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HBO orders more The Last of Us

HBO Original drama series The Last of Us has been renewed for a third season, ahead of its season 2 debut. The seven-episode second season of debuts on April 14th on Sky Atlantic (and April 13th in the US on Max). Season 1 of the series, which is based on the PlayStation video games, proved […]

April 10, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Max to debut The Last Of Us S2 with American Sign Language

Max has announced that Season 2 of HBO original drama series The Last Of Us will be available to stream in American Sign Language (ASL) alongside the show’s episodes each week beginning with the season debut on April 13th. Season 1 of the series will also be available to stream in ASL starting March 31st. […]

March 20, 2025

The Last of Us Season 2 trailer sets HBO viewing record

The trailer for The Last of Us season 2 amassed 158 million global views across platforms between March 8th and 10th, securing its spot as HBO and Max Original’s most-watched trailer over a three day period. The trailer outperformed previous The Last of Us Season 1 trailers and teasers by a margin of over 60 per […]

March 14, 2025

PlayStation The Concert composers coming to MCM x EGX

ReedPop has announced that the minds behind PlayStation The Concert will appear onstage in a panel at this weekend’s MCM x EGX in collaboration with Sony Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation The Concert features the iconic music from God of War, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, the Horizon series, and more. The state-of-the art live […]

October 23, 2024

Sony bets on content

Sony Corp is taking a major bet on a multibillion-dollar push into producing more original content, as part of a “creation shift” it says should bring it a greater share of the $3 trillion entertainment industry. Chief executive Kenichiro Yoshida told the FT that Sony needed to shift its focus from distribution to the creation […]

September 4, 2024

Barbie tops 2023 UK home entertainment sales

The first set of figures to be released in 2024 by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and Official Charts Company (OCC) crown Barbie the Queen of 2023 home entertainment, with 700k sales across Disc and Digital EST and VoD. (Official Charts Company (OCC) measures inividual content purchases on disc and digital, to rent, […]

January 8, 2024

Research: Sizable potential TV audience for gaming IP

In today’s world, a perhaps under-leveraged IP are video games, suggests Hub Entertainment Research. Not for a lack of trying, but a track record full of shoddy movies based on gaming IP left gamers and the general public suspicious of anything based on gaming IP.  This changed when The Last of Us hit TV screens […]

October 24, 2023

Malaysia: HBO on Unifi TV

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and Unifi have announced an expansion of their partnership in Malaysia, with the launch of four HBO channels and the HBO GO streaming service. HBO, HBO Family, HBO Hits and Cinemax will launch on Unifi TV, offering audiences access to some of the world’s best TV series and movies. All Unifi […]

September 1, 2023

Thailand: AIS adds more HBO channels, HBO GO

Warner Bros Discovery and AIS have announced an extension of their partnership in Thailand, with a new HBO channel pack now available to AIS PLAY subscribers. Access to the regional streaming service HBO GO will also be included in new AIS packages and promotions. The new standalone HBO channel pack offers movies and series across […]

May 16, 2023

Forecast: Games revenue to pass pay-TV, cinema

Findings from analyst firm Omdia indicate that global consumer spend on games is set to reach $215 billion (€198bn) by 2027. Following a 50 per cent increase in games adaptation in 2022, the transmedia space continues to expand and profit as more video game franchises make their way to the large and small screen. “Alongside […]

March 30, 2023