HBO has came around

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http://deadline.com/2014/10/richard-plepler-time-warner-investor-day-hbo-ceo-presentation-851815/

So it seems next year HBO will be selling HBO go without the need to have cable. Bet the cable companies are pissed

I really hope there isn't a catch.

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I'm guessing since HBO won't know what the fuck they're doing they are probably going to charge the same amount as their cable subscription for the streaming.

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i see network congestion in their future. gona have to pay out the ass to ISP's for more 'bandwidth'

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I really hope not I would like to watch GoT in a legit way.

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This is great to see and it is just the beginning. Now that HBO has done it other channels will follow.

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ESPN announced they will be moving more content to the web as well. NFL is one of the last hold outs. 

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HBO is usually like $16 or so, I cant imagine the streaming service to be that much. 

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You get it for 3 months free with Netflix and Hulu then you forget about it and then wtf is this charge? lol

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Yep, still have about 40 days left on mine. It's gonna suck, hah.

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It will probably be all their shows except for the new ones. They will probably offset the new episodes by a week or so that way the cable companies have to upper hand still...

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I would be willing to live with that.

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A day later and CBS is now doing the same thing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/business/cbs-to-offer-web-subscription-service.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

It's not as big of a deal as HBO since it is already available OTA if you get service, and the price is probably too high, but it's still good to see. I wonder how many channels will available on the internet by this time next year.

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For me to get cable with HBO its $160. Comcast is fucking crazy my car payment is $175. I shut off my cable tv service and look forward to online subscriptions like this one. Paired with Netflix and cracker this would be all I needed short of the tennis and history channels. I think the cost will be on par with netflix

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Some tennis can be watched online on ESPN 3 and a lot of history channel stuff is on Hulu

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thanks I use googletv so I had to buy a roku for hulu and espn. I did not know hulu had history channel stuff I usually watch old school anime like patlabor and ghost in the shell. Do I still need to log into espn3 with a cable service provider? I have not used my roku since i returned my box

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I don't think you need it for ESPN 3 but for other stuff you do