOS with a new scheduling tool called Meet, while HBO brought the iOS edition of HBO Go up to par with a redesigned interface.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 1

HBO Now on Apple TV highlights hypocrisy in Apple's 'no porn' rules

With the much-hyped debut of HBO Now, Apple has once again chosen to look the other way as one if its major partners leverages iOS and the Apple TV to distribute adult content — a courtesy the company still refuses to extend to other developers.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 203

Sling TV to get HBO live and on-demand content days after HBO Now lands on Apple TV [u]

As promised at the start of April, Dish Network's Web-based television service Sling TV will add HBO to its list of partner providers later this week, offering linear and video-on-demand content to paying customers.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 2

Apple's Jimmy Iovine played key role in securing HBO Now deal

When HBO CEO Richard Plepler chose to speed up the rollout of the company's new standalone streaming service and went looking for a launch partner, one of his first phone calls was to entertainment industry legend turned Apple executive Jimmy Iovine.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 17

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