TV HBO streaming service coming to EU

[cHodAX]

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/08/hbo-cuts-the-cord-brings-streaming-only-service-to-europe/

It seems like good news to me, they have a great back catalog and some very good shows. 5-10 euro a month is a very fair fee.

 

[ECA]

Finally.

 

[Scouse]

10 euros (about $12.50)/month

120 euros a year?

No chance.

 

[Yoni]

I read it as only being available in the Nordics

 

[cHodAX]

120 euros a year?

No chance.

Read further down, it could be as low as 5 euros.

 

[Lakih]

120 euros a year?

No chance.

Its already been a press release from TeliaSonera, Swedens largest ISP quoting "less then €10 a month"

Press release in Swedish

 

[cHodAX]

I read it as only being available in the Nordics

Yeah it seems that way but it will be a trial to test the waters in a region with good internet and managable subscriber numbers. If they open up to the entire EU on day one it would probably cripple them and drive away customers, better to scale it up and learn from any mistakes along the way.

 

[Yoni]

I'm happy as I live in Sweden, I wonder if I can get it as part of my comhem package

 

[Scouse]

Read further down, it could be as low as 5 euros.

"Could be" as low as 60 euros - or nearly half the licence fee - which gives you BBC1-4, Radio 1-6, local radio, 24 hour news, 24 hour parliament, the bazillion websites....

Massively overpriced for a single channel.

 

[ECA]

"Could be" as low as 60 euros - or nearly half the licence fee - which gives you BBC1-4, Radio 1-6, local radio, 24 hour news, 24 hour parliament, the bazillion websites....

Massively overpriced for a single channel.

And yet, I watch about 50x more HBO content than I do license fee content.

 

[Tom]

120 Euros is fuck all in Scandinavia.

 

[Yoni]

120 Euros is fuck all in Scandinavia.

Wtf are you talking about

 

[DaGaffer]

Won't be an All-europe thing ever. HBO syndicate loads of content to Sky so you're not going to Sky them operating in the UK any time soon.

 

[Gwadien]

I thought minimum wage in the Vikinglands was around £10-11?

 

[Aoami]

It is in Denmark, higher in Sweden and Norway i think.

 

[Tom]

Wtf are you talking about

About the time I was in Norway just recently and paid £5 for a coke, £20 for a pizza, etc.

 

[Yoni]

About the time I was in Norway just recently and paid £5 for a coke, £20 for a pizza, etc.

Norway is expensive much more so than Denmark and Sweden

 

[Raven]

meh. Delays, adverts, high cost.

No ta.