10-28-2011, 09:45 AM
Vanraw Wrote:Yea its the "all you can drink" service. Note that there is a lot of motivation from a company like HBO, to not allow streaming of their content with out a HBO subscription. That's why they implemented a HBO GO feature for subscribers to stream to PC's and tablets. They want to give their paying customers streaming ability without losing the massive revenue HBO makes on DVD sales to non-hbo subscribers.
Netflix could jump into something like that. Offer a HBO channel, where you would subscribe to HBO just like you do with a cable provider. I would pay for that. Im pissed that my cable provider isnt offering the HBO GO yet.
I've logged in to HBO Go (although it was a couple of months ago, so it might have grown since then) - you get all of the HBO owned/created shows and like 30 standard movies (very very poor selection). Its a nice feature, but I don't really see it as a new customer draw (more like a customer retention feature) unless the selection of non-HBO content increases.