• by OMMA Magazine Writers , September 3, 2010

HBO
"The Pacific"
Entertainment: TV (non-news)

Designed as a companion guide to the 10-part miniseries, HBO's Web site for The Pacific offers visitors an immersive experience into both the production and its historical milieu. The site received more than 2.6 million visits during the show's run, with nearly 1.7 million video views. In addition to show clips, videos include historical footage featuring voiceovers from WWII vets. Other site highlights are Interactive Battle Maps - with animated graphics, embedded video and narration by executive producer Tom Hanks - which received 140,000 visits; and a user-generated Tributes section offering thousands of WWII stories submitted by viewers.