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The US Department of Homeland Security issued a warning on Tuesday that Russia may try to "sow discord, distract, shape public sentiment, and undermine trust in Western democratic institutions" in the run-up to the presidential elections which are now four weeks away.

Charges have been announced against an Iranian named Behzad Mesri over the hacking of HBO back in August and an attempt to extort the company to the tune of US$6 million.

Telstra has partnered with Foxtel to offer mobile customers 12 months free access to content packs from online streaming service, Foxtel Now.   

Another episode of season seven of the popular Game of Thrones TV series has leaked on the Web, with a division of HBO, the owner, being responsible for the initial leak.

Four men associated with a partner vendor of network channel Star India, a distribution partner for HBO, have been arrested for leaking episode 4 of season 7 of HBO's blockbuster Game of Thrones.

A week after news of a leak of material from the cable network HBO broke, the people allegedly behind it have contacted the network demanding money and threatening to release more material which they pilfered.

The cable network HBO has joined the ranks of entertainment giants to suffer a network breach, with hackers threatening to release episodes of upcoming shows online.

As GoT fans across Australia settled in to watch Game of Thrones at 8.30pm AEST on 17 July, Foxtel Now crashed, but Foxtel says HBO crashed in the US and Latin America, too.

Foxtel has released a raft of new on-demand content, including new movies, as it expands its new agreement with US broadcasting giant HBO.

Purveyors of fine televisual programming, HBO, have confirmed the "second seasons of its hit 2016 debut fantasy drama series Westworld, and comedies Divorce and Insecure", which will air on Foxtel’s showcase channel.

Remember when AT&T was broken up in the US? Whether you do, or don’t, AT&T is on the verge of becoming the most powerful telco and media organisation in the world.

Billing itself the "home of HBO", Foxtel has strengthened its relationship with the cable network with "even more extensive rights to HBO’s library" of programming.

Foxtel says Games of Thrones Season 6 Premiere is ‘the most watched program in Australian subscription television history.’

From Mick Jagger’s new HBO series Vinyl, through to binge viewing on the Box Sets channel and plenty more, Foxtel says its ready to rock in 2016.

To paraphrase former Prime Minister twice removed Julia Gillard, the  science is in and the death of cable TV is real. What’s more, equally real is the market disrupting surge into the mainstream of streaming video on demand (SVOD).

Bingeing on multiple TV episodes one after the other is prevalent amongst Video-on-Demand subscribers, as consumers flock to VOD services in droves, according to a new global market report.

Periscope, a live steaming service from Twitter has passed 10 million accounts consuming the equivalent of 40 years of video each day – that is voluminous vicarious, viewing by voyeurs of veritable victims!

Foxtel’s naked ambition has matched the reported nudity seen on the first episode of GoT season 5, with record breaking ratings for a subscription TV program.

Like many others I have been waiting for the imminent return of Game of Thrones to our screens. Pirates have early access to not one, but four, episodes of the new season.

Game of Thrones Season 5 can be streamed on ’Foxtel Play’ with very special pricing for the Premium Movies & Drama pack in yet another Netflix attack.