HBO Go no longer working on Apple TV (1st Gen)

[BearDougalDog]

Hey all,

I've been running HBO Go on my 1st gen apple tv for years without any problems. Suddenly I've got a message appearing stating 'device not authorized' with no other option available other than 'exit'.

HELP!

 

[BODYBUILDERPAUL]

That's an old system and OS BearDougalDog - pre 2010!!! You're lucky that it's still worked - ATV 2 lost YouTube etc 2 or 3 years ago.
Shows how good Apple's component sourcing is if your ATV 1 is still working. For computers, that's pretty amazing!

 

[BearDougalDog]

That's an old system and OS BearDougalDog - pre 2010!!! You're lucky that it's still worked - ATV 2 lost YouTube etc 2 or 3 years ago.
Shows how good Apple's component sourcing is if your ATV 1 is still working. For computers, that's pretty amazing!

Yeah, it's been working just fine - and continues to work well with other apps (UK and US-based).

 

[MistrSynistr]

Time to get a new Apple TV.

 

[Rigby]

Is this actually a first generation ATV (i.e. it's silver, not black)? According to HBO's web page HBO Go is only supported on ATV2 and newer:

https://help.hbogo.com/hc/en-us/articles/204179468

 

[priitv8]

Also Apple did announce that Gen 1 is now EOL product:
https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1519624021
Meaning - only useful for inhouse local streaming and perhaps as a small OS X Tiger machine to run errands.

 

[mallbritton]

Are you certain what you have is a 1st generation Apple TV? It was a largish, white and silver square.

Also, there was no App Store, and no support for apps on the 1st generation. As @Rigby points out above HBO GO support starts with the 2nd generation Apple TV, which is when Apple moved to the small, square and black form factor.