HBO Go
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Type of site
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Video on demand |
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| Available in | English |
| Predecessor(s) | HBO on Broadband |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
| Area served | United States |
| Owner | Home Box Office Inc. |
| Key people | Richard Plepler (CEO) |
| Parent | Time Warner |
| Website | play |
| Registration | Subscription to HBO through participating pay television provider required to access content |
| Launched | February 18, 2010 |
| Current status | Active |
HBO Go is a TV Everywhere service offered by the American premium cable network HBO, owned by Time Warner subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc. It allows HBO subscribers to stream video on demand selections of HBO content, including current and past series, films, specials, and sporting events, through either the HBO website, or apps on mobile devices, video game consoles, and digital media players. The service first launched on February 18, 2010.
HBO Go is the successor to HBO on Broadband, which was originally launched in January 2008 to Time Warner Cable customers in Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Programming content available on the service consisted of 400 hours of feature and HBO original television films (including 130 movie titles that rotated monthly), specials and original series that could be downloaded to computers, at no extra charge for HBO subscribers; in order to access HBO on Broadband content, users had to be a digital cable customer that had a subscription to HBO, and used their cable company as their internet service provider.
The service launched nationally as HBO Go on February 18, 2010, initially available through Verizon FiOS. Over the following years, the service expanded to other providers including AT&T U-verse, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable,DirecTV,Dish Network,Suddenlink Communications, and Charter Communications in some states, as well as through Google TV.
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