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Hulu Launches Live and On-Demand HBO as $15 Per Month Add-On Option

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Hulu today announced that subscribers will now be able to add HBO's programming into their Hulu subscription for $14.99 per month, as well as Cinemax for $9.99 per month (via TechCrunch). Hulu currently offers Showtime for $8.99 per month as an add-on package to the basic streaming service.

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HBO will be available as an add-on package for both Hulu's new live TV service (beginning at $39.99 per month) as well as its on-demand streaming tiers ($7.99 per month for limited commercials, $11.99 per month for no commercials). HBO's East Coast and West Coast live feeds will be available, as well as every show and movie in the network's back catalog.


Those interested will be able to access HBO on Hulu's new app for Apple TV, iOS, Xbox One, and Android. Coming soon, additional HBO and Cinemax channels will be added, like HBO 2, HBO Family, HBO Latino, HBO Comedy, HBO Signature HD, HBO Zone, MoreMAX HD, ActionMAX HD, ThrillerMAX HD, MovieMAX HD, 5StarMAX HD and OuterMAX HD.

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parseckadet
115 months ago
Why would you do this when it costs the same to get HBO Now?
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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TurboPGT!
115 months ago
Sigh. Wake me up in a few years when these services come down to earth. They are just all way too expensive.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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MacFro_Bro
115 months ago
What baffles me is that TechCrunch and others are completely ignoring the UI debacle that has been going on with Hulu for over two months. The backlash from customers has been like nothing that Hulu has every seen or experienced.
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ck2875
115 months ago

Hulu today announced that subscribers will now be able to add HBO's programming into their Hulu subscription for $14.99 per month

So uhhh.... why not just subscribe to "HBO Now" for $14.99/month? It let's you stream premieres live, etc without needing Hulu as the middleman.
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UL2RA
115 months ago
Why would you do this when it costs the same to get HBO Now?
You wouldn't ... cuz it would be dumb.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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redscull
115 months ago
Sigh. Wake me up in a few years when these services come down to earth. They are just all way too expensive.
DIRECTV NOW taught me that +HBO should cost +$5. That was my threshold price. $15/mo is just dumb. It only took me a month or two to exhaust everything I cared to watch in HBO. And their monthly content added is NOT worth $15. That's more than the cost of NetFlix, and NetFlix offers/adds more content than HBO.
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