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I know it's not a representative sample, but all but 1 of my friends have cancelled cable in favor of Netflix + Hulu. So I'm continually surprised to hear that

I know it's not a representative sample, but all but 1 of my friends have cancelled cable in favor of Netflix + Hulu. So I'm continually surprised to hear that cable subscriptions aren't falling. What I really don't get is why HBO won't sell to me directly. I think that would be the last nail in $100/month cable bills. "Can I get HBO On Demand if I don't have HBO? No. HBO On Demand is exclusively for HBO subscribers." from http://www.hboondemand.com/faq.html#faq7 http://www.hboondemand.com/faq.html#faq7

kin 15y ago
HBO Go is godsend. I can watch the entire series of any HBO show from the pilot to the series finale and watch new episodes of awesome shows like Game of Thrones on a computer or on my iPad. The second Showtime copies them and offers this direct, subscription based, with clients on the Roku and the like, it'll be over for cable.
- tednaleid 15y ago
  Are you saying that you can get HBO Go without cable? From what I can see of the signup, I need to pick my cable provider to sign up (something I don't have). I'd be willing to pay for HBO, but I'm not willing to pay for other cable as netflix satisfies my needs there. I've got a Roku too if there's some integration there that I'm missing.
  - kin 15y ago
    No, HBO Go is included in a cable subscription. Fortunately for me I've got family that watch HBO but aren't tech savvy enough to realize I'm using their HBO Go account. My point though is that I would pay a monthly fee for HBO Go having experienced it.
  - 18pfsmt 15y ago
    Unfortunately, HBO is owned by...Time Warner Inc, and it seems their executives like to talk about the two-year old TV Everywhere initiative[1], but continue to fail to ship it. An interesting quotation from that blog post, "Bewkes, who helped spearhead the TV Everywhere initiative with Comcast two years ago, reiterated the need for the industry to “take every channel on television and put all of it on demand [...]" [1]http://gigaom.com/video/cable-show-panel/ http://gigaom.com/video/cable-show-panel/
calloc 15y ago
This has forced me to just go back to pirating TV Shows instead of giving them my money. I'd gladly pay for it, but they won't let me.

kin 15y ago

HBO Go is godsend. I can watch the entire series of any HBO show from the pilot to the series finale and watch new episodes of awesome shows like Game of Thrones on a computer or on my iPad. The second Showtime copies them and offers this direct, subscription based, with clients on the Roku and the like, it'll be over for cable.

tednaleid 15y ago
Are you saying that you can get HBO Go without cable? From what I can see of the signup, I need to pick my cable provider to sign up (something I don't have). I'd be willing to pay for HBO, but I'm not willing to pay for other cable as netflix satisfies my needs there. I've got a Roku too if there's some integration there that I'm missing.
- kin 15y ago
  No, HBO Go is included in a cable subscription. Fortunately for me I've got family that watch HBO but aren't tech savvy enough to realize I'm using their HBO Go account. My point though is that I would pay a monthly fee for HBO Go having experienced it.
- 18pfsmt 15y ago
  Unfortunately, HBO is owned by...Time Warner Inc, and it seems their executives like to talk about the two-year old TV Everywhere initiative[1], but continue to fail to ship it. An interesting quotation from that blog post, "Bewkes, who helped spearhead the TV Everywhere initiative with Comcast two years ago, reiterated the need for the industry to “take every channel on television and put all of it on demand [...]" [1]http://gigaom.com/video/cable-show-panel/ http://gigaom.com/video/cable-show-panel/

calloc 15y ago

This has forced me to just go back to pirating TV Shows instead of giving them my money. I'd gladly pay for it, but they won't let me.