Vimeo's critically-acclaimed web series High Maintenance is making the jump to the big time.
HBO announced on Monday — 4/20, natch — that it has picked up six episodes of the comedy, which features a Brooklyn pot dealer (Ben Sinclair) whose clientele is as unique as the city in which he lives.
This is big news for Vimeo, the video-sharing website, as High Maintenance was its first original series
"The pickup by HBO is incredible validation for the show as well as the global creative community developing and releasing innovative programming directly on Vimeo," Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor said in a statement. "The barriers between online and traditional distribution continue to erode and we look forward to continuing to support High Maintenance as well as future projects from Ben and Katja." Read more...
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