Good I hope they dominate the television industry even more. HBO is the art of television at it's full potential. Even if you don't particularly like the show or genre (true blood for me) you know there is going to be quality production.

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Posted by Josh Fenderman

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Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:34 pm to Cs

That's what I'm worried about.

Comcast could just not allow your HBO service through whatever set top box you have like they have done with PS3 or Roku.

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Posted by Cs

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Posted on 10/15/14 at 1:12 pm to Josh Fenderman

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In its presentation to investors and analysts today, Time Warner made clear that it has no intention of joining Netflix in its fight to expand the definition of net neutrality. Executives said they see content companies paying to support the increasing strain on broadband networks as a "natural evolution" of net neutrality — the complete opposite of the position Netflix is pushing. It also goes against the fundamental tenets of net neutrality as we know it: having content companies foot the ISP's bills is quite literally pay-for-play. That's not surprising, of course, since the majority of Time Warner's revenue and the lion's share of its profit still come from cable TV. It's not going to sever those relationships anytime soon.

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Depending on how the FCC proceeds, we could soon be living in a world without any meaningful net neutrality. It wouldn't be surprising to see HBO arbitrage its relationships with the cable companies to exempt its streaming service from their data caps — or to offer a bundle where signing up for Comcast or Verizon as your ISP means you get a free year of HBO Go.

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A standalone HBO Go, potentially with hundreds of million in new revenue, would ramp up its bidding on syndicated series and films, pushing Netflix's already ballooning content costs even higher. And the ISPs just gained an invaluable ally: a major content company signaling its comfortable doing deals around net neutrality. Consumers may be cutting the cord with cable, but HBO isn't.

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Posted by H-Town Tiger

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Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:36 pm to TigerMyth36

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Only problem is that once people started dumping them, the internet price would skyrocket to compensate for the loss of cable revenue.

Its not just that, if demand for internet use goes, which it would if more and more people are streaming everything, then naturally the price would have to rise, they would also have to really beef up the servers or you will slow service

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Posted by Rex

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Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:56 pm to Cailloue Pitre

Don't want HBO.

I want ESPN.

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Posted by Scrowe

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Posted on 10/15/14 at 3:32 pm to H-Town Tiger

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Its not just that, if demand for internet use goes, which it would if more and more people are streaming everything, then naturally the price would have to rise, they would also have to really beef up the servers or you will slow service

Most people don't understand this, they think cable and internet providers are evil and that the internet is free and just magically pops into your devices at no cost to anyone.

A la carte isn't something the networks want. HBO is a totally different animal being it's a stand alone channel as it is but the big 6 don't want that because they know some channels wouldn't be able to work as a la carte entities.

Less channels to package together to sell ad blocks for means less money for the media giants. It's not the cable providers stopping a la carte it's the media giants. The cable/satellite model is the way it is because the network owners created that model and that's the model they sell.

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