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HBO To Launch OTT Service in U.S. Next Year
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HBO had been talking about doing this for awhile, so much so that some TV providers (Time Warner Cable being a key example) have been offering HBO with a "Starter TV" package (which consists of just the locals, WGN America, C-SPAN, and a few shopping channels) as a way to keep a customer base around.
HBO set to offer stand-alone streaming service in 2015
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...lone-streaming-service-2015-article-1.1975114
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...lone-streaming-service-2015-article-1.1975114
will ESPN ever go standalone?
For most people they’ll still need to have DSL or cable Internet. Although I’m not an HBO subscriber I hope this will be a step in making more cable channels fully available online or through streaming boxes and viewers having something closer to ala carte TV.
ESPN and the Disney Channels are available live online, and on smart phones and Roku, and possibly other streaming boxes as well with watch websites and apps for them. Several Turner Networks (TBS, TNT, TCM, and Tru TV) are available online and on smart phones through watch apps as well, but not on streaming boxes yet to my knowledge. You have to have subscriptions to one of the major cable services to get them though. I don't know if they're available to anyone who may have broadband only but not cable TV though.
Several other major networks (The Big 4, History, A&E, etc.) have channels on Roku with clips or on demand programming, but not with the full schedule. I’d like to see more of the major networks go to having their full schedules available on streaming boxes with total freedom of choice over what channels a viewer wants without having to take dozens or hundreds of channels they don’t want. Maybe HBO’s plan is a step toward this.
ESPN and the Disney Channels are available live online, and on smart phones and Roku, and possibly other streaming boxes as well with watch websites and apps for them. Several Turner Networks (TBS, TNT, TCM, and Tru TV) are available online and on smart phones through watch apps as well, but not on streaming boxes yet to my knowledge. You have to have subscriptions to one of the major cable services to get them though. I don't know if they're available to anyone who may have broadband only but not cable TV though.
Several other major networks (The Big 4, History, A&E, etc.) have channels on Roku with clips or on demand programming, but not with the full schedule. I’d like to see more of the major networks go to having their full schedules available on streaming boxes with total freedom of choice over what channels a viewer wants without having to take dozens or hundreds of channels they don’t want. Maybe HBO’s plan is a step toward this.
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