HBO Announces Stand-Alone Online Service

HBO made the major announcement this week that they will be launching a stand-alone, over-the-top version of their HBO Go service. The move to make HBO Go available to non-cable subscribers could potentially bring in billions of dollars in revenue for the company. CEO Richard Plepler was quoted as saying "There are 80 million homes that do not have HBO, and we will use all measures to go after them." Read more on HBO's move away from cable here.