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In addition, Sling TV is adding parental controls across all channels that give customers the ability to manage TV shows by rating. Neither Apple nor Sling TV want a repeat of that performance. For last years's premiere, when HBO first put its toe into Internet broadcasting with HBO GO, the service failed for many users. It better, because on April 12, Game of Thrones, HBO's wildly popular show, starts its next season. ZDNet takes a look back at very best tech stories and features of 2014. This will allow us to provide a more seamless experience to all customers during periods of heavy viewership." In the meantime, Sling TV is making "various enhancements to reduce overhead and load on our servers. But, in a surprise move, Sling TV now officially informed me that HBO will be available today, April 9. Sources had told me that Sling TV's HBO Now will be available by April 11. It was to have been today, April 8, but it's been put off.
Sling TV seems to know this because it delayed its HBO Now release. While Sling TV CEO Roger Lynch told re/code that "outages and quality issues only affected around 1,000 users," speaking as one of them with many cordcutter friends, it seemed like there were far more frustrated watchers than a mere thousand. It simply couldn't keep up with the demand. Sling TV suffered a meltdown during the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament. Six Clicks: The best Internet TV gadgetsĪt the same time, Sling TV is working on improving its service. In addition, HBO Now customers can watch movies showing on HBO.
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These presentations will be shown later over the Internetīoth will give viewers access to full seasons of old Band of Brothers, Sex and the City, and The Sopranos and new Silicon Valley, True Detective, and Game of Thrones, HBO exclusive content. The only exception will be some live events, such as boxing. Sling TV states that, like Apple, it will provide both linear real-time and Video-On-Demand HBO content.
On both Internet TV broadcasting services, HBO Now will provide the same content that's already available on HBO GO, its online streaming system for its cable or satellite customers. Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Roku players, Roku TV models, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac, PC) on which Sling TV is offered." Sling TV though claims that "HBO will be available through all devices (e.g. HBO Now looks great, but can Apple or Sling TV deal with its network broadband and server demands?Īpple had claimed that HBO Now was an exclusive among "new digital distributors." By this Apple meant that rival Internet TV devices, such as Roku, Google's Chromecast and Microsoft's Xbox, couldn't offer the new service for three months. But, the next day, Sling TV announced that it too will provide HBO Now at the same price to its customers. True, HBO Now, for $14.99 a month, made its first appearance on Apple TV. UPDATED: Apple and HBO fibbed when the companies announced that HBO Now would be available exclusively in the United States on Apple TV and the App Store. Ukrainian developers share stories from the war zone The best Wi-Fi router for your home office 3G shutdown is underway: Check your devices now
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