Comments on: HBO NOW standalone streaming service debuts on Apple TV, iPhone & iPad with 1-month free trial https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/ Apple News & Mac Rumors Breaking All Day Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Joseph Menendez https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-277618 Tue, 14 Jul 2015 20:04:50 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-277618 I can’t get the app to work on my ipad mini…Is this app supported on the ipad mini?

]]> By: iSRS https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-266489 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:01:58 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-266489 Through a browser yes. Not through TV (yet) unless you have Apple TV

]]> By: losbozos https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-266471 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 21:03:09 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-266471 I have hbonow & want to take it on the road I my iPad mini. Can I watch it thru a pc or TV.

]]> By: iSRS https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-260982 Sun, 10 May 2015 15:16:32 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-260982 Silly? It is a three month exclusive deal, then open for any platform. Good news for you! Less than two months to go. And if you have any Apple device, you can sign up and watch in any browser, even on windows

]]> By: jeanjoel https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-260943 Sun, 10 May 2015 00:38:16 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-260943 It’s silly not to offer the subscription on all platforms. I have a ps3 and I can’t subscribe to this product. Not well played. :)

]]> By: iSRS https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-258653 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:30:22 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-258653 Agree. For all intents and purposes, at least as far as GoT is concerned, it is live. Can start just prior to 9 eastern

]]> By: Anthony Varin (@tonyvarin) https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-258635 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:38:52 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-258635 I’d call it live. I can start watching GoT when it airs on TV in my local time. I want to test setting up my Apple TV with an EST setting to see if I can watch earlier. I can even fast forward to the end right at the beginning of the broadcast if I want and ruin it for everyone (but I never would). Are others not seeing the same results?

]]> By: adelesamantha2015 https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-254793 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:10:54 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-254793 Great article Zac! :) For those who live outside US like me, you can access Netflix, Hulu and similar media stations on your Apple TV by using UnoTelly or similar tools.

]]> By: prius3 https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-254046 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:45:28 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-254046 Plus one.
This and other similar websites – forget that there are quite big markets and users out there that are using the same exact products and technologies. And that a company like Apple, for example, will be more and more dependent on market which are not the USA.
A more international cut to all articles would be appreciated. :)

]]> By: Virginia Saleh https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-254014 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:16:10 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-254014 works good on ipad but on my dell 2 in 1 on Internet site it freezes all the time shame i hope hbo now fixes the issue

]]> By: philboogie https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-253948 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:59:45 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-253948 With the amount of non US readers it would be great if articles like this one include info on the availability outside of the US.

]]> By: Cristina Murray https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-253796 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:35:42 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-253796 It’s not available, unfortunately:( I just subscribed, and start browsing:((((( No video available for this region, even if I have an US region on itunes:( Hate this, I was so excited:(

]]> By: kushpatel21 https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252681 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:06:55 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252681 Is eveything else about HBO GO and HBO Now the same? In terms of content?

]]> By: prius3 https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252453 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 06:44:10 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252453 I wonder if it is avaiable anywhere in Europe, particularly in Germany. Or if we are left to dust as usual…
I guess I will look later this evening laconically to my empty Apple TV list of channels…

]]> By: Anthony Harris https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252433 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 04:07:27 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252433 Great idea…horrible price point. This should be $10 tops. $15 HBO, $9 Netflix, $8 Hulu…you’re paying half as much as cable, without the local channels, or variety (like ESPN, VH1, CNN, etc). And it’s not live? Look for that price to come down. But first, they want to extrapolate the data from their first subscriptions to give investors the confidence that HBO won’t lose when they piss the cable companies off. What we’re witnessing is the beginning of the end for traditional cable, and the beginning of à la carte “app” programming.

]]> By: Jeff (@Pragmatous) https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252431 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:54:20 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252431 TV is changing. The whole “live” thing is going away. It’s going away in favor of the much more intuitive play and pause as you want, when you want, where you want, and what you want. DVR’s will become like answering machines. Completely useless in todays world. Anyone not following this format will be put out of business.

]]> By: puggsly https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252399 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 23:58:16 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252399 This should be available for both 2nd gen and 3rd gen AppleTV.

]]> By: Robert Nixon https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252353 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:13:21 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252353 I’m pretty sure Apple has this thing called “iTunes” thats available on PCs and Macs alike. Why can’t people sign up through that instead of requiring an iOS device?

]]> By: bobyey https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252336 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:43:46 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252336 Just browse for your self. You can look without and account. Also all movies on HBO are an exclusive.

]]> By: bobyey https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252335 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:42:39 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252335 It is truly a stand alone application for your viewing. It is just provided currently by apple. So you have to sign up through and iOS device then hbo sends you an email, mine went to my junk box, and then you create a password and register to be able to log on to the web.

]]> By: bobyey https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252333 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:38:56 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252333 You are incorrect, never assume.

]]> By: Sam Gastro (@SamGastro) https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252323 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:20:49 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252323 What about with VPN service?

]]> By: Ron Cooper (@lacustrine) https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252318 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:00:14 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252318 Is it really a stand alone service on a macbook? On one hand, I keep reading that you can subsribe to HBO NOW and watch it through a browser on a laptop. Then on the other hand when I try to sign up I have to either already have broadband cable tv provider (I have internet, but no tv) or I have to download an app for an iOS device. Not watching GoT on my iphone! Does anyone know if this service is *truly* stand alone if you are viewing it on a Macbook?

]]> By: McGroarty (@mcgroarty) https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252308 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:23:47 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252308 Looking at just the movie programming, what does the selection look like compared to Netflix? Is there much movie content that’s only found on HBO Now, and how does the selection compare to new rental releases?

]]> By: Nils (@pointatmecom) https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252306 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:18:51 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252306 still does not work outside the US. even with an US itunes account. travellers and willing to pay customers overseas are excluded… seems that GoT will stay the most pirated show….

]]> By: iSRS https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252304 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:40:17 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252304 That is the part I am most bummed about. You would think that, since they used MLB Media, who handles both MLB and WWE with Live events, they could add this in, too.

I would argue it would be EASIER to “live” broadcast HBO programming. They could upload it and have it unavailable until 9 PM Eastern. Wouldn’t require having a live feed from Fenway Park uploading live.

]]> By: Aunty Troll (@AuntyTroll) https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252303 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:33:43 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252303 So it’s not live then?

]]> By: Jay Alan Babcock https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252302 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:15:47 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252302 Nice. I just upgraded to a Roku 3, so I have failed Tim Cook for not being a loyal enough Apple fan. Now, I do think that I can “cast” to the new Roku from my iPhone…so maybe I’ve got a workaround.

]]> By: David Krug https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252301 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:13:23 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252301 “New episodes of original programming and theatrical films will become available on HBO NOW at the same time that they premier on HBO. Live programming has a delay on HBO NOW just like on HBO GO, but is added as quickly as possible, usually within hours of broadcast.”

]]> By: Andrew Messenger https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252299 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:06:49 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252299 I assume this won’t be appearing on my 2nd gen AppleTV so until Apple releases new hardware, i’m all set.

]]> By: Jonny https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252293 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:47:33 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252293 Or did I misunderstand this whole thing and it’s not actually live, ever.

]]> By: Jonny https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/07/hbo-now-standalone-streaming-service-debuts-on-apple-tv-with-30-day-free-trial/#comment-252292 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:47:09 +0000 http://9to5mac.com/?p=372097#comment-252292 So how does the live tv part of this work? Only certain shows are live? It’s only live during certain times?

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