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The "recent tweets" widget shows people tweeting numbers like $10. Isn't HBO as an add-on to an existing cable subscription generally significantly more than that?

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$14/month on AT&T. But in some instances they may be cross-subsidized by basic cable, too.

Not significantly more, at the end of the day I'd have to guess HBO likely sees less than $10/sub.

Yea, but plenty of the cut the network takes of that $20 is going to infrastructure- and marketing-type costs that HBO would have to shoulder if they struck out alone.

Their distribution and infrastructure cost is significantly higher than HBO's would be to support their own content delivery.

$16.99/mo on Fios for HBO in FL if you don't the cable box/ cable card rental free required to access the encrypted channel.

I think you a word.

It costs $14.99/mo to add it to AT&T U-Verse if it isn't included in your package already.

customers with internet > customers that pay for cable

Volume wins?

I doubt that inequality amounts to much. Outside of the tech crowd, if you have cable internet, you pretty much have cable TV. Their salespeople are relentless, and most people [in the US] really really really really like TV anyway.

Actually it is:

customers that pay for cable + HBO > customers with internet only.

Hence why they have no current desire to alienate big cable to cater to the small number of users who loudly complain they can't watch HBO online when they want.

You are definitively right. But I meant to group the users with internet and cable in with the internet only users.

But I only want ONE show! :)

So buy the DVD/Blu-Ray when it comes out.

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