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HBO is global (to some degree). I live in Sweden and (if I didn't have to go to work) I can enjoy the latest episode of Game of Thrones only hours after it's ai

by bjrnjs 11y ago

HBO is global (to some degree). I live in Sweden and (if I didn't have to go to work) I can enjoy the latest episode of Game of Thrones only hours after it's aired in the US. Although we don't have HBO Go here -- we have a similar service called HBO Nordic. I'm almost certain that it's a HBO owned company, available only in nothern Europe though.

danmaz74 11y ago
Here in Italy Game of Thrones is distributed by Sky, and for this season they went as far as airing it in English at the same time (ie in the middle of the night) as it was aired in the US. Later the same day, at prime time, they aired it in Italian.
- _ZeD_ 11y ago
  By the way, they are also online: you can find them both on skygo[0,1] and on skyonline[2] websites (why sky italy has two websites is a story for another day...) [0] http://skygo.sky.it/ondemand/categorie/serie-tv/serie-in-onda/il-trono-di-spade--stagione-5/30855.shtml http://skygo.sky.it/ondemand/categorie/serie-tv/serie-in-ond... (in italian) [1] http://skygo.sky.it/ondemand/categorie/serie-tv/serie-in-onda/il-trono-di-spade-v.o.--stagione-5/30769.shtml http://skygo.sky.it/ondemand/categorie/serie-tv/serie-in-ond... (in english) [2] http://www.skyonline.it/intrattenimento/serie-in-onda/il-trono-di-spade/1334/ http://www.skyonline.it/intrattenimento/serie-in-onda/il-tro... (both italian and english versions)
hsivonen 11y ago
It does HBO Nordic injustice to say it is similar to HBO Go. HBO Go requires a subscription to the linear HBO TV channel. HBO Nordic is free of user-hostile tying to cable TV. And unlike HBO Now, HBO Nordic isn't Apple TV exclusive. In other words the Nordic offering is better than either of the over-IP HBO offerings in the U.S. Says a lot of how dysfuntional the HBO situation in the U.S. is when they don't offer their best service domestically.

by bjrnjs 11y ago

danmaz74 11y ago

Here in Italy Game of Thrones is distributed by Sky, and for this season they went as far as airing it in English at the same time (ie in the middle of the night) as it was aired in the US. Later the same day, at prime time, they aired it in Italian.

_ZeD_ 11y ago
By the way, they are also online: you can find them both on skygo[0,1] and on skyonline[2] websites (why sky italy has two websites is a story for another day...) [0] http://skygo.sky.it/ondemand/categorie/serie-tv/serie-in-onda/il-trono-di-spade--stagione-5/30855.shtml http://skygo.sky.it/ondemand/categorie/serie-tv/serie-in-ond... (in italian) [1] http://skygo.sky.it/ondemand/categorie/serie-tv/serie-in-onda/il-trono-di-spade-v.o.--stagione-5/30769.shtml http://skygo.sky.it/ondemand/categorie/serie-tv/serie-in-ond... (in english) [2] http://www.skyonline.it/intrattenimento/serie-in-onda/il-trono-di-spade/1334/ http://www.skyonline.it/intrattenimento/serie-in-onda/il-tro... (both italian and english versions)

hsivonen 11y ago

It does HBO Nordic injustice to say it is similar to HBO Go. HBO Go requires a subscription to the linear HBO TV channel. HBO Nordic is free of user-hostile tying to cable TV. And unlike HBO Now, HBO Nordic isn't Apple TV exclusive. In other words the Nordic offering is better than either of the over-IP HBO offerings in the U.S. Says a lot of how dysfuntional the HBO situation in the U.S. is when they don't offer their best service domestically.