Considering the breadth of offerings from Netflix, this is not surprising to me in any real way. HBO offers little to nothing to me beyond their boxing content, as I don't watch Game Of Thrones or other original content from them.
On Monday, October 21, 2013 9:11:12 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > Another sign of things to come. I won't mourn traditional cable/satellite > when it's gone. > > http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/21/netflix-more-subscribers-than-hbo/?ncid=rss_truncated > > Netflix could have more paid subscribers than HBO by the end of the year > HD > > [image: Netflix likely to eclipse HBO's paid subscriber count in > Q3]<http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/21/netflix-more-subscribers-than-hbo/> > > Netflix is about to pass a milestone by having more paid US customers than > HBO, according to a poll of analysts by > *Bloomberg*<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-21/netflix-poised-to-pass-hbo-in-paid-u-s-subscribers.html>. > > The streaming outfit, which was > originally<http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/netflix-taking-blockbuster-to-court/>a > DVD rental service, probably has around 31 million subscribers now > stateside compared to 28.7 million for > HBO<http://www.engadget.com/tag/hbo/>(including free trial accounts, it > topped > 31 million back in > April<http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/22/netflix-added-3-million-subscribers-worldwide-in-q1-plans-to-le/>). > > The premium cable-TV network isn't standing still, though, expanding video > on-demand access to its shows via Google > Play<http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/07/hbo-original-series-google-play/>. > However, Netflix is also reported to be dabbling in cable, and is in > talks > <http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/13/netflix-cable-tv-comcast-suddenlink/>to > pop up on boxes as a service to Comcast and Suddenlink subscribers. We'll > have to wait and see if analyst consensus lines up with actual subscriber > numbers, but stay tuned -- Netflix will report its earnings and customer > numbers by the end of the day. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
