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OLD BOY · 21-05-2014, 12:40

That's more like it! Hopefully this arrangement will soon be available over here as well. Let's hope that VM's proposal to bring Amazon Instant to our TIVO boxes gains traction soon.

Given how far behind we are with the Sky Atlantic shows, I would be happy to gain access to them three years after the first showings (although I was hoping for two years!).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...HBO-shows.html

Amazon ramps up Netflix competition with HBO shows
A deal between Amazon and HBO has made the network's older shows available to stream.

The rivalry between American TV subscription network HBO and entertainment streaming service Netflix has intensified as HBO revealed they were partnering with Amazon to stream content online for the first time through a subscription.
In February Amazon released a Netflix-style service that allowed Prime and LoveFilm subscribers to benefit from their new merged service, Amazon Instant Video, which provided streams of 15,000 films and TV shows.
The deal with HBO will enable Amazon Prime Instants subscribers in America to watch older HBO shows such as The Wire and The Sopranos through the retail giant's service. However, no HBO shows that have been made recently, including Game of Thrones, which is so popular with online viewers that it has broken illegal download records, will be part of the service until three years after they were originally shown.
Classic HBO series such as Sex and the City, Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm will not be available on Amazon either because they are linked to US cable networks.
However, the move does give Amazon more weight in the currently one-sided market of streaming services. Netflix has always maintained that it aspires to be as popular and successful as HBO, which currently shares no content with the service. In a recent letter to shareholders, Netflix executives outlined that the service was second only to HBO for offering the best original programming according to a Morgan Stanley survey, but were "eager to close the gap" between HBO's 130 million subscribers and Netflix's 50 million.
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OLD BOY Rise above the players Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wokingham Services: 2 V6 with 360 software, ITVX, 4+, Prime, Netflix, Apple+, Disney+, Paramount+, Discovery+ Posts: 15,120	Re: Netflix/Streaming Services That's more like it! Hopefully this arrangement will soon be available over here as well. Let's hope that VM's proposal to bring Amazon Instant to our TIVO boxes gains traction soon. Given how far behind we are with the Sky Atlantic shows, I would be happy to gain access to them three years after the first showings (although I was hoping for two years!). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...HBO-shows.html Amazon ramps up Netflix competition with HBO shows A deal between Amazon and HBO has made the network's older shows available to stream. The rivalry between American TV subscription network HBO and entertainment streaming service Netflix has intensified as HBO revealed they were partnering with Amazon to stream content online for the first time through a subscription. In February Amazon released a Netflix-style service that allowed Prime and LoveFilm subscribers to benefit from their new merged service, Amazon Instant Video, which provided streams of 15,000 films and TV shows. The deal with HBO will enable Amazon Prime Instants subscribers in America to watch older HBO shows such as The Wire and The Sopranos through the retail giant's service. However, no HBO shows that have been made recently, including Game of Thrones, which is so popular with online viewers that it has broken illegal download records, will be part of the service until three years after they were originally shown. Classic HBO series such as Sex and the City, Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm will not be available on Amazon either because they are linked to US cable networks. However, the move does give Amazon more weight in the currently one-sided market of streaming services. Netflix has always maintained that it aspires to be as popular and successful as HBO, which currently shares no content with the service. In a recent letter to shareholders, Netflix executives outlined that the service was second only to HBO for offering the best original programming according to a Morgan Stanley survey, but were "eager to close the gap" between HBO's 130 million subscribers and Netflix's 50 million. Related Articles Netflix subscription to rise after making $1 billion in streaming 22 Apr 2014 Russia raises a glass to prosecco RBTH In America, Amazon Instant Video subscribers will be able to watch HBO content from May 21.