<story><title>Amazon Snags Older HBO Shows For Web Streaming</title><url>http://recode.net/2014/04/23/amazon-makes-a-big-move-snags-older-hbo-shows/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jobu</author><text>&amp;quot;In addition, HBO GO will become available on Fire TV, targeting a launch by year-end.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Looks like this deal also adds the last missing checkmark to the Fire TV comparison chart:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Fire-TV-streaming-media-player/dp/B00CX5P8FC#compare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Fire-TV-streaming-media-player&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B00C...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon Snags Older HBO Shows For Web Streaming</title><url>http://recode.net/2014/04/23/amazon-makes-a-big-move-snags-older-hbo-shows/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pvnick</author><text>This is great for Amazon. Looks like they&amp;#x27;re attempting to be the primary outlet for premium big-name content producers, while Netflix is trying to be the primary outlet for their own content, which has the HBOs and Showtimes shying away from doing business with them. Both Netflix&amp;#x27;s and Amazon&amp;#x27;s are viable strategies, and it&amp;#x27;ll be interesting to see which pan&amp;#x27;s out.&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, piracy has gotten &lt;i&gt;way&lt;/i&gt; easier. The technology is already here for the more tech savvy to instantly stream (or at least quickly download) The Wire and Game of Thrones, bypassing Amazon, as well as Arrested Development and Orange is the New Black, bypassing Netflix. Netflix and Amazon aren&amp;#x27;t just competing with each other, they&amp;#x27;re competing with illegal p2p technology. And in the case of Netflix, throw in traditional premium content producers as well.&lt;p&gt;Reed Hastings currently has great hair, I expect that&amp;#x27;ll start turning grey real fast.</text></comment>