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You can watch HBO on any computer/tablet/smartphone plus Roku and Apple TV using HBO Go. (I hate to sound like an advertisement here. I'm not a customer of HBO Go, but it's worth noting that they were actually one of the fastest cable TV companies to put their content online.)

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Last I checked that was only true for HBO subscribers, which you can only get through cable systems. So their content isn't online in the sense that puppetmaster3 means.

Those cable companies have been their distributors for 30 years. They'll loosen gradually. The new infrastructures will help. But I don't fault them for taking it slow and easy.

Oh, agreed. HBO has no need to rush; they're doing fine financially, and cable companies still have a lot of power. And I've been impressed by their attitude toward the piracy of their content. Right now I watch Game of Thrones via torrent and then buy the DVDs when I can just to support them.

True, but if you have Comcast or Time Warner internet, they'll give you "basic cable" + HBO for about $20/month. http://www.wired.com/2013/10/hbo-go-comcast/ At that point, you're pretty much buying HBO à la carte. And they don't care if you even have a set-top box to the the digital TV signal.

"HBO GO. It's HBO. Anywhere."

Well, you know, except in most of the world. It's a shame because I'd love to pay for HBO in the UK.

http://www.hbogo.com/geo.html

I am a HBO customer. And GO makes it that convenient.

Eff them for giving an easy way to pay for great content?

Game of Thrones is worth the price alone. Most of their library is available on-demand. And they've transitioned to where Netflix wants to be...in ten years.

I don't see much of a problem.

for me, as an internet only customer, it costs $30/mo (via a promo email i just got from twc this month to sell me on hbo via GoT) for 12 months, which is only a promotional period and does not include associated install / equipment costs. As much as I like GoT, it is not worth $360 ($30x12) for one season.

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