Feeling drenched in True Blood or have you not yet had your fill? With only a few more days until the Season 4 premiere, HBO has now announced that you can watch THE ENTIRE second episode of the season, not just a clip, immediately following the broadcast of episode one:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxxRRXKV7y4[/youtube]
Great, right? UNLESS you have Time Warner Cable or Cablevision, in which case it’s HBO No-Go. What the heck? According to the Wall Street Journal back in May:
A spokesman for HBO confirmed the company isn’t seeking any additional compensation from Time Warner Cable and Cablevision in return for making HBO Go available to their customers. A spokesman for Cablevision declined to comment, while a spokeswoman for Time Warner Cable said, “We’re making good progress in the negotiations, but we still don’t have a final agreement.” She declined to offer further details on the negotiations.
Being an irritated Time Warner Cable subscriber, yesterday I tweeted the company and its VP of Public Relations about my, err, displeasure, and the following conversation ensued:
@Loster21 Erin Willard – Excuse me, @TWCable and @AlexTWC ? I’m a mostly happy subscriber but I REALLY HATE not being allowed HBOGO. REALLY.
AlexTWC Alex Dudley – @Loster21 we’re working on it. Hope to have some news soon.
WarmTV N&O TV Blog – .@AlexTWC News maybe before #TrueBloodpremiere? #HBOGO users get to see ep 2 immediately after premiere. Hurry! And thanks.
Ooo, sounds like we have a True Blood fan in our corner – here’s hoping.
In the meantime, HBO has uploaded some videos of our favorite characters’ thoughts and motivations heading in to Season 4:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBokFyr7t4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vh-ch9K6Tc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTRjB2xSdOg[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyNmDS-5Mkw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8XQxolkfpE[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YslUL8GOUfk[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_s36Oto2uI[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7JWdv9F22Y[/youtube]
And finally, here’s the very latest Season 4 promo clip:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1FXeD2orTE[/youtube]
True Blood returns to HBO on Sunday, June 26 at 9/8c.
