We first wrote about Plizy back in October 2011. Over a year ago, the concept of curating all your video in one place was a bit early on for a social TV environment that was still only focused on real-time airings and linear. Today’s TV viewer’s iPad home screen is dominated with video viewing apps like Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, Showtime Anytime and your provider’s app (if they have a good one). Now Plizy is using your social graph and let you easily navigate to each of these TV video platforms. Read more

Remember the short-lived but hilarious campaign to “Take My Money HBO”? Six months later HBO Go is still revolutionizing the way we watch TV (and our favorite HBO content). Now CollegeHumor has come out with an hilarious video to poke fun at all of those people who use a parent, or friend’s HBO Go password. Watch it here. Read more

HBO is known for their massive library of addicting original TV content. In February 2010 the premium cable network launched HBO GO, a TV Everywhere platform that allows you to watch their content on multiple devices as long as you have a login. The platform has grown so popular that a movement was started by Jake Caputo to "take my money HBO" for a standalone version of Go that isn't tied down to an MSO subscription. In late May we went to uncover the developers and creative minds who built this platform that has changed the way HBO content is consumed. Meet the team that built Go with the smart executives at HBO who green lit this project.

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Arguably the most exciting premiere of the summer has been HBO's True Blood. There are multiple eye-gripping storylines that make you forget there was a year between season four and the recently-launched season five. The show's passionate community has been tapped by HBO's social efforts since the beginning. We spoke with HBO Vice President of Social Media and Performance Marketing, Sabrina Caluori about their social TV strategy for season five.

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The long awaited True Blood season five premiered on HBO as we find out what happened to Tara and what Bill and Eric's fate will bring them. The TV event was sure to make a big splash on social as one of TV's biggest Sunday night's of the year ensued. Bluefin Labs provided Lost Remote with an analysis on the buzz.

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This is the question Jake Caputo, owner of design shop Design Crumbs, asked last night as he launched TakeMyMoneyHBO.com, a site that allows you to tweet @HBOGO and @HBO how much you'd be willing to pay them for a standalone HBO GO account that's not tied to a linear TV subscription. We spoke with Jake about his attempt to get the premium cable channel's attention, but first: how much are people willing to pay?

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