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Did you see something asserting point 4?
Maybe it won't work on your Android-powered toaster, but the devices they currently support are fairly comprehensive: http://www.hbogo.com/#devices/
So all that stuff they were saying about how it was financially impossible to do this was just PR fabrication? I never would have suspected.
What about Canada? I'd subscribe in a second as we too, are cord cutters up here.
Now Bell will likely make some concessions to prevent complete Canadian public outrage, but whatever the US gets, I'm sure the Canadian version will have a few drawbacks added to the existing ones in the US service.
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I've found that it's not terribly difficult to wait for the shows to come to Amazon Instant. For a bit I pirated premium channel content on release and bought it on Amazon Instant after the fact. I eventually realized that waiting really didn't impact my enjoyment. I do still supplement my NBA League Pass with viewing of unauthorized streams for games that are not aired on League Pass.
Game of Thrones season 4 is still not on Amazon in the US. I think that would impact my enjoyment, since part of the enjoyment is being able to talk to people about it. By the time I'd be able to watch it on there, they wouldn't even remember what happened that season.
This is a step in the right direction. Comcast and Verizon must be quaking in their boots because as more networks decide to go the direct distribution route, the less necessary their TV distribution services will become.
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Did you see something asserting point 4?
Maybe it won't work on your Android-powered toaster, but the devices they currently support are fairly comprehensive: http://www.hbogo.com/#devices/
My personal conclusion is that the money would have been better spent just gradually building up my own library. And, were it closer, in supporting my local library.
In other words: Too little, too late, for me.
HBO has enough good content that I keep subscribing to cable to get it. I have zero interest in sports (ESPN). So for me, this is the end of my cable subscription. This is the beginning of the end for cable. And hopefully also for propaganda stations like Fox News.
"This is the beginning of the end for cable. And hopefully also for propaganda stations like Fox News and MSNBC." Fixed.
I cut the cord 3 years ago and regularly pay 2 dollars an episode for shows I want to watch. I own several rokus and pay for prime, hulu (occasionally) and netflix (occasionally). I have never been happier with my tv/media consumption. Hulu is the only thing I would like to replace... I have no tolerance for ads... I'd pay more to get rid of them. I don't know how anyone watches regular tv (unless it's with a DVR).
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How are Netflix, Prime, and even HBO different? You pay them for access to all of the content they decide to carry. I don't see how Netflix is "a la carte."
You pay them for access to everything, but they know what you are watching -- this is quite unlike typical broadcast/cable where only some very small subset (historically "Nielsen Families") are tracked.