HBO to offer stand-alone streaming service in 2015

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Speaking at the Time Warner Inc. Investor Meeting today, Richard Plepler, chairman and CEO, HBO, announced that the company will offer a stand-alone HBO streaming service in 2015. Following a portion of his presentation focused on HBO’s domestic business, during which he cited significant growth opportunities inside the pay-TV universe, Plepler then turned to the current ten million broadband-only homes, which is projected to grow.

Plepler then added:

“That is a large and growing opportunity that should no longer be left untapped. It is time to remove all barriers to those who want HBO.

“So, in 2015, we will launch a stand-alone, over-the-top, HBO service in the United States. We will work with our current partners. And, we will explore models with new partners. All in, there are 80 million homes that do not have HBO and we will use all means at our disposal to go after them.”

http://bgr.com/2014/10/15/hbo-online-streaming-service-launch/

I decided to put this here since it's related to TV shows, even though it's not specifically a TV show. If it needs to be moved to Everything Else, then I apologize. I know guys like DarenG will be excited, since I remember discussing it on this board, but can't recall the thread.

 

[BigRedRage]

read this earlier, awesome. The more that do this the better. My buddy doesnt like it because he is leaching off his moms cable for free but I am more than happy to pay for ala cart services and get only channels I want.

Hopefully they dont do yearly subscriptions or w/e but they probably will. Otherwise I would buy for a month, watch what I want and then switch to a different service.