Take my money, HBO

#1

Post by krogsgard » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:05 AM UTC

Take my money, HBO
takemymoneyhbo.com

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#2

Post by hartror » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:21 AM UTC

"We pirate Game of Thrones, we use our friend's HBOGO login to watch True Blood…"

Yeah I am not associating myself with that. Perhaps something like "We don't currently pay to see your content".

Honestly as an Australian I don't see this happening here, the cable here is an effective monopoly and unless they get a cut of the profits they're not going let HBO do this. It might be completely against their business model as well due to the fact GoT has received more publicity here than any other cable show in some time. This has likely been driving sales for them and so would be bad for their business.

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#3

Post by mhd » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:22 AM UTC

Next step: Take my European money, HBO.

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#4

Post by augusto_hp » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:23 AM UTC

Great and sound idea! But the pain is already aching if this kind of thing get through: posts will be made, bootstraps distrubuted and sources will be opened and the start of the era of "Please, Take my money whatever" will have began. Lets hope for the best, take all our money HBO.

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#5

Post by sabathmt » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:23 AM UTC

hartror wrote: post #2

"We pirate Game of Thrones, we use our friend's HBOGO login to watch True Blood…" Yeah I am not associating myself with that. Perhaps something like "We don't currently pay to see your content". Honestly as an Australian I don't see this happening here, the cable here is an effective monopoly and unless they get a cut of the profits they're not going let HBO do this. It might be completely against their business mode…

It's an attention grabber, sheesh.

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#6

Post by dfc » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:27 AM UTC

As an American I'd rather sign up for "Take My Money BBC."

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#7

Post by mortenjorck » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:28 AM UTC

The "recent tweets" widget shows people tweeting numbers like $10. Isn't HBO as an add-on to an existing cable subscription generally significantly more than that?

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#8

Post by ktizo » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:28 AM UTC

hartror wrote: post #2

"We pirate Game of Thrones, we use our friend's HBOGO login to watch True Blood…" Yeah I am not associating myself with that. Perhaps something like "We don't currently pay to see your content". Honestly as an Australian I don't see this happening here, the cable here is an effective monopoly and unless they get a cut of the profits they're not going let HBO do this. It might be completely against their business mode…

Yeah I am not associating myself with that.

The piracy angle, or those particular programmes?

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#9

Post by hartror » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:29 AM UTC

ktizo wrote: post #8

hartror wrote: post #2

"We pirate Game of Thrones, we use our friend's HBOGO login to watch True Blood…" Yeah I am not associating myself with that. Perhaps something like "We don't currently pay to see your content". Honestly as an Australian I don't see this happening here, the cable here is an effective monopoly and unless they get a cut of the profits they're not going let HBO do this. It might be completely against their business mode…

Yeah I am not associating myself with that. The piracy angle, or those particular programmes?

Piracy of course.

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#10

Post by tptacek » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 1:29 AM UTC

mortenjorck wrote: post #7

The "recent tweets" widget shows people tweeting numbers like $10. Isn't HBO as an add-on to an existing cable subscription generally significantly more than that?

$14/month on AT&T. But in some instances they may be cross-subsidized by basic cable, too.