Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Discovery wants to stream new shows to its cable subscribers, for a fee

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Following the success of services like HBO Go, Discovery Communications boss John Hendricks says that he wants to make his networks’ newest programming available online to paying cable subscribers. Just one hitch, though: he wants to charge "a very small subscription fee" for it, reports Reuters. While it's by no means an official announcement, Hendricks floats a price of "$6 to $8" in a new memoir. (In comparison, HBO Go is free for subscribers.) Hendricks said that the service won't be ready for another two to five years, but the infrastructure is already under development.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/26/4465662/discovery-working-on-streaming-service-for-new-content

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