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Re:HBO programming available on Amazon Prime by wil421 on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @03:26PM (#7780211)
Yes they do.

I recently switched from AT&T back to Comcast and I was horrified when I tired to connect my roku to HBOGO. The message pretty much said my only option was to use the Comcast box and watch On Demand.

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Re:HBO programming available on Amazon Prime by MiguelHudnandez on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @03:46PM (#7780331)
Can you get a screenshot of the message? That is basically the net neutrality debate summed up in one photo.

Edit: I found this: http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2011/11/comcast-not-supporting...

So, if this is the same issue: it's not that Comcast is using packet inspection to prevent HBO Go from working, it's that they have not partnered with HBO to allow authentication. So you are paying Comcast for HBO but you are not getting them to vouch for that fact.

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Re:HBO programming available on Amazon Prime by NoPiece on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @05:13PM (#7780825)
That is weird because you can authenticate HBO Go on a PC with Comcast, so they have done some integration already.
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Re:HBO programming available on Amazon Prime by wmf on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @07:06PM (#7781276)
It sounds like some kind of architectural mistake led to needing separate authentication code for every ISP-device combination.
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Re:HBO programming available on Amazon Prime by MiguelHudnandez on Thursday May 22, 2014 @04:40PM (#7786361)
That seems more damning than if they just did not "play" at all with HBO Go.
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Re:HBO programming available on Amazon Prime by ecoffey on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @03:30PM (#7780235)
But don't worry, they're committed to Net Neutrality without the need for regulation :-)
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