Cord cutters rejoice - HBO to offer online only subscription service next year.

[BenGrimm]

Heads-up, cord-cutters: HBO to start online-only subscriptions in 2015 - CNET

This is the first domino to fall.

I Expect ESPN to follow within a year.

 

[Pulscifer]

This is big. ESPN doing this would pretty much end my need of ever having cable. Just need CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX for football weekends in the fall.

 

[n_huffhines]

Yes, and I'm with Sith...if I could watch sports and HBO online, I would not have a satellite. I don't feel the need to be current on my shows. I can watch a year after the fact on Netflix.

 

[SDV]

Sweet

 

[VolsSportsFan]

If ESPN goes, I can be done.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Awesome. I have been waiting for this domino to fall.

This route is cable/satellite's worst nightmare.

 

[n_huffhines]

Awesome. I have been waiting for this domino to fall.

This route is cable/satellite's worst nightmare.

I have no sympathy for them when they go down. They have screwed over their customer base for years. There is no good reason to withhold channels from being purchased a la carte, but they make you bundle and buy channels you don't want...which is supposed to be against anti-trust law, but for some reason they never get busted for it. Croneyism is my best guess as to how they get away with it.

 

[bamacheats]

Doesn't Thunder, one of UT's largest boosters, have a major stake in The Dish?

 

[WallyBalls]

Saw this on Twitter in response to CBS announcing a streaming service:

Nation's Grandkids To Have "Special Job for You" Waiting for Them the Next Time They Visit Nation's Grandparents

I laughed.

 

[n_huffhines]

It's happening. AFC and SEC football :rock:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cbs-offer-stand-alone-subscription-130026588.html

 

[BearCat204]

It's happening. AFC and SEC football :rock:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cbs-offer-stand-alone-subscription-130026588.html

Think it said the NFL wouldnt be available on the new service

 

[utvolpj]

But then I see a statement like this and realize were potentially in the same spot a couple years down the road. Hope that's not the case but those left behind on cable only will latch on or die

Sony is readying an Internet product that is expected to include live and on-demand programming from Viacom, the parent of MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central networks.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

I see the potential in this for cable/sat channels. However the big five networks & PBS is already free. All you need is rabbit ears or an antenna to get ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, theCW & PBS and all of there digital sub-channels!