HBO Go
HBO Go is a TV Everywhere service offered by the American premium cable network HBO. It allows users who are subscribers to the service on participating providers to stream a video on demand selection of HBO content, including current and past series, films, specials, and sporting events, through either the HBO website, or apps on mobile devices, video game consoles, and digital media players. The service first launched in February 2010.
Overview[edit]
HBO Go is the successor to HBO on Broadband, originally launched in January 2008 to Time Warner Cable customers in Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1][2] Programming content available on the service consisted of 400 hours of movies, specials and original series (including 130 movie titles that rotated monthly) that could be downloaded to computers, at no extra charge for HBO subscribers; in order to access HBO on Broadband content, users had to be a digital cable customer that had a subscription to HBO, and used their cable company as their internet service provider.
The service launched nationally as HBO Go, initially on Verizon FiOS, on February 18, 2010. Over the following years, the service expanded to other providers,[3] AT&T U-verse, Google TV,[4] including Comcast, Cox Time Warner Cable,[5] DirecTV,[6] Dish Network,[7] Suddenlink Communications,[8] and Charter Communications in some states.[9][10]
On launch, the service was accessible only on personal computers via the HBO website. Applications for iOS and Android were released in April 2011, making the service available on smartphones and tablets.[11] In October 2011 Roku streaming players became the first television connected devices to support the service, and availability was later rolled out to the Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation 3 consoles, Samsung Smart TVs, and Xbox 360 consoles. Availability on set-top boxes and gaming consoles is determined by individual cable providers in the United States with some omissions. Currently Charter does not support the Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV, and Comcast does not support the PlayStation 3, Fire TV and did not support Roku players until late 2014.[12][13]
On October 15, 2014, following a trial of a similar service in Nordic Europe, HBO announced that it planned to launch an over-the-top subscription service in 2015, which would allow users to subscribe to HBO without using their existing television subscription. The decision marks a significant change to HBO's business model, as the service will be marketed directly to consumers rather than through television providers. The new offering will primarily target "cord cutters", who primarily use online video services such as Netflix for video content and television programming rather than having a subscription to a cable or satellite provider.[14][15] The new service, HBO Now, was officially unveiled on March 9, 2015 for a launch in April 2015, with mobile and digital media player support exclusive to Apple devices on launch.[16]
Content[edit]
HBO Go streams a selection of theatrically released films with a significant number of titles added and dropped every month. HBO original series are available on a permanent basis. New episodes of currently airing series are typically available for streaming at their airtime in the Eastern Time Zone.[17] HBO Go does not stream several early HBO series such as Tales from the Crypt, Tenacious D, 1st & Ten, The Larry Sanders Show, Arliss, Da Ali G Show, The Ricky Gervais Show and Mr. Show with Bob and David.[18]
Devices & Providers[edit]
- Amazon Fire TV (December 16, 2014)[19]
- Android (April 29, 2011)[11]
- Apple TV (June 19, 2013)[20]
- Google Chromecast (November 22, 2013)[21]
- iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch (April 29, 2011)[11]
- PlayStation 3 (January 16, 2014)[22]
- Roku streaming players (October 11, 2011)[23][24]
- Samsung Smart TVs (February 17, 2012)[25]
- Xbox 360 (March 27, 2012)[26]
- Xbox One (November 20, 2014)[27]
- PlayStation 4 (March 3, 2015)[28]
| Provider | Amazon Fire TV | Apple TV | PS3 | PS4 | Roku | Samsung Smart TV | Xbox 360 | Xbox One |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Antietam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Armstrong | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Astound | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AT&T | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atlantic Broadband | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ATMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BendBroadband | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Black Forest | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Blue Ridge Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bright House Networks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Buckeye CableSystem | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Burlington Telecom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BVU OptiNet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cable ONE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Canby Telcom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cedar Falls Utilities | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CenturyLink | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Charter | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cincinnati Bell Fioptics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clear Creek Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Comcast | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Comporium | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Consolidated Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Conway Corporation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DIRECTV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DIRECTV PUERTO RICO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DISH | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DOCOMO PACIFIC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Easton Cable Velocity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EATEL Video, LLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENTOUCH | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EPB Fiber Optics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Frankfort Plant Board | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Frontier Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Fiber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grande Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Greenlight | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nology Associates, Inc.|GTA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GVTC Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hawaiian Telcom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HBC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Home Telecom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Home Town Cable Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HOOD Canal Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hotwire Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HTC Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HTC Digital Cable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JEA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberty Puerto Rico | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Long Lines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LUS Fiber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCTV] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mediacom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MetroCast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Metronet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MI-Connection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Midcontinent Communications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MIDHUDSON | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Morris Broadband | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MTA Communications, LLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nex-Tech | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| North State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NoRWOOD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenBand Multimedia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Optimum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rainier Connect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RCN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SELCO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service Electric Broadband | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service Electric Cable TV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service Electric Cablevision | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| South Slope Coop Comm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suddenlink | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Summit Broadband | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SureWest Broadband | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TDS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Time Warner Cable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TRUVISTA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Verizon FiOS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| No Vision, Inc. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wave Broadband | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WOW! | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| wTVE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Yadtel Telecom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cal State Monterey Bay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Concordia Univ. Chicago | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fitchburg State University | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Florida International Univ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Harvard University | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Loyola Marymount University | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| New York University | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shippensburg University | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stony Brook University | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The University at Buffalo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UNC Charlotte | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| University of South Florida | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| University of Alabama | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| University of Washington | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| University of Wyoming | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HBO Employee / Guest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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- ^ Google Announces More Providers for Google TV, Internet Retailer, October 5, 2010.
- ^ Cox To Offer HBO To Go, Multichannel News, March 2, 2011.
- ^ DIRECTV to Launch HBO GO and MAX GO, April 12 DirecTV Press Release April 11, 2011
- ^ Dish Network Offers HBO GO and MAX GO, Presenting More Than 1,800 On-Demand Movies and Original Series to Online Customers Dish Network Press Release April 21, 2011
- ^ Suddenlink Takes HBO And Cinemax To Go, Multichannel News, April 26, 2011.
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