• TechCrunch, Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:13 PM

Pushing aside other premium content providers, HBO plans to make its movies and original programming available online through a new subscription service. HBO Go is part of the cable industry's TV Everywhere strategy to make TV content available online to paying subscribers, according to TechCrunch. It contains 600 hours of movies and TV shows, which can be streamed live and in HD. The service is available initially to Verizon FIOS subscribers. First Impressions? "If I wasn't already paying for HBO I certainly wouldn't pay for access to this site," concludes TechCrunch's Erick Schonfeld.

"The choice of shows and movies is just not that great ... The on-demand option is great, but essentially HBO Go is competing with much broader array of choices on the TV which can also be made on-demand through a DVR."

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