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HBO and Apple in Talks for $15/Month Apple TV Streaming Service Launching in April
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Not a huge (or any) savings on the actual rate....but you can often find iTunes gift cards on sale for the 20% off range.....especially between Black Friday and Christmas. Buy up a bunch then and charge up your iTunes account and enjoy HBO on AppleTV for $12 a month (20% off of $15).
Ya in Canada if you not going to cut the cord better off with TMN and getting AMC, movies and some showtime content as well.
$15? No thanks.
$15 eh? Great, then I am sure all the others sign on and guess what? You're paying $200 a month to have access to all the crap you cut loose.
The price is dumb.
Hulu+: $9
Amazon Prime: $9
Netflix: $9
HBO: $15
SHO: $15
Internet: $40 (my cost for 10/80)
$97 for the what is arguably the CORE BASICS of desired cable programming.
This doesn't include other networks that might start signing up. BBC? AMC? FX? TNT? It will add up very fast and in the end we are the ones that look like a$$holes with our, "I cut the cable and saved!", $200 a month bill.
$97 a month gets you a basic HD cable package with HBO, Showtime, and an internet tier in most towns. (USA)
$15 eh? Great, then I am sure all the others sign on and guess what? You're paying $200 a month to have access to all the crap you cut loose.
The price is dumb.
Hulu+: $9
Amazon Prime: $9
Netflix: $9
HBO: $15
SHO: $15
Internet: $40 (my cost for 10/80)
$97 for the what is arguably the CORE BASICS of desired cable programming.
This doesn't include other networks that might start signing up. BBC? AMC? FX? TNT? It will add up very fast and in the end we are the ones that look like a$$holes with our, "I cut the cable and saved!", $200 a month bill.
$97 a month gets you a basic HD cable package with HBO, Showtime, and an internet tier in most towns. (USA)
This is outstanding!!!! I have said this in other threads, once this happens, cable is gone in my household!
Look on the bright side, at least Apple will be getting some of the money and it will help increase their profits.
I find the whole "cutting the cable" term when talking about this new HBO service to be misleading. If you're going to be watching it on your Apple TV, you are going to need some sort of broadband connection, most of which are supplied by cable companies. So you still need their cable to come to the house, even if it is not directly connected to your television. So they're still getting money from you. It won't be until there is widescale availability of alternative high speed access that cable companies will really be threatened.
Who are these people paying for Hulu Plus with their advertisements, commercial interruptions over the start/end of a show's segment, inconsistencies in programming, and missing seasons or episodes of shows. Hulu's one pro is access to a lot of shows the day after they air, many of which you can watch on the broadcast channel's website for free.
I don't think it's fair to add in the cost of internet service as it's not as though you wouldn't have internet if you kept your cable package. And I don't think many would consider having both HBO and Showtime as part of a "core basic" package.
You do make a good point though that a la carte pricing won't be as much of a savings as many think. If the HBO service is like the current HBO Go, you could turn it on and off through the year and binge watch your favorite shows.
I don't really understand why content providers are against on demand services.
Take Fox. Naturally, they do all they can to prevent websites from illegally uploading episodes of the Simpsons. But why can't I go to a fox owned website, watch a few ads and then an episode? They generate ad revenue, even though I haven't watched the advert on a broadcast TV station?
Take Fox. Naturally, they do all they can to prevent websites from illegally uploading episodes of the Simpsons. But why can't I go to a fox owned website, watch a few ads and then an episode? They generate ad revenue, even though I haven't watched the advert on a broadcast TV station?
I'd have internet regardless, but I have Netflix and I have amazon. No way I'd pay for Hulu and I am not paying $15/month for 1 cable channel. If anything, it'd have to be something that makes me want to drop netflix because I couldn't live without my amazon shipping... And it'd be hard to woo me away from netflix with their original shows.
Only if you're dumb enough to sign up for every single monthly service available. Luckily, no one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to do that.
$15/month is less than I pay DirecTV for the service right now. I would be a subscriber at that price, and was actually expecting it to cost $20/month. Anyone thinking that HBO's premium library is going to be available for $8/month is delusional.
Also, "$15/month" in iTunes-currency actually equates to less than $12/month in actual US Dollars for anyone with half a brain.
Also, "$15/month" in iTunes-currency actually equates to less than $12/month in actual US Dollars for anyone with half a brain.
You can.
http://www.fox.com/full-episodes?show-available=1
Since the latest episode of The Simpsons is not up, it appears they upload the episodes after 7 days. And I'm guessing the latest episode is up 24 hours after it airs and is only available to subscribers until 7 days passes.
Now if there was only a way to get hockey games without cable. NHL package? Great, if you don't care about your local team.
I don't care either way about HBO, but as someone who plans to cut the cord when my cable contact expires in ~18 months, these kinds of announcements make my dick hard.
Not in my town! We paid $110 for cable plus just HBO. Internet is extra ($75/month).
So my numbers will run more along these lines:
Netflix $8
Hulu Plus $8
HBO $15
Internet $75
HD antennae free
Total $106 vs. Cable packaging et al. $200
Granted, I would like AMC as well so add another $15. Not a huge amount of savings but I think in the long run, breaking the monopoly of content streams will ultimately be better for the consumer.
Just the opposite. Cable companies will be prevented from creating fast and slow lanes if upheld. What they can do is come up with expensive data caps, thus you end up paying a lot more if you stream a lot. All of a sudden, your unlimited internet for $50 a month becomes $50 for 50 GB.
I would expect that it would not include Cinemax (since HBO Go does not). Even though Cinemax is owned by HBO, it's always been treated as separate for pricing models. Now, I could see HBO maybe offering an add-on subscription for Cinemax at around $8-$10 a month.
And they crop them to 16:9 which I hate
It's funny. Recently, I heard someone on tv reference HBO Now and I thought "NO, it's called HBO Go!" Guess that person knew something I didn't even though it's not officially out yet. Maybe it's in test market somewhere?
The only reason I got the stupid Xfinity Triple Play phone was to get cheaper HBO so I'll be glad to get HBO some other way. I finally had to unplug the phone to stop all the wrong number and sales calls. All I really want HBO for is Bill Maher, John Oliver and Vice, now that True Blood is over. Maybe I don't really need it anyway.
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