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February 18th, 2010, 01:40
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_hbogo.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/hbogo.jpg)In beta for a while, HBO Go (http://gizmodo.com/tag/hbogo/) has launched: It's a streaming site with access to over 600 hours of HBO programming, from original series like Big Love to Watchmen. The catch? You already have to be an HBO subscriber.
You also have to have the right cable provider to have access (right now, Comcast or Verizon FiOS (http://gizmodo.com/tag/verizonfios/)). The idea is that it gives subscribers more options to watch stuff, not to let everybody get some HBO action. HBO thinks of it like HBO On Demand, but able to offer 4x the content, not a way to pull in new people.
Still, the amount of content seems kinda weak—there's no True Blood, for instance—so even if you could subscribe to HBO online only, right now it wouldn't be worth it. [HBO (http://www.hbogo.com/), Bits (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/hbo-go-the-best-online-video-service-i-cannot-use/)]
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/FzWm_2FChmg/hbo-go-streams-all-the-hbo-you-can-eat-if-youre-already-a-subscriber-that-is)
You also have to have the right cable provider to have access (right now, Comcast or Verizon FiOS (http://gizmodo.com/tag/verizonfios/)). The idea is that it gives subscribers more options to watch stuff, not to let everybody get some HBO action. HBO thinks of it like HBO On Demand, but able to offer 4x the content, not a way to pull in new people.
Still, the amount of content seems kinda weak—there's no True Blood, for instance—so even if you could subscribe to HBO online only, right now it wouldn't be worth it. [HBO (http://www.hbogo.com/), Bits (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/hbo-go-the-best-online-video-service-i-cannot-use/)]
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