HBO to Stream Shows on iPad Sans Netflix

HBO has announced that the company is planning on offering its shows for streaming on iPad and other mobile devices, with an app to be ready in about six months. The company already offers free streaming of its popular cable shows to users online for free; to access HBO Go’s streaming service. viewers must already be a subscriber to HBO’s channel through cable or satellite TV packages.

The company is continuing to resist offering its content on the Netflix streaming service, citing that the it wants to increase traffic and viewership to its own channel and content. HBO is saying that if the content is valuable, customers are “willing to pay a premium.”

Other than HBO Go streaming service, available for free online to current subscribers of HBO, HBO also is selling content digitally through iTunes and other services.