HBO will stream its shows to cord cutters for the first time ever on Amazon Instant Video

[duncanthetall]

Because the cable companies that carry HBO would be calling for their heads. .

But hopefully something like that is in the works in the near future once contracts expire.

You think HBO would stand to make more money by going to a straight Netflix type service than teaming up with the cable companies?

 

[HHR]

Might have to finally watch Six Feet Under now...and The Wire and The Sopranos at my fingertips isn't a bad thing either

 

[satam55]

Hold up so this means you don't even need to have hbo

Read the article. It's older HBO shows & earlier seasons of current HBO Shows if it's been 3 years since that season originally aired.

I doubt this deal will include "Game of Thrones". It's too valuable for HBO.

 

[Colilluminati]

Three years later though?

I stopped reading at that point.

 

[TRIPLE M]

Id wonder if they will have OG HBO shows like Tales from the Crypt and Dream On

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

Hold up so this means you don't even need to have hbo

ehhhh.....nope...only if you only want to watch stuff thats been off the air for 3+ years

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

I stopped reading at that point.

its only a bad thing if youve seen all those shows before...the only one where ive watched every ep is the wire...so for me...its a win-win....

ofcourse i already have 'google tv' and i have an app for that gets me damn near anything i want to watch....

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

y doesn't hbo.. just offer a stream only service.. id pay 10 bucks a month sure alot of people would

I agree. But all you gotta do is find someone with HBO and use their login for HBOgo. Even if someone doesn't have it, if they have cable tell them you'll shoot them $10 a month to add HBO and use their login. I think HBO is only like an extra $15 a month outside of a package anyway. It's still a win/win

 

[obarth]

Eating even more off dat Prime subscription

HBO's catalog of shows is so deep in quality that the three year wait isn't that big a deal. Cats can eat off of legit classic programming that blows most of the offerings on Netflix and the like out of the water. You know how many people haven't seen classics like Rome or Deadwood(granted they weren't listed in the article but I'd be shocked if they're not on there with them offering The Sopranos)?

That said, a standalone HBOGO app is really what would crush the proverbial buildings especially if they have live streaming

 

[FlyRy]

Id wonder if they will have OG HBO shows like Tales from the Crypt and Dream On

HBOGO itself doesn't even have tales from the crypt yet..

 

[FlyRy]

Eating even more off dat Prime subscription

HBO's catalog of shows is so deep in quality that the three year wait isn't that big a deal. Cats can eat off of legit classic programming that blows most of the offerings on Netflix and the like out of the water. You know how many people haven't seen classics like Rome or Deadwood(granted they weren't listed in the article but I'd be shocked if they're not on there with them offering The Sopranos)?

That said, a standalone HBOGO app is really what would crush the proverbial buildings especially if they have live streaming

hbo puts the eps up on hbogo literally 10 min after the east coast start time
edit: i watch 1 deadwood season per summer.. when the nba playoffs start i watch deadwood on nights theres games i dont care to see

 

[pete clemenza]

Amazon trying to strong arm the streaming game. What if down the road they get at HBO on some, "come fukk with us, fukk those cable companies" type shyt and acquire all of their content for Prime?

Netflix would be

Netflix wouldn't trip as long as they keep signing up new subscribers and coming with new quality original programming. I'm sure they expect/expected HBO to break away from cable sooner or later. Any business, big or small, has to anticipate their (so called) competitions next move.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

No Game of Thrones means I couldn't give a fukk less about this "exclusive deal"

If HBO would offer their own streaming service I'd give them my money but I ain't paying for some half-ass approach. fukk outta here.

 

[Optimus Prime]

You think HBO would stand to make more money by going to a straight Netflix type service than teaming up with the cable companies?

No way you get Game Of Thrones quality production type shows if HBO went just strictly streaming. Those episodes cost atleast 6 million a piece to make. I'm interested in seeing what production value those Netflix Marvel shows will have. You don't have to show much with "House of Cards" or "Orange is the New Black"...

 

[Malta]

XBMC + Simply movies plugin = HD quality shows for free