HBO Now, Time Warner’s stand-alone Internet streaming service, is off to a good start with Apple (AAPL) as a partner, says CEO Jeff Bewkes, though analysts say it’s too early to assess the service’s impact on Netflix or other services. Bewkes, on Time Warner’s (TWX)Q1 earnings call Wednesday, hinted at plans to take the online video streaming service international and extolled Apple’s virtues as an exclusive online partner. HBO Now launched on
Shares of Chinese Internet mammoth Tencent (TCEHY) are nearing a buy point on the stock market today. Tencent is China’s messaging giant, running the WeChat and QQ services. It also has a hand in a multitude of other Chinese businesses, including JD.com (JD), BitAuto (BITA) and 58.com (WUBA). At the end of last year, Tencent signed a deal with Time Warner (TWX) to be the exclusive distributor of HBO content in China. It’s in fierce competition
Zombie apocalypse video game “Dying Light” is a hit title, but it wasn’t enough to prevent overall sales of video game products from falling for the fourth straight month at U.S. retail in January. Created by Polish video game developer Techland and distributed by Time Warner’s (TWX) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, “Dying Light” was the No. 1 best-selling console video game last month, the NPD Group reported late Thursday. Video game hardware, software and accessories sales at U.S. retail fell 5% year over year in January to $626 million, NPD said. The NPD figures do not include sales of used game products, rentals or digital sales, such as game downloads and subscriptions. Video game software sales at U.S. retail rose 6% year over year in January to $236 million. “Upside was entirely driven by Warner Bros.’ release ‘Dying Light,'” Cowen analyst Doug Creutz said in a note Friday. “Warner Bros.’…