HBO Premieres ‘Flight of the Conchords’ on Funny or Die

HBO has launched an online video campaign to promote its new season of Flight of The Conchords by premiering the first episode of season 2 on Funny or Die. The episode is set to air next month on HBO is January 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM, and will available online from Wednesday, December 17th until Sunday, December 21. The video is only available in the US (see the description below.)

I've embedded the video below and will most likely replace it with a still image once the video is no longer available. Enjoy it while you can!

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Season 2 Online Premiere - Flight of the Conchords (US Only)
Bret and Jemaine are back and finally so is The Flight of the Conchords. Sorry guys, the video only works in the US. We all want the WHOLE world to be able to watch Flight of the Conchords, but to be honest, legally we only have rights to stream the video in the US. But there will be other opportunities internationally to watch it. HBO.com Canada (http://hbocanada.com/) will be streaming the premiere episode of Flight of the Conchords Season 2 in 6 days starting on Tuesday December 23. For other international FOTC fans please check your local providers for additional details regarding when the episode will be broadcast in your area.

About the online video premiere Chris Spadaccini, VP for advertising and promotion at HBO said, “After the success of last season, we knew that online sampling would be the most effective way to energize the ‘Flight of the Conchords’ fan base and generate excitement for season two,” and added , “FunnyorDie has emerged as the go-to destination for great online comedy content, and the decision to partner with them to launch the new season was an easy one.”

HBO has also launched a Flight of the Conchords' LipDub Fansterpiece contest for fans to enter with the chance to be featured in a HBO screening. For more information go to: http://www.flightlipdub.com/

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La Corona on HBO

Tune in tonight for the Spanish version of La Corona on HBO Latino! The English subtitled version airs on September 10th on HBO2!

AIR TIMES: Sept. 8th HBO LATINO (This version is in Spanish only) West Coast 10pm East Coast 10pm Central 9pm Sept 10th HBO2 (This one will be subtitled) West Coast 7pm East Coast 7pm Central 6pm La Corona is a Runaway Films production directed by Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega, and my friend Tami Stepanek was the sound recordist. The film was nominated for as one of the Best Documentary Short at the 80th Annual Academy Awards®, and also won an honorable mention from the Shorts Jury at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film looks at an Annual Beauty Pageant Held at Colombia’s Largest Women’s Prison. It's another big win for independent film and you can read more about it in the related links below. For more information go to: HBO: La Corona Runaway Films The Briefing Room » Phoenix Editorial & Designs Gives Shine to Oscar Nominated Documentary Short, “La Corona”