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Re: Take my money, HBO

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Post by patrickpkt »

ap3 wrote: post #16

Have you guys thought about how many people are already paying for HBO ? Is HBO hurting for money? Or is it just a bunch of geeks trying to get hbo for cheap? I know anti-piracy is not always popular but they are creating popular and original shows, why not support them?

I don't think the issue is that HBO costs $10-15/month right now, but that there's also the cost of the cable subscription and the cable box. Aside from the programs on HBO, the vast majority of what I watch is over-the-air, so it's not too much of a stretch to say I'm paying $60+/month to get HBO legally.

Re: Take my money, HBO

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Post by kenshi »

There is a difference between people saying they will pay for something versus all of those people actually handing over hard currency for it.

Re: Take my money, HBO

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Post by _wp3r »

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?

customers with internet > customers that pay for cable

Volume wins?

Re: Take my money, HBO

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Post by potatolicious »

ap3 wrote: post #16

Have you guys thought about how many people are already paying for HBO ? Is HBO hurting for money? Or is it just a bunch of geeks trying to get hbo for cheap? I know anti-piracy is not always popular but they are creating popular and original shows, why not support them?

The trouble is not that HBO is too expensive, but rather that there is no way for this "bunch of geeks" to pay HBO directly.

If you look at the current tweets, people are offering up anywhere between $8 and $20, which I imagine is considerably more than HBO's take based on their current revenue model.

The whole point of this website, I gather, is to convince HBO that their product is worth considerably more to the end user than what they're currently making, and that they can tap into a lot more revenue if they let people subscribe to their products directly, without the cableco middleman.

[edit] My impression of HBO pricing is completely wrong. It doesn't seem like HBO would stand to gain a huge amount based on how much people are "pledging".

Re: Take my money, HBO

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Post by res0nat0r »

jquery wrote: post #15

I pay $30/month to watch Starcraft 2 tournaments on GomTV.net. I pay $0/month to watch Game of Thrones, Veep, Girls, and True Blood. I will continue to pay $0 until there is an option that does not involve enriching evil cable executives. Your move, HBO.

You do realize that without those evil cable executives and their funding these shows wouldn't be on the air right now?

Re: Take my money, HBO

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Post by Game_Ender »

jquery wrote: post #15

I pay $30/month to watch Starcraft 2 tournaments on GomTV.net. I pay $0/month to watch Game of Thrones, Veep, Girls, and True Blood. I will continue to pay $0 until there is an option that does not involve enriching evil cable executives. Your move, HBO.

I up voted you, but don't really support the "evil cable executives" line.

Re: Take my money, HBO

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Post by Game_Ender »

smackfu wrote: post #22
dfc wrote: post #6

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

Would you pay $225 a year? That's how much it costs a Briton. ("The annual cost of a colour TV licence is £145.50")

If it was the only way my wife and I could get the content we would pay. We would even pay a lesser fee for the ability to stream some of their shows they don't allow to stream outside of Britain.

Re: Take my money, HBO

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Post by david_shaw »

jquery wrote: post #15

I pay $30/month to watch Starcraft 2 tournaments on GomTV.net. I pay $0/month to watch Game of Thrones, Veep, Girls, and True Blood. I will continue to pay $0 until there is an option that does not involve enriching evil cable executives. Your move, HBO.

> I will continue to pay $0 until there is an option that does not involve enriching evil cable executives.

Wouldn't a standalone HBO GO subscription enrich cable executives? Wouldn't any paid solution enrich cable executives?

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