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HBO Releases 'Pacific' First Online

It's unusual, but premium cabler HBO has put Sunday's first hour of its WWII mega-budget Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks production "The Pacific" on its site. However, the other nine hours will only air on HBO (until the DVD release).

Since HBO is a pay channel that re-runs its best content for decades, it tends to be shy about putting content on the Internet. The network has uploaded the pilot episode of some series online, though not movies. The amount of violence and profanity in "The Pacific" is a concern, so registration is required to watch.

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