Does Showtime/HBO/Starz/Cinemax HD streaming via web to HDTV in HD?

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10/18/09 at 7:07pm

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Im wondering if there is any way to get the premium stations without buying a cable/dish subscription?

Someone told me that Starz does a-la-carte sales of their content???

If cable/dish sells the premium channels for $15, how much of that goes to the premium channel? Why not have premium channels sell directly to subscribers?

Also, does anyone know if the streaming Starz a-la-carte is recordable on a DVR? If it comes through a web connection is that atsc or quam or a different standard? Or does that have to plug into the back of a web enabled HDTV like what netflix does?

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10/18/09 at 7:28pm

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Originally Posted by Awesomeness

Im wondering if there is any way to get the premium stations without buying a cable/dish subscription?

Not legally.

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Someone told me that Starz does a-la-carte sales of their content???

Not that I'm aware of.

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10/19/09 at 8:28am

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Im wondering if there is any way to get the premium stations without buying a cable/dish subscription?

Someone told me that Starz does a-la-carte sales of their content???

I'm not aware of any Starz a-la-carte, but if you happen to have Netflix "watch instantly" streaming (either via a PC, Roku, or other Netflix streaming-capable device) you would have access to at least 1,000 "Starz Play" titles, including some of the same Starz titles running on cable and satellite. It's a deal Netflix inked with Starz about a year ago. The quality isn't HD, but watchable (better than Dish SD anyway).

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10/19/09 at 10:01am

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Originally Posted by rick-o-shay

I'm not aware of any Starz a-la-carte, but if you happen to have Netflix "watch instantly" streaming (either via a PC, Roku, or other Netflix streaming-capable device) you would have access to at least 1,000 "Starz Play" titles, including some of the same Starz titles running on cable and satellite. It's a deal Netflix inked with Starz about a year ago. The quality isn't HD, but watchable (better than Dish SD anyway).

That's it! Does HBO have something like this to watch HBO original series? I would like to watch the new season of Eastbound and Down which will only run for 2 months. I'd like to subscribe while that show is airing and cancel after the episodes air.

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10/19/09 at 10:49am

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Comcast adds Starz to On Demand Online trial

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Cable giant Comcast plans to add movies from the cable channel Starz to its test of "On Demand Online," a new service its testing that allows Comcast subscribers to watch cable TV online at no additional charge.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10283487-93.html

CBS, Comcast On Demand Online partnership faces off premium vs. free internet streaming; 17 cable channels jump onboard

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/14/c...ff-premium-vs/

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10/19/09 at 11:27am