i think we're adding opportunity for new consumers to engage with hbo and to become part of the hbo persons. >> can you give us any details what the new business will look like? will you able b able to get it without paying for a package. >> we'll come bah back with the models and pricing in the very near future. >> and what do you make of showtime and everyone else following your lead. >> it doesn't surprise me at all. because they have the exact same model and they are thinking the exact same way, which is how do we get our product into the hands of as many consumers as possible? >> and netflix is game. and netflix and hbo have long been rooism rivals. >> it's much over done in the press. netflix is the terrific. it's a streaming product. mostly repeat television and a couple of new good shows. we tip our hats to them. but nothing netflix has done has prevented hbo from making the kinds of shows we want to make, from growing our business domestically and around the world. i just said we grew more this year than any time in 30 years. netflix can continue to do what netflix does. hbo is goi

and someone said how funny they said mad men and hbo passed on mad men so it's a dig at hbo. well, not intentionally. i think you meant broader themes but little things, were we unconsciously? i don't know. >> since you mentioned hbo a few times. >> and it's mentioned a few times in the show. >> just a few, yeah. how much of the success the first time around in being allowed to come back a second time has to do with the success of the platform of cable television? >> oh, i don't know. that's a good question. it does feel like that contributed. there is sort of an anything goes and things are brought back. netflix brought back a fox show in arrested development and hbo brought back project green light, too. i think it's sort of what's -- to me what's great is that people are starting to focus again on like the actual content. >> uh-huh. >> you know? and if it was good then, why does it need to be good? and i think that would be great if people would start revisiting shows or scripts. they weren't crazy. they were good but for whatever reason they were not done. >> is there par

hbo is in business with the audience. hbo doesn't care how many people are watching the show. they just care how much the people who are watching the show like the show. model that business a writer would love. >> they have to care about subscribers? care about subscribers and people need to be talking about their show. writing about the show, political acclaim. once you subscribe to hbo, they don't care if you're watching the newsroom or boardwalk empire or anything else. they are not trying to sell you a toaster in between acts. options.talk about the netflix, amazon tv. how press have you been for some of these other outlets? writer, the more vendors that there are for content, the better. obviously, netflix is on fire cards and orange is the new black. house.has alpha nontraditional tv is great. >> are you a binge watcher? >> yes. of new stuff, i am a binge watcher of old stuff. i can spend the weekend watching the office. all nine seasons. i have done nothing but watch 200 episodes. this the golden age of television? is content better than it's ever been before? >> i thin

hbo is in business with the audience. hbo doesn't care how many people are watching the show. they just care how much the people who are watching the show like the show. that is the business model that a writer would love. >> they have to care about subscribers? >> they care about subscribers and people need to be talking about their show. writing about the show, political acclaim. once you subscribe to hbo, they don't care if you're watching the newsroom or boardwalk empire or anything else. they are not trying to sell you a toaster in between acts. >> let's talk about the options. netflix, amazon tv. how press have you been for some of these other outlets? >> if you are a writer, the more vendors that there are for content, the better. obviously, netflix is on fire with house of cards and orange is the new black. amazon has alpha house. nontraditional tv is great. >> are you a binge watcher? >> yes. not just of new stuff, i am a binge watcher of old stuff. i can spend the weekend watching the office. all nine seasons. i have done nothing but watch 200 episodes. >> isn't this

hbo is in business with the audience. hbo doesn't care how many people are watching the show. they just care how much the people who are watching the show like the show. that is the business model that a writer would love. >> they have to care about subscribers? >> they care about subscribers and people need to be talking about their show. writing about the show, political acclaim. once you subscribe to hbo, they don't care if you're watching the newsroom or boardwalk empire or anything else. they are not trying to sell you a toaster in between acts. >> let's talk about the options. netflix, amazon tv. how press have you been for some of these other outlets? >> if you are a writer, the more vendors that there are for content, the better. obviously, netflix is on fire with house of cards and orange is the new black. amazon has alpha house. nontraditional tv is great. >> are you a binge watcher? >> yes. not just of new stuff, i am a binge watcher of old stuff. i can spend the weekend watching the office. all nine seasons. i have done nothing but watch 200 episodes. >> is this th

>> hbo gave me complete freedom. the real difference is that when you are on network tv, the network is in business with the advertisers. hbo is in business with the audience. that difference is all the difference. hbo doesn't care how many people are watching the show. they just care how much the people who are watching the show like the show. that is the business model that a writer would love. >> they have to care about subscribers? >> they care about subscribers and people need to be talking about their show. writing about the show, for the show to get a certain amount of political acclaim. once you subscribe to hbo, they don't care if you're watching the newsroom or boardwalk empire or anything else. they are not trying to sell you a toaster in between acts. >> let's talk about the options. netflix, amazon tv. how impressed have you been for some of these other outlets? >> if you are a writer, the more vendors that there are for content, the better. obviously, netflix is on fire with house of cards and orange is

>> hbo gave me complete freedom. the real difference is that when you are on network tv, the network is in business with the advertisers. hbo is in business with the audience. that difference is all the difference. hbo doesn't care how many people are watching the show. >> really? >> they just care how much the people who are watching the show like the show. that is a business model that a writer would love. >> but they have to care about subscribers? don't they? >> they only care about subscribers, and the way to get subscribers is for people to be talking about your show, people to be writing about the show, for the show to get a certain amount of critical acclaim. once you've subscribed to hbo, they don't care if you're watching "the newsroom" or "game of thrones" or "boardwalk empire" or "girls" or anything else, because they are not trying to sell you a toaster in between acts. >> let's talk about all the other options out there. you have netflix, you have amazon tv. how impressed have you been with some of the

>> hbo gave me complete freedom. the real difference is that when you are on network tv, the network is in business with the advertisers. hbo is in business with the audience. that difference is all the difference. hbo doesn't care how many people are watching the show. they just care how much the people who are watching the show like the show. that is a business model that a writer would love. >> they have to care about subscribers, don't they? >> they only care about subscribers, and the way they for peoplebers is need to be talking about their show. writing about the show, for the show to get a certain amount of political acclaim. once you subscribe to hbo, they don't care if you're watching "the newsroom" or "boardwalk empire" or anything else. they are not trying to sell you a toaster in between acts. >> let's talk about the options. netflix, amazon tv. how impressed have you been for -- with content on some of these other outlets? >> if you are a writer, the more vendors that there are for content, the better.

" >> hbo gave me complete freedom. the real difference is that when you are on network tv, the network is in business with the advertisers. hbo is in business with the audience. that difference is all the difference. hbo doesn't care how many people are watching the show. >> really? >> they just care how much the people who are watching the show like the show. that is the business model that a writer would love. >> they have to care about subscribers? >> they only care about subscribers and people need to be talking about their show. four people to be writing about the show, for the show to get a certain amount of political acclaim. once you subscribe to hbo, they don't care if you're watching "the newsroom" or "game of thrones" or "boardwalk empire" or "girls" or anything else. they are not trying to sell you a toaster in between acts. >> let's talk about the options. netflix, amazon tv. how impressed have you been for some of these other outlets? >> if you are a writer, the more vendors that there are for content, th

>> hbo gave me complete freedom. the real difference is that when you are on network tv, the network is in business with the advertisers. hbo is in business with the audience. that difference is all the difference. hbo doesn't care how many people are watching the show. >> really? >> they just care how much the people who are watching the show like the show. that is a business model that a writer would love. >> but they have to care about subscribers? don't they? >> they only care about subscribers, and the way to get subscribers is for people to be talking about your show, people to be writing about the show, for the show to get a certain amount of critical acclaim. once you've subscribed to hbo, they don't care if you're watching "the newsroom" or "game of thrones" or "boardwalk empire" or "girls" or anything else, because they are not trying to sell you a toaster in etween acts. >> let's talk about all the other options out there. you have netflix, you have amazon tv. how impressed have you been with some of the o

hbo is a strong brand with great products. if anyone has an ability to go direct, it is hbo. i would put it espn and disney in that category. i view it as an experiment. it remains to be seen if they will end up with a better business than the one they have or not stop cbs is a completely different thing will stop i can't assess what they have in mind or what they are doing, but i'm not suggesting we are critical of it. we will take a wait and see approach. >> that was tom eiger. up next, the hot button issue for immigration and president obama's promised to take executive action on reforms of necessary. how does this impact the tech industry and its demands for high skilled workers? ♪ >> i'm cory johnson and this is "bloomberg west." today, we are looking out one of the most pressing issues in technology -- immigration reform. even with republicans racking up huge wins in the election, president obama is, think action on immigration by executive order if necessary. there's the expansion of the visa program granted to skilled foreign workers will stop it's currently cap at

and will it also be on hbo? >> fred: hbo, showtime, and cbs. [ laughter ] >> seth: you should check, i don't think they can legally be on all three. >> fred: okay, we'll see. >> seth: what? >> fred: we'll see. >> seth: okay, we will. congratulations. "too bigger to fail." [ cheers and applause ] great. >> fred: thank you. >> seth: something i want to address. told this joke in the monologue last night -- some cool science news. today scientists landed a space probe on a speeding comet over 300 million miles away. and yet we still can't put a man on my aunt cathy. [ audience groans ] now -- people reacted that way last night. and i assured them that my aunt cathy doesn't watch the show, so they have nothing to worry about. but here's something i have to admit. i don't have an aunt cathy. i just made up that name, seemed like a better name. i have an aunt christie, an aunt sherry, an aunt alex, they're all wonderful. they sound like geese in an elevator when they're together. but i would never make a joke -- i wou

h hbo, time warner. they have been several years behind and now they have to scramble and catch up. >> they do say the best takeover defense is your bottom line. but often times more successful as the defense when it's growing before the event happens rather than after. >> we'll see. tesla getting ready to report earnings. the company expected to post a loss in the quarter. elon musk has been in a war of words with the journal at least over sales figures for 2014. i wonder if you have a take on this nick? and also musk's comments about the stock being overvalued. >> it's interesting. musk and the journal they do not get along very well. they have been going at it for some time about the value situati valuation of the stock. when they start to introduce the suv model and the lower cost model, i think that is going -- things are going to change then. but the problem is can they do it quick enough? it is interesting, you are seeing a lot of competition in the space now. every car maker is now offering some

and the hbo thing, i'm excited about that. >> you and the actors calling me. [laughter] >> i have some thoughts about casting. we'll talk. larry wright, great to see you. [applause] >> visit our website at klru.org/overheard. to find interviews and q & a's with gets and archives with past episodes. >> my alternative service was teaching at the american university in cairo and roberta and i got married during that period of time. we were there in 1970 when nasser died and sadat became president. >> funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by mfi foundation, improving the quality of life within our community. and from the texas board of legal specialation. board-certified attorneys in your community. experienced, respected and tested. and hillco partners, texas government affairs consultancy and hillco health. and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and viewers >> garrison keillor: toi derricotte grew up outside detroit. with the poet cornelius eady, she cofounded cave canem, an organization committed to cultivating and supporting the work

it's his latest documentary for hbo. >> i still made the trip, with guillermo, and brendan, and dave. the four of us set out from washington, d.c., and walked north right up the east coast. >> reporter: walking along the tracks is illegal. to avoid detention, they camped out with no tent and lived off the land as much as possible. >> this was my pillow, it's a heated, furry pillow. if you could buy that at walmart, people would buy it. >> reporter: and they must dodge amtrak police. >> we were bathing in rivers, and cooking in the woods. actively evading the police. >> reporter: he says soldiers miss something poignant. >> it's something they have in combat they can't get in soci y society. the powerful bonds of brotherhood. >> reporter: he first met brendan as a soldier i in "restrepo." >> i watched people literally die for each other and i come back to a society that honks at me if i don't take a turn fast enough. >> brendan always did what had to be done. walking ahead so not everyone would have to walk it. he would run it and come back. that's the brendan i remembered from afghani

right now, i mean, in most of the world, hbo's iron throne has become iconic. it's a nice-looking iron throne. but it's actually quite -- as large as it seems, it's quite small compared to the monstrous throne described in the books which is huge and towering and dominates the whole and the king has to climb up a ladder to sit in it and he is 10 feet -- 10 feet tall, 10 feet above the head of everybody else looking down on him. it's got no but but it's a symbol of domination and conquest and its meant to overall the people who stand under it, and that, i think, is what mark finally, captured in what i regard as the definitive iron throne. >> after spending that much time and working with the illustratos and artits, what was the feeling when you had to work with hbo and some would be simplified or as you mentioned, it would be quite different or the characters such as peter dinklage and how that character compares to your books? >> i can describe a character. the reader'sing imagination fills in the blanks, you know. so i can describe a character as hand some an

hbo -- doing a series of it is a look at sex culture in america. sex is something that is as old as humanity and it has remained practically unchanged. this very physical things shifting in certain ways because of internet technology. it is looking at how technology is changing our lives and social media is changing our lives through the lens of sex. >> athings like snapchat and sexting, are those good or bad things. it is certainly changing the way we interact with each other. we look at individual fetishes and how people will find each other online and how certain fetish cultures are able to connect. >> his film premieres tonight on hbo at 9 p.m. on one number that tells us a whole lot. what have you got? >> how about 33%. avid nfl fansof who say they spent 33% more time on their devices than the average mobile unit for -- average mobile user. it was a thrilling game from the defensive side yesterday companies from the giants. during the game. it is interesting, nfl fans are one of those groups who may not be as active on facebook when they know

>> i am doing a series of hbo -- it is a look at sex culture in america. sex is something that is as old as humanity and it has remained practically unchanged. we are seeing this very physical things shifting in certain ways because of internet technology. it is looking at how technology is changing our lives and social media is changing our lives through the lens of sex. >> things like snapchat and sexting, are those good or bad things. >> it is certainly changing the way we interact with each other. we look at individual fetishes and how people will find each other online and how certain fetish cultures are able to connect. >> his film premieres tonight on hbo at 9 p.m. we focus on one number that tells us a whole lot. what have you got? >> how about 33%. it is a study of avid nfl fans who say they spent 33% more time on their devices than the average mobile user. 71% on social media while watching the game. it was a thrilling game from the defensive side yesterday companies from the giants. one great catch during the game. it is interesting, nfl fans ar

hbo is a strong brand with great products. if anyone has an ability to go direct, it is hbo. disney put it espn and in that category. experiment. an it remains to be seen if they will end up with a better business than the one they have cbs is a completely ifferent thing will stop can't assess what they have in mind or what they are doing, but i'm not suggesting we are critical of it. we will take a wait and see approach. >> that was tom eiger. hot button issue for immigration and president obama's promised to take executive action on reforms of necessary. how does this impact the tech industry and its demands for high skilled workers? ♪ >> i'm cory johnson and this is "bloomberg west." today, we are looking out one of the most pressing issues in technology -- immigration reform. racking upepublicans huge wins in the election, president obama is, think action on immigration by executive order if necessary. there's the expansion of the visa program granted to skilled foreign workers will stop it's currently cap at the $5,000 year. i spoke with the new executive director of f

on hbo. if you want to have a good time, watch this movie, it's super duper funny, we have a a clip. here is stephen merchant navigating his way through hollywood in "hello ladies the movie." this saturday. >> he's the host of the party. bloody great bloke. you're not supposed to look him in the eye. he's got this weird thing, so just don't look him in his eye. allen, i just wanted to introduce you to some dear friends of mine. mike and trudy, this is my beauty girlfriend jessica. >> hello. >> hello. >> hi. >> fantastic view. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for having us. >> enjoy the evening. >> thank you, we will. >> have fun. >> thank you sir. >> jimmy: i was like, can we do [ cheers and applause ] our thanks to stephen merchant. romeo santos performs after the break. stick around. he's great. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ millionaire athletes to be our spokesmen.ick, what with their entourages and on-set massages. we use these guys guys who fish for bass! massage sounds nice - no dice! t

hbo says they will do this and immediately less movements. everybody followed let hbo did. it had nothing to do with area. it is my firm belief -- >> what would make hbo move? -netflix. willing it does, hbo counter. hbo is trying to counteract netflix. >> so everyone is reacting to each other and nobody is reacting to area. >> i think it is a non-entity and it made a lot of press. they should be out looking for right now. >> companies are doing that. on another front, an interesting development in cable television. barred from releasing any kind of contractual -- it is actually programming rights. how much they pay for content. >> it is ridiculous. private agreements between private companies. , ieven weigh in on that is think, overstepping bounds. >> on the same token, charlie at dish has finally settled at turner. is back online, as well as the cartoon network. what do you say about that? >> it is more of the same. they want more money. charlie does not want to pay more money and charge his subscribers more money. he realizes consumers have an option. outside of satellite

series with another hbo called "sex now." it's a look at sexual culture in america and the way technology has changed relationships, all kinds of relationships. is something that is as old as humanity and has remained practically unchanged. now we see this very physical thing shifting in certain ways because of the internet technology. how sort of looking at technology is changing our lives and how social media is changing our lives through sex. >> things like snapchat and s exting, are they good? >> i don't know if it's good or bad, but it is affecting the way we interact with each other. we are looking at things like cook up apps and individual fetishes and how certain fetish cultures are now able to connect. does new york" -- the film appears tonight on hbo. now it's time for the bwest byte -- one number that tells a whole lot. >> how about 33%? a group did a study of nfl fans that they spend 33% more times on their devices and the average mobile user and 71% of them are on social media while watching the game, as i was no

hbo, i think their heart was in the right place. they had this great concert for valor last night out on the mall in washington, d.c. they had a lot of big stars. but there was an interesting selection, or one of the songs that fee fee -- featured bruce springsteen and zach brown. the song "fort son" could have been an unfortunate choice. ♪ ♪ >> is it an unfortunate choice in front of this group of veterans? a lot of people criticizing saying were they tone-deaf for choosing this song? >> it's an antiwar, anti-draft song. >> couldn't they have picked a different tune for their set list? >> we don't have the draft anymore. so perhaps they were hitting on a point also that the song, when john foggarty wrote this song he was criticizing the elitism in washington that one fourth of us are going to fight these wars and while the senators' sons are not going to fight. he was referring to david eisenhower at the time and nixon's daughter. he said they're not going to go fight but the rest of us are going to fight and protect us. >> you

even if you don't have hbo, you can watch the concert. bruce springsteen, rihanna, among those performing. >>> i'm kristen wright at the gallery place-chinatown metro station. public transportation today is a good idea because a lot of roads are closed. take a look at everything you see here on the map in red closed right now. the road closures went into effect at 6:00 this morning. a good reason to not even attempt to drive anywhere near the national mall today. things will be this way all day. again, we want to emphasize the streets in red here that you see are already closed right now as of 6:00 this morning. live in northwest, kristen wright, news4. >>> there will also be changes on the yellow line trains replacing the blue line trains. the smithsonian center is closed and we have everything on the nbcwashington facebook page. >>> and hbo paid the district $750,000 to station police around the area. when you go, you have to pass through a checkpoint and you won't be able to bring glass containers, animals or bikes. >>> great weather f