hbos? >> the company likes to present hbo as its largest rival. some say it is netflix versus the cable industry. becausetalks about hbo continue to do what netflix is doing now, this idea of getting it loose of content. amazon and hulu will continue to be a part of the conversation in terms of the new media players to watch. they are spending so much to build their business around the world, you have to think about competing services in other markets. now tv in the u.k.. that is where there could be some more competitive battles in 2014. >> thank you. so what do people behind the cameras think of the netflix strategy? filmmaker ken burns says he loves the access to the content it provides, but is he happy about his films being on netflix? take a listen. ♪ my traditional platform has been, for 30 years, distribution on pbs, which reaches the largest number of eyeballs. every kid in america when i grew up had memorized the primetime schedule. now we have hundreds of choices. we cannot possibly memorize and have appointment tv. i am thrilled with the access, thrilled with the idea that i can fly across the country and wa

hbo, amazon, the networks in general. who are they aiming at? >> some people might like to position traditional cable versus netflix. netflix will it really position itself next to hbo. hboe style of content strategy netflix is moving on. then you have hulu and amazon and the list gets pretty big. they are doing a big international expansion and there are a lot of services we talk less about in europe and latin america they are competing with. the list is really pretty long for the netflix competitors and ones to watch in 2014. >> tank you. what about people behind the camera? what do they think about netflix's strategy? filmmaker ken burns says he likes the access to the content netflix provides but is he happy about his films being on netflix? ♪ >> my traditional platform has been for 30 years, distribution on pbs that reaches the largest number of eyeballs. every kid in america when i was growing up had memorized the entire primetime schedule. now we know we've got hundreds of choices. we can't possibly summarize and have a point on tv. i'm thrilled with the access, i'm thrilled with the idea that if i'm flying across the country and want to watch three or four episod

hbo. >> hbo. >> jimmy: i want you to come back, stay tuned, everybody, we unearthed some old clips of an old tv show -- >> no. >> jimmy: -- we did in the '80s. >> you found them? >> jimmy: and i wanna show them. more with alec baldwin after the break. it's good! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] they're a fierce, foaming force in the universe. they're the fizzy front line in mankind's epic battle against grime -- scrubby, mindy, sudsy, poppy. they're on a mission to help the cleaners of america and spread a little bubble love. we work hard so you don't have to. the scrubbing bubbles. where do you want us to clean next? let's bubble. 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[ cheers and applause ] we love you, pal. we've known each other for a long time. a lot of people might not know, but we actually started in a sitcom in the '80s. >> that's right. i can't believe you found this footage. how did you do that? >> jimmy: that's right. >> the museum of broadcasting? where did you get that? >> jimmy: we called somebody from the show, the old producer. and we got it back. >> larry siegelbaum? you called larry? >> jimmy: we did. we called larry. and he got it. he had it on tape, vhs. and he had to transport over to digital. and it was a cop show. >> yeah. yeah. >> jimmy: "point pleasant police department." >> it was a cop show. >> jimmy: and it took place in point pleasant, new jersey. we played two police officers who couldn't see eye to eye. we get in a lot of arguments and stuff. >> it was a very intense show and we got into a lot of, you know, messy situations. [ light laughter ] very messy situations. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we actually have a clip of it. do you mind if i just show some. larry gave us a clip of our show? >> let it rip. ♪ [ laughter ] [ laughter ] >> good morning, paul. >> jimmy: morning, pete. [ laughter ] where did you put the papers? >> pardon? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i said -- i'm trying it out. i want to try it out before i grow my mustache. i just asked you a simple question. i said where did you put the papers? [ laughter ] where did you put the papers? >> no. don't -- [ laughter ] don't piss me off, paul. this is the point pleasant police department. [ laughter ] this ain't no pickle party, you punk. >> point taken! ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: like i said -- [ cheers and applause ] pretty intense show. >> very gritty. very gritty. >> jimmy: can we show another clip? do we have time if we show another clip? let's show one more clip. ♪ >> jimmy: sorry i'm late, paul. >> well, you were never the poster boy for punctuality. [ laughter ] pete! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i couldn't help noticing. you eating pumpkin pie? >> yeah. are you eating planters peanuts? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: precisely. [ laughter ] very perceptive, paul. >> this pumpkin pie is making me so parched. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: perhaps you'd like a dr. -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> are you all right, paul? >> jimmy: perfect. perhaps you'd like a dr. pepper? [ laughter ] >> no, i prefer a -- mr. pibb! >> jimmy: pepper! >> pibb! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: pepper! >> pibb! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right, pibb it is. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i could really feel the emotion in that scene. >> yeah. you could almost taste it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i can't believe i'm gonna say this. do we have time for one more clip? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ light laughter ] >> oh. listen, pete, the point pleasant police department has a problem. a pickpocket. 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hbo. bookstores andin hbo did the film that is now on demand. hopefully you watch it. great, important story. >> thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> happy new year, jakarta and indonesia. welcome to a special edition of "lunch money." i am matt miller in for adam johnson. congress in action. what you should not look or were 2013.ward to in the best of aykroyd, buffett, and why you should not take on the selfie. in switzerland, the kind of security you get with a swiss bank account, not just tax-free money. black monday. five nfl coaches joined the nation'em

and hbo doesn't have, hbo has many advantages over netflix but one of the disadvantages, they don't have access to your credit card and personal information. the cable company that you subscribe to, hbo through has that. netflix has direct access, apple has direct access. to your credit card, amazon has direct access, that personal information becomes very valuable. particularly valuable to an advertiser one day and he will want to sell it. >> can they give it? >> can they give it? and that is a question that is going to be there. but if you have addressable advertising and you are watching let's say on your ipad, you know, and you are watching manager and you click and you buy manager and you now are in touch with that advertising, that advertiser has a direct link to you and at one point that advertiser is going to know that you are an owner of a mercedes or a chevy or whatever kind of car you are and they will be able to target their ads to you. >> rose: or a ford pickup. >> with el that is you. >> rose: it didn't do well. for the graduate -- so what is this going to do for people who do what i do? they provide content? i mean is this all good for me? >> yes and no. >> rose: or sh

hbo keeps making hits. >> it's been aid said that netflix became hbo faster than hbo could become netflixew days ago he doesn't mind when users share passwords. >> so i guess butler's, the ceo of hbo doesn't mind me then sharg his account information. so it's butler@hbo.com and his password is netflix. >> kara? >> whatever. >> fighting words or is there something underneath that? >> you know, he's always been fighting with the time warner people. it's just funny. he likes to pop off with stuff like that. that's an issue for everybody. people want to use the services they are sharing passwords. it is a challenge to hbo's business. it's no question. same thing for him. lots of people share netflix passwords. >> he made that comment at our buzzfeed, rich greenfield was at. what's interesting is hbo has the innovator's dilemma. what he said to our peter is he i'm talted bill clinton and said, it's just arithmetic, meaning he's got a way, the fees from the carriers versus going over the top. netflix doesn't have to worry about the legacy revenue lines. they've got a lot more freedom to just in

hbo go, let hbo subscribers watch anywhere, discovery channel wanted a service like that, netflix letscels, disney's espn, those about to the cable guide, delivered by a local cable network. in fact the new web site will even live stream all 12 pay-per-view match is already set for cable this year including the aptly named wrestlemania and direct competition with cable systems that carry the same pay-per-view match is. the w w e has to share the gate with cable operators whereas with the new online network and will teach the upside for itself. imagine if other providers set up online networks without going through cable what that might do to cable profits. the new w w e network is the first big-name web only to bypass cable entirely in won't be the last and -- ashley: w w e carries a huge audience. is substantial. it was the top sports pay-per-view on -- dennis: real sleeper hold and figures, that cuts into it but that is why they went into storytelling. the question is do you want to see an old man called up on demand, the storytelling angle and back of the title of the drama of a dif

hbo. >> the book is in bookstores and hbo did the film that is now on demand. hopefully you watch it. great, important story. >> thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> live from pier three in san francisco, welcome to the early edition of bloomberg west. we cover the technology companies that are shaping our world. our focus is technology and the future of business. let's get straight to the rundown. apple going to war with its court-appointed monitor for meddling in apple's business. netflix ringing in the new year with some big changes, rolling on a new pricing model while it loses the rights to popular

hbo knows, it's not tv but it's hbo. do you think the app says something about the direction hbo is going? s and billions of dollars that's tied to cable network distribution, so decoupling that and going to the consumer is difficult, and so they are trying to find unique ways to market it and getting it in front of people without breaking down walls. >> aren't they going to play station? >> yes but you still have to have an hbo subscription to access that. >> who is next? >> well the next one we will do is february 3rd and we will do it with jerry seinfeld. >> how did you get him? he doesn't talk to anybody. we tried to get him since we launched this show. >> i picked up the phone and called him. he's interested in promoting the show that's in the third season and that's digital only and who is watching digital programming, and it's the 20-somethings, and his audience is 40 and above, and so he is doing out reach on social media and so it makes sense and it all goes together. >> you can put in a good word for us when you are talking to him. >> i >>> th >>> there could be a big misconceptio

channel hbo and number of subscriber homes but netflix turns $20 million in full-year earnings, hbo $1.5 billion in annual profits. one reason is netflix is so cheap, $8 a month after a one month trial, hborime service offers free videos and at on when you pay $70 a year of unlimited shipping. the online is cheaper prices are a key factor for why they are gaining in households but the bigger threat may be more original hit shows, house of cards is as good as any network show, second season premieres on valentine's day, all 13 episodes of binge city. and the other streamers' over pay channels it is so on demand. no extra cost, hbo shows on demand, tablet or smart phone anywhere you want to be and any time you want to watch. one problem is services like hbo go and increased demand for on demand convenience of rivals contributing to their own -- you got to go. tracy: got to cannibalize yourself. dennis kneale. ashley: this restore maybe hard to swallow. it cost more than your mortgage. town whiskey set a world record for the most expensive with the sold at an auction. the fixed bottle of mccallum in a crystal went for $628,000 at sotheby's auction in hong kong, over 100,000 more than expect

hbo used to be did. >> that was kind of the end all, be all? >> pbs, hbo was sexier, right?nivision yesterday bought that film, cnn came in with 300 films already this year and last year got one of the more controversial ones with "blackfish". >> they bought it here last year, short listed for the oscars. >> they came here with whitey bulgur. from "paradise lost" trilogy. new, shocking evidence about whether or not whitey b. lgur was an fbi informant. >> pivot or univision is to bring in a younger audience that otherwise wouldn't watch news? >> i guess so. cnn wants ratings. >> "blackfish" did really well. >> it only made $2 million in the movie theater. people are watching documentaries, but they're watching them on tv and not in the movies. >> and on netflix. >> fahrenheit 911 came out almost ten years ago. people will go to music documentaries with justen bieber or katy perry, but these news documentaries now have shifted to the small screen. >> mitt romney showed up yesterday. they've been running documentaries for years. i guess what's kirch different is they want them

hbo and showtime dominated the pay-tv business. here come the online ears. hbo and other paid channels, 32% of u.s. homes down 6 percentage points, a one defector, people shopping for lower prices, netflix $8 a month cheaper than the 12 to $15 a month for hbokeep making the original hot shows like house of cards this drain on pay cable could increase. 4 pandora a critical federal court trial starts today, hitting the major copyright group known as apps cat. pandora pays 4.3% of its revenue to song publishers and writers, old-fashioned radio pays 1.7% and the on liner pays fully half of its revenue in performance fees to music labels and artists. they claim it is not enough nevermind radioed a is a nothing to play their songs. if at first you don't succeed sell out to verizon. intel is selling its online tv flop to verizon to led verizon start its own netflix. getting deliveries may be getting a lot easier. coming up i will speak to the founder of the new apps doorman. cheryl: china's pollution problem knows no borders. how it is now affecting us in the united states. [ male announcer ] this is the story f the little room over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barli

domestic violence and cindy hill director of the new hbo documentary film, "private violence" which is currently at the sundance film festival and will air on hboer this year. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. when we come back, alive inside. a story of music and memory. stay with us. >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to, "alive inside: a story of music & memory." a news the name of documentary that examines how music helps those with alzheimer's. you might be familiar with one of the central characters in the film, a 90-something alzheimer's patient named henry dryer. postedumentary makers video of henry on youtube in 2012. the clip began with video of him looking largely unresponsive to the outside world. and he is given a pair of headphones to listen to cap calloway, his favorite will stop the music energizes him, awakens him, brings back old memories. the clip of henry went viral and was seen nearly 10 million times. while the film is now done and has just premiered here in park city at the sundance film festival. here is an

hbo commented that shared passwords are not a big issue for hbo go, because those users will actually have enough money to subscribe on their own. what's your view around shared passwords? >> it was an interesting comment, i suppose. so i guess the ceo of hbor ] >> all right. that was, of course, reid hastings, the ceo of netflix. let's bring in brian sullivan, business before the bell. you know, i would -- i wouldn't underestimate netflix when you look at -- well, the documentary, this mitt documentary will be extraordinary, i guarantee you a lot of people will be on there. you know, "house of cards" "orange is the new black." netflix is looking pretty darn good. i wouldn't thumb my nose at their subscribers, right? >> no, joe. in kt fact, somebody pointed oun twitter, if you invested $90,000 in netflix just the beginning of last year, you'd have almost $300,000 today. the subscriber growth has been on a tear. obviously, the ceo, reid hastings is fielding his oats. usually, they're buttoned up on the conference calls. i've listened to hundreds, and it's usually the corporate babble and gobly gook, and here you have hastings calling out the ceo saying he's netflix's -- you know, you have the bleep, i think your audience pretty much underst

hbo passwords. here is the answer. >> i guess the ceo of hbo doesn't mind me sharing his account information so it's plouffeler at hbo.com. >> really? wow. okay. >> that's interesting. let's check on yesterday we gave someone's e-mail, gary. >> it was gy@water.org. >> people wanted matt lauer's e-mail. >> asked for marty sorenson's, too. supposedly it's going to snow today. >> looks beautiful out today. >> do they have not have the weather channel over here? >> we have the weather channel here. >> right here. >> does it look like snow to you? >> this looks beautiful, 13.8, that's celsius, right? >> yes. >> can you do the fahrenheit conversion? >> no. i could xwguess, i figure it's about 25. >> check on the markets, i can't forecast markets but i can forecast, i don't think it said snow do you? there's not a cloud in sight. there are the futures again today, are the markets sad we're not back there or something? yesterday it was a little uneven, today down about 45 points or so. that's manageable though. we'll see what happens. i don't think the earnings at this point are, intel and ibm, is it going

hastings responding to a question about his rival ceo from hbo, saying it's okay for customers to share accounts. >> so i guess the ceo of hbon sharing his account information. so it's pleple@hbo.com, and his password is -- >> wasn't even sure if we can air that. it's not the first skirmish between the two companies. in 2010, time warner's ceo had this to say about netflix. quote, it's a little bit like is the albanian army going to take over the world? i don't think so. wow. it's just the latest example in a new trend of ceo trash talk. we have to ask my guest here why we're seeing more and more of this, or are we? zachary? >> i mean this in no disrespect to albania. if you execute really well, you have some degree of right to be a little peeved when your results are as good as netflix. >> in other words f you', if yo going to throw a fireball, you have to be able to take it. >> and we shouldn't take these things overly serious. he's having a little fun, and he's a human being. for god's sake, he should be able to. the fact is they are executing well. >> are you talking about richard sherman or -- >> no, that's a whole othe

hbo, showtime, and the -- a&e, what took starz so long>? in chris a few years ago, he started the premium content move. he was at hbopranos," the first of these es that make people notice cable. what we have seen since then is the flowering of cable networks based on great programming. he knew that it was going to be important for them to have some signature shows. job, this is great the first of a number of shows you are going to see that will really put starz more on the premium content map. remer, amc six or seven years ago was running second and third runs of movies. >> that does not cut it anymore. men," so they did "mad the vampire show, "breaking bad haircut they are a serious place for any great content producer to go. you had to pick shows yourself and see what was going to work. how do you know when a show is a hit? >> you do not know, that is the point. you can have a great script, you can have what you think is a perfect cast, and then something goes flat. maybe it is not the right director, so many things have to come together for it to really work. what is great about cable is that what it takes out of

hbo and talked to the iconic document aaron sheila nevins and said would you make a documentary of our report and hbo put together the best am, the emmy award winning directors sherry cookson and nick dube, and hay zhoird country and found a 24-7 day care, the chambliss center for children, whose director and some of their workers are here today and they found ka treea gilbert. katrina gilbert is a 30-something-year-old single mother who works as a c.n.a., certified nursing assistant, in an elderly facility. she works hard every day and raises her children. her story tells the story of our report organically. it tells of her desire to be educated, her inability to make ends meet, of her relationship with her boyfriend and her ex-husband and her children and her day care center. t tells our story beautifully, emotionally, and compellingly. it's going to debut, it's going to air on hbo on march 17, st. patrick's day, so remember that. and with no further adieu, i would like to show you some clips from the film. >> when me and my husband split, i had to do something. i was looking for a job for eight months. >> hi, mr. granger are you done? >> yes, i am. >> you are? you ate it all. >> yeah. >> lift your feet. here you go. there you go, bud. >> even nurses say, a c.n.a.'s job is the back bone of the nursing field. it can be rewarding. you meet very good people. but you also lose them and it's very hard. >> yeah, john, i'll be back tomorrow. >> $9.49 an hour for what we do. >> what we're going to do is this. ive yourself a big hand. you're remembering what we've been doing. getting ready for the next step, going to kindergarten. you've got about seven months. it'll be kindergarten ready. guess what? it's going to be pinned on you. the choices you make. we say good choices get you what? >> good results. >> when you treat people right, when you talk to people right, when

hbo and talked to the iconic document aaron sheila nevins and said would you make a documentary of our report and hbo put together the best team, the emmy award winning directors sherry cookson and nick dube, and hay zhoird country and found a 24-7 day care, the chambliss center for children, whose director and some of their workers are here today and they found ka treea gilbert. katrina gilbert is a 30- something-year-old single mother who works as a c.n.a., certified nursing assistant, in an elderly facility. she works hard every day and raises her children. her story tells the story of our report organically. it tells of her desire to be educated, her inability to make ends meet, of her relationship with her boyfriend and her ex- husband and her children and her day care center. it tells our story beautifully, emotionally, and compellingly. it's going to debut, it's going to air on hbo on march 17, st. patrick's day, so remember that. and with no further adieu, i would like to show you some clips from the film. >> when me and my husband split, i had to do something. i was looking for a job for eight months. >> hi, mr. granger are you done? >> yes, i am. >> you are? you ate it all. >> yeah. >> lift your feet. there you go. there you go, bud. >> even nurses say, a c.n.a.'s job is the back bone of the nursing field. it can be rewarding. you meet very good people. but you also lose them and it's very hard. >> yeah, john, i'll be back tomorrow. >> $9.49 an hour for what we do. >> what we're going to do is this. give yourself a big hand. you're remembering what we've been doing. getting ready for the next step, going to kindergarten. you've got about seven months. it'll be kindergarten ready. guess what? it's going to be pinned on you. the choices you make. we say good choices get you what? >> good results. >> when you treat people right, when you talk to people right, wh