Cox To Offer HBO To Go

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Cox is the latest MSO to carry the HBO Go broadband service, which will now offer every season of classic series like The Sopranos as part of a major content upgrade, the pay TV service announced Wednesday.

Cox
joins Comcast Cable, Verizon FiOS and AT&T in offering its
subscribers HBO Go as part of their HBO linear subscription, according
to network officials. The subscriber-authenticated service is now
available to nearly half of HBO's 30 million subscribers.

The network
also announced it will offer 1,400 hours of content on HBO Go, more
than doubling the 600 hours currently available on the service. HBO will
offer every season of such classic original series as The Sopranos,Sex and The City and The Wire as well as current hits such as True Blood.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.