Making television easy again. By Phillip Swann
HBO today will begin offering 500 hours of free programming including 20 Warner Bros. movies, 10 documentaries, and every episode of nine of HBO’s best original shows. The offer, which starts today and runs until May, is designed to help Coronavirus shut-ins pass the time. But it will also help AT&T, which owns HBO, promote
AT&T-owned TV services today are kicking off a free preview of four premium channels as a way to help Coronavirus shut-ins pass the time. DIRECTV and U-verse subscribers today will be able to watch Starz for free until April 2. Then, on April 2, Epix will be available for free until April 16 for subscribers
HBO this weekend is holding a free preview which includes tonight’s season three debut episode of Westworld, the sci-fi western starring Rachel Evan Wood, Ed Harris and Thandie Newton. TV providers that are offering the free preview include Comcast, Cox, Altice, DIRECTV, U-verse, Verizon and RCN, among others. The free HBO preview, which also includes
Q. You used to be the TV predictions guy. Don’t you have some predictions for the next year coming up? I would like to see what you think will happen with DIRECTV and some other companies. — Maryann, Cincinnati. Maryann, I did run the TVPredictions.com industry web site for nearly twenty years before launching this
Q. You wrote yesterday about Dish not having the Fox sports channels and if there’s anything new. But what about HBO? We haven’t had HBO on Dish for over a year. Will it ever come back? — Cindy, Boise, Idaho. Cindy, you’re right. It’s now been more than 12 months since Dish and HBO couldn’t
Q. I want to see the new HBO show, Watchmen, which is based on the comic book. I loved the comic book! I don’t have HBO. Is there a way to watch Watchmen and get HBO without paying so much money? It’s $15 a month. — Justin, Corsicana, Texas. Justin, you are right. HBO is
Q. I would like to watch HBO on Dish, but it’s been off for a long, long time. Do you think it will ever come back? — Ginni, Jacksonville, Florida. Ginni, it’s been 10 months since Dish and HBO couldn’t reach a new carriage agreement. And when the old pact expired on November 1, HBO
Q. I want to see the new HBO show, Big Little Lies (pictured above), with Nicole Kidman and Meryl Street because I love them, particularly Meryl. I’ve seen everything she’s been in. But I don’t have HBO. What’s the easiest and cheapest way to get it? I don’t like to spend money. — Nat, Fairfax,
Q. Why is HBO still not on Dish? Will they ever make a deal. It’s been a year now and I’m getting crazy about it with Game of Thrones on. What is up?! — Eric, Denver. Eric, it’s actually been slightly more than six months since Dish and HBO couldn’t reach a new carriage agreement.
Q. I just watched the latest episode of Game of Thrones on HBO and the battle scenes were incredibly dark. I could barely see a thing! Is there anything I can do to fix this if it happens again. It really messed up my show! — Denise, Baltimore. Denise, you are the only one still
News Analysis Live streaming took another left to the chin last night when subscribers to HBO’s two streaming units, HBO Now and HBO Go, reported widespread snafus during the final season debut of Game of Thrones. The reported problems included everything from login issues to picture buffering to system outages. Subscribers who get HBO through
Q. I have really had it with AT&T. I’ve had DIRECTV Now since the beginning, but they just raised the price of HBO from $5 a month to $15 a month. How could they do that? — Jen, Marina Del Rey, California. Jen, that is both true and false. Let me explain. Click Amazon: See