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"HBO Go" Going Mobile

  • CNET, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:28 AM
HBO says its streaming video service is on its way to the Apple iPad, Apple iPhone and Android-based devices. "Get every episode of every season of your favorite HBO shows, plus hit movies and much more," explains an HBO video posted on YouTube. "All free to HBO subscribers and all streaming on your iPad, laptop, or smartphone wherever you are." HBO didn't say whether subscribers will be able to connect to HBO Go over 3G, but considering the company is promoting the service "wherever you are," CNet considers it a likely feature.

HBO Go has been available since February 2010. Presently, the service lets people stream 1,400 HBO shows, documentaries, and movies over the Web. It's available to Comcast and DirecTV subscribers, among others, "but it surprisingly isn't offered to Time Warner Cable subscribers yet," CNet points out, "and HBO is owned by Time Warner." Compared to other media companies, HBO has long maintained a very conservative distribution strategy. Most recently, it got the industry talking by refusing to offer its content on Netflix.

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  1. Nicole Vigil from DISH Network, April 22, 2011 at 11:54 p.m.

    HBO Go is so convenient! I'm subscribed to HBO through DISH Network and I've been watching multiple series on DISHonline.com that I missed before I was ever subscribed to HBO. This is truly the wave of the future for TV and its viewers.

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