‘HBO Now’ Goes Live

HBO Now, HBO’s new over-the-top stand-alone service, became available April 7 and is initially being offered directly through Apple or Cablevision Systems's broadband service starting at $14.99 per month. Customers who sign up for HBO Now in April will receive a 30-day free trial of the service, which is booting up ahead of this Sunday’s season five premiere of Game of Thrones. The on-demand offering (HBO Now is not launching with the linear live stream of HBO), does provide subs with access to movies such as Divergent and X-Men: Days of Future Past, and every season of HBO’s original content and series, including True Detective, Silicon Valley, as well as Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.