Amazon just added the last musical composition necessary to make its Fire TV coiffure - top - box an unstoppable wolf : Now it ’s got HBO Go . ( Updated with remark from Amazon and Comcast below . )
All Amazon Fire TV owners will get access to the HBO Go app today , with the service of process follow to Fire TV Stick owners this saltation .
Amazon was quick to blame Comcast for the failure , and urged customers to connect with the cable giant .
A Comcast spokesperson recite Gizmodo that negotiations with Amazon are on-going , and that the company will have something to announce very soon . For whatever reason , they could n’t get it done before the announcement today . That ’s something to search frontwards to .
We ’ve been in love with the Fire television sincewe first reviewed it , and inhead - to - head comparisonswith its rival from Google , Apple , and Roku , one of the most blinding absence seizure has been unfettered access to HBO Go ’s extensive catalogue of HBO ’s original programing . The Fire TV Stickis also very good , particularly since it ’s so freaking cheap . Looks like for a few months at least , HBO Go will give you a grounds to spring for the gravid boxwood .
We fuck this solar day would come sooner or later , especially as HBO isgearing up to offer a stand - alone subscription . It solidifies what we already know : Amazon Fire TV is the bomb . [ BusinessWire ]
Update :
This post has been updated to think over that Comcast will not support access to HBO Go from Fire idiot box . It now cobtaibs scuttlebutt from both Comcast and Amazon . Here ’s the full command from Amazon :
Comcast is not presently supporting HBO GO on Amazon Fire TV . We ’d be intimate to offer HBO GO for Comcast customers on Fire television and advance those customers to reach out to Comcast for further information on availableness . To see a full list of supporting TV providers , visithttp://www.hbogo.com/activate/and choose Amazon Fire TV .
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