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Apple TV gets HBO Go and sports with WatchESPN









11 Responses to “Apple TV gets HBO Go and sports with WatchESPN”

  1. cameraz

    This story is wrong, I am a DirecTv subscriber and I DO get HBOGo via my Apple TV. I just updated the firmware of my Apple TV tonight and there it was!

    I am so psyched because I also have a Roku box with HBOGo, however, it is not available to DirecTv subscribers. I wrote DirecTv about that many times and asked them to please include it for subscribers, and they basically replied that it ain’t gonna happen.

    In addition, there seems to be so much more free content on Apple TV now. Before you had to pay for every damn thing. Thanks, Apple!

  2. Murphy Belle


  3. I’m a DirecTV subscriber and the omission of our service is ridiculous.

    I can watch HBO Go on my iPad or Samsung Smart TV, I can even use AirPlay to watch HBO Go from my iPad -> Apple TV.

    Just not directly on the Apple TV. wtf guys

  4. Kristofer Barins

    As a DirecTV subscriber it sucks to be omitted from both the HBO GO and ESPN options. I’d like to understand the reasoning behind it. Is it a policy of DirecTV to not allow its customers access? Or, are HBO and ESPN not sharing with DirecTV? Either way, its a bad customer experience…pox on all three!

    Great piece, super informative and insightful. Thanks!!

  5. Regarding what AllThingsD reported about DirectTV subscribers not getting access to HBO Go on Apple TV, that’s strange in that as a DirectTV subscriber, I can run the HBO Go app successfully on an iPad or iPhone.

  6. Travis Henning

    Well, its a start. But seeing as how I don’t subscribe to HBO, or even cable, I’d like the option to subscribe to these channels without a cable TV package. But that is unlikely to happen any time soon, especially for ESPN.

    I do wonder what the point of having the ESPN family of channels on the Apple TV if you already subscribe to them via cable TV. Why not just flip over to ESPN on your cable box? Unless you’ll be able to time shift entire sporting events. Will it only be live streaming and clips?

    • Same question I had. After thinking on it, I can see how it would allow a multi-TV household to pay for only a single cable box and use AppleTV in other room(s) to get the HBO and ESPN content.

      That’s all I got…