HBO Now launches today, just not in Canada

[Victorious Secret]

 

 

 

 HBO Now is available today on all Apple devices under the sun (thus, every computer on Earth once you make your HBO account to access it through a browser). HBO Now is something I wish I could pay for, but in typical Hollywood fashion there seems to be a "Fuck Canada" policy when it comes to streaming services. 

 

Its actually a shame. Would be nice to start chopping things off my Telus account and move to streaming (yay that high speed unlimited bandwidth), but such is life. Maybe this time next year HBO will realize we don't all live in igloos and actually can use the inter webs.

 

 

 

HBO's standalone subscription service, HBO Now, has today launched on Apple TV. The service offers on-demand access to HBO's entire library of original shows and catalog movies for a monthly fee of $14.99. No cable subscription is required. At launch, Apple has an exclusive hold on smartphone and tablet apps for HBO Now — but that period of exclusivity will reportedly expire in three months. HBO Now can also be watched through web browsers, and you'll get a free month of access if you sign up through an Apple device during the month of April. An iPhone app is also available in the App Store.

 

During last month's Apple press event, HBO CEO Richard Plepler promised that Now would launch in time for the Game of Thrones season five premiere, which airs this Sunday. That will obviously serve as a significant test for the service's reliability, but for now you've got a few days to comb through HBO's massive vault of content. Apple slashed the Apple TV's price to $69 in an attempt to drum up sales to go along with the introduction of HBO Now. For those without Apple TV, Dish will begin offering HBO — not HBO Now — through its Sling TV service this month, but that'll cost $15 on top of Sling's monthly $20 subscription.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/7/8362229/hbo-now-available-now-apple-tv

 

[terrytek]

Huh, first Netflix, then OnePlus, and now HBO? What has this world come to?

[Victorious Secret]

Huh, first Netflix, then OnePlus, and now HBO? What has this world come to?

 

They hate us cause they ain't us 

[Raboo]

not in canada

[Picklenuttz]

And this is why i will continue to use Popcorn time.

[Imabigmac]

Was going to look into it but I guess there is no point now. It's a good thing pirate services still exist. Not that was HBO had much of interest to me any way.

[Xsilent(X)]

HBO sucks only 1 good episode from them GoT lol