HBO Go is Coming to the iPad

In six months, HBO Go will be available to channel subscribers at no additional cost and it will stream to mobile devices including the iPad, according to HBO Co-President Eric Kessler.

Bloomberg notes that HBO Go, which provides 800 hours a month of the channel's movies and TV shows, has agreements to offer online programming to customers who get pay-TV service through Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communication Inc.'s FiOS.


Netflix has been trying to make a deal with HBO to stream their content; however, it's unlikely this will happen.

"There is value in exclusivity," Kessler said in an interview. Consumers "are willing to pay a premium for high quality, exclusive content," he said.