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It sure sounded that way a little while ago when Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes was telling analysts about the reasons why he likes HBO GO, the premium channel’s new streaming service. Subscribers frequently use it to catch up on HBO‘s original series — and the company is “dramatically increasing the number of original series on HBO.” As a result: “We have the luxury of choice if we want to drop a studio, and we’re going to evaluate that.” The channel didn’t renew its carriage deal with DreamWorks Animation; beginning in 2013 its films will appear on Netflix in the premium network window. HBO also gave up DreamWorks Pictures live-action films in 2010 when distribution rights shifted from Paramount to Disney. But last year HBO signed a deal with Summit to show its films released beginning in 2013. HBO also offers films from Fox, Universal, Focus Features — and, of course, its sister studio Warner Bros. Bewkes says that, in addition to being popular online, original series fuel worldwide growth. Some 93% of the people who use HBO GO say that it makes them more loyal to the channel, Bewkes says.
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HBO GO is Amazing! Wish I could hook up my ipad to tv to watch it, but whatever.
HBO GO is definitely amazing. And I do use it to catch up on original programming. I actually don’t miss Netflix.
How do they have the luxury of choice? Their TV production is great, but their offerings on the film side are fairly limited – how many studios could they really afford to turn away? Especially as it is becoming easier for studios to distribute without HBO. They want to balkanize everything for the sake of exclusivity and that is just going to frustrate consumers. I think this just plays as desperate spin.
Wouldn’t surprise me if Universal was the next to leave since Showtime will start playing classic Universal movies in the Summer and their contract for first run movies ends in 2015 with HBO if I’m not mistaken. Just took a glance at Showtime’s July schedule on their website and knew something was up when I saw lots of Uni titles there.
Wait… So hbo go works on twc now?
Yes. And XBL. It’s awesome.