HBO To Put Shows Online, For Free
This post was published 2 years 20 days ago which may make its actuality or expire date not be valid anymore. This site is not responsible for any misunderstanding.This weekend HBO will begin trials in Green Bay Wisconsin, which will roll out during the year to the whole country, that will allow free online streaming access to over 400 hours of movies and original programming each month – for FREE.
There are some sticking points. It will be made available only to people already subscribing to HBO, and it will be marketed and delivered through cable operators.
While most networks have embraced browser-based streaming video, HBO’s programming is to be watched in a separate computer application that downloads shows to the hard drive. It may face several hurdles: the program is available only on Windows PCs initially; the downloaded content cannot yet be transferred to portable devices; and the content expires four weeks after being downloaded.
I’m not too sure how they will verify you subscribe to HBO but I sure think this is interesting and its only a matter of time until this service goes web based.
Well, if subscription is done through the cable operators, they will know if you subscribe or not. I’m sure it will get broken in some way though. They don’t mention much about the quality of the downloads(It’s free, so I’m not expecting much), nor how fast shows will come out after they air. It may be an easy way for pirates to get higher quality releases out, especially if the file is actually downloaded to the hard drive.
So its a bit like the BBC iPlayer then, but only for some people who subscribe to it already and not web based?
I already subscribe to your channel. Wouldn’t it be great if I could catch up on missed episodes? Yes! I’d be really happy if they do this. Minus the requirement for a separate player (dumb) and Windows only (dumb). Hello, I use a Mac.