I have been using HBO GO for the past few months with my brother's login & PW from his provider. The website and streaming works well. AFAIK sometime in 2015 HBO GO will become available through a netflix type subscription. Have been watching True Blood / Game of Thrones so far.
Yes rabbit ears or a cable tv package. They seem to be adding a few more channels here and there to Sling TV as it goes along. So long as the base price of $20 doesn't start going upward like typical cable I'm ok. The best solution would be al la carte channels but in the meantime I'll take the 5$ addon packs. It doesn't actually matter in the long run since it only only becomes easier and easier to find content online and if Cable doesn't convert to IPTV fast enough then there will be a Popcorn client for TV.
There is already a more competitive online market then there is for cable. I can't see how anyone will hope to keep costs high even with exclusivity deals since those very deals will push people to use.. "free" services. See Game of Thrones and HBO.
