Ziggo starts next month with the passing of three pay tv channels of the Us HBO. For viewing of the three channels every month 15 euro to be paid, so says the kabelaar, whether in hd or sd is being viewed.
For that 15 euros per month, customers can HBO series on demand for viewing on both tv, tablet and smartphone, says the kabelaar. For the on-demand functions, the client should, however, have a set-top box that as an option, says Ziggo. HBO broadcasts movies out of Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures. Also series like Luck, and Game of Thrones come from the stable of HBO. Series, a day after the broadcast in the United States, promises to be the kabelaar.
The announcement does not come as a surprise; earlier it was already clear that Ziggo and HBO were working on a collaboration. So they under the name HBO in the Netherlands set up a joint venture. According to rumors, was the creation of HBO Nederland one of the reasons to be on the cable network of Ziggo, some regional transmitters to be deleted, with the aim of sufficient bandwidth to get free.
HBO Netherlands would be the range of channels is not restricted to keep to the catchment area of Ziggo; in the long term the pay tv channels to other tv providers available. When that happens, is unclear.