vie. vi â wetteifern; (Comm) â konkurrieren; to vie with somebody for something â mit jdm um etw wetteifern; to vie with somebody to do something â mit jdm darum wetteifern, etw zu tun; they are vying for the championship â sie kaempfen kÃ¤mpfen um Die. meisterschaft
Like DirecTV, Dish includes HBO for free for the first three months. From then on, it costs $18 a month in addition to your regular service (current best deal is $20 a month for first year, then $33/month thereafter).
HBO is a billion-dollar global business that's the best at what it does and makes money in lots of ways: 1  Primary revenue comes from subscriptions. Because HBO is a premium cable network, cable subscribers always have to pay extra to add HBO to their plan and HBO gets at least half or more of this fee per user. HBO owns 100% of its shows and licenses and syndicates them to other networks and regional markets (over 200 globally), and at a premium price too.