HBO to offer Stand-alone Service Next Year

Pricing will be the issue.

If they keep the price under control, this will be a game changer.

Once ESPN does this, the end is nigh for cable companies and also the end is nigh for a LOT of smaller content companies.

I think polls show, the number 1 channel that keeps people locked into cable is ESPN.

I know I would drop Cox if I could get the ESPN package for under $30.00. Heck maybe more. I would only need to order the service during College football months.

Would be awesome to be able to dump cox except for the net.

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

I'd sign up for this. I really want to get rid of my cable, but I'm in an apartment.

A few things I see:

This is great news and hopefully ESPN will follow suit and do the same.

My worry is that the cable companies will start the tiered broadband and still frick us over. I don't want to be paying $100 for an internet only streaming package as opposed to the $50 I'm paying now.

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Although perhaps "new partners" could mean streaming box makers like Roku or Amazon.

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This wouldn't be good news. Because Comcast has still not allowed the HBO Go app to work on Roku or PS3. Despite what the shithead customer service reps would tell me.

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.