CraveTV adds Game of Thrones, though some fans contend too little, too late
Bell Media is finally adding a strike series Game of Thrones to a stand-alone streaming use CraveTV, something Thrones fans have been longing for years.
But not everybody is celebrating a news, since CraveTV — which costs $7.99 a month — will usually be charity subscribers past episodes of a strike HBO series.
“I’ve seen it, so we don’t care,” says Andrew Powers, a Thrones fan in Ottawa who still craves a Canadian streaming use that will offer all episodes of a anticipation play — new and old.
But, for now, Bell is usually offering the old: The initial 3 Game of Thrones seasons are set to seem on Crave on Feb. 16, and a subsequent dual seasons will shortly follow. Seasons 6 and 7 will be combined someday this year.
At this point, Canadians wanting to legally watch new episodes of a final season when it front in 2019 will still have to compensate for a top-tier wire subscription.
@CraveTVCanada Let me tide all a seasons and new episodes afterwards we can have my $$.
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@klintramdass
The requirement of a wire subscription has prolonged been an emanate of row with many Thrones viewers, who would cite to pointer adult for a cheaper streaming use to watch a uncover in genuine time.
Some have even justified pirating a series because they claim, while they would compensate to tide it, they won’t bombard out for a pricey TV subscription.
In a U.S., subscribers can compensate $14.99 US a month for HBO Now, a streaming use that offers entrance to new Game of Thrones shows.
Bell Media bought a rights to all HBO calm in Canada in 2015, lifting wish that shows like Game of Thrones would shortly be charity on a Canadian stand-alone streaming service. Instead Bell opted not to hurl it out on CraveTV, even a past seasons, until now.
Bell told CBC News that adding past episodes of Game of Thrones to a streaming service shows that a broadcaster is listening to a audience.
“We continue to consider a marketplace and develop a HBO plan with CraveTV — as evidenced by [Monday’s] sparkling announcement,” said orator Scott Campbell in an email to CBC News.
Some Thrones fans immediately rejoiced on conference a news they will shortly be means to stream their beloved uncover on CraveTV.
“SWEET! And we was usually deliberation cancelling my subscription,” posted one chairman on Facebook.
“That’s amazing!!!” echoed another viewer.
Thrones fan Amy Leaman says CraveTV adding past episodes of Game of Thrones now is ‘a small bit too late.’ (CBC)
But not all fans voiced joy. “It’s a small bit too late,” pronounced Amy Leaman in Toronto, who believes Bell should have charity all episodes on CraveTV — both tide and past — a prolonged time ago.
“There’s usually seven episodes left. They’ve unequivocally dragged this one out unequivocally far,” she said. “It’s a bit like punishment a passed horse.”
Cable subscriber Powers also isn’t thrilled. He says he pays $22.50 on tip of his $60 wire subscription so he can watch his favourite HBO shows.
He believes he should be means to tide series like Game of Thrones for a cheaper price, though says Crave’s new charity doesn’t solve anything, since he also wants to watch those shows in genuine time.
“I’m profitable reward cost to see it when it’s live immediately,” says Powers. “It’s overpriced. This form of things should be like Netflix.”
However, HBO fans who don’t need to watch their shows in genuine time might now find their cravings satisfied. Crave is also adding formerly aired episodes of other HBO series, including Girls in February, Silicon Valley in March, The Leftovers in April, and Ballers and Insecure in May.
Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cravetv-game-of-thrones-bell-1.4499094?cmp=rss