Out of the Blue

[Apr 03, 2012, 09:47 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

You know I can remember a time when you couldn't find a good show on television. Things have changed so dramatically in this regard that at 9:00 pm Sundays we have a choice between Mad Men, Shameless, and Game of Thrones, each of which could easily have been the best show on TV some years ago. Quite an embarrassment of riches. Thank goodness for the DVR.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Apr 3, 2012, 14:25

Beamer

necrosis wrote on Apr 3, 2012, 10:49:
Good show on television when two of them are on overpriced pay channels. One of them on HBO which is so in the stone age with online streaming. Unable to stream HBO unless you get the cable channel too which also requires basic cable and refusal to put their shows on Netflix.

Least it seams they do something with the wads of cash people throw at them.

Why would they possibly change this? They're intentionally set in the stone age - they get the lion's share of their revenues from cable companies. Going direct to consumer would just damage this. HBOGo is an attempt to get cable companies more accustomed to it, but they need to be delicate as there's zero chance enough people would pay for it to warrant a decline in cash from cable companies.

Putting the shows on Netflix would be even worse, as it would kill most of the reason anyone pays for HBO.

Will HBO some day become more of a content creator than a cable channel? Doubtful. I don't think they could survive that way. At the very least they wouldn't be able to experiment and take risks like they do right now.

Want the show? Pay the monthly fee to your cable company or buy the DVDs. If you do the former they'll do anything in their power to make it as easy for you to watch those shows as humanly possible (need to catch up on earlier seasons? HBOGo has them, but only if you pay for the new seasons!)




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		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Apr 3, 10:05	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	3.	Apr 3, 10:51	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	4.	Apr 3, 11:08	Re: Out of the Blue	Shok
	5.	Apr 3, 12:54	Re: Out of the Blue	Necrophob
	6.	Apr 3, 14:15	Re: Out of the Blue	El Pit
	8.	Apr 3, 14:38	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	18.	Apr 3, 23:10	Re: Out of the Blue	zirik
	19.	Apr 3, 23:48	Re: Out of the Blue	Sepharo
	20.	Apr 4, 07:54	Re: Out of the Blue	Mr. Tact
	2.	Apr 3, 10:49	Re: Out of the Blue	necrosis
>>	7.	Apr 3, 14:25	Re: Out of the Blue	Beamer
	9.	Apr 3, 14:42	Re: Lots of radioactivity, but little risk in oceans, seafood near Fukushima.	DangerDog
	10.	Apr 3, 15:15	Re: Lots of radioactivity, but little risk in oceans, seafood near Fukushima.	Mashiki Amiketo
	11.	Apr 3, 15:46	Re: Out of the Blue	Hoop
	12.	Apr 3, 15:52	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	13.	Apr 3, 15:59	Re: Out of the Blue	Hoop
	14.	Apr 3, 16:06	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	15.	Apr 3, 17:00	Re: Out of the Blue	PHJF
	16.	Apr 3, 17:23	Re: Out of the Blue	Hoop
	17.	Apr 3, 17:25	Re: Out of the Blue	PHJF
	21.	Apr 4, 09:14	Blue's TV shows.	Ant
	22.	Apr 4, 12:20	Re: Out of the Blue	Chromius