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HBO to offer programming online
More people are watching television broadcasts online. In fact, it’s doubled since last year to almost 16 percent, the Conference Board Consumer Research Center said.
Those surveyed said convenience and avoiding commercials were the top two reasons.
The growth wasn’t lost on HBO. The premium cable channel will start this week to offer about 400 hours a month in programming to its 29 million subscribers.
It will be available only on PCs, content can’t be downloaded to portable devices and it expires four weeks after it’s downloaded. Still, we may be seeing more announcements like this in the future.
Do you think people will eventually make the computer the primary TV appliance? Or will they do more computing on their TV?
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