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Cox, FiOS, DirecTV offering free HBO this weekend
June 10th, 2009, 6:52 pm · 12 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
UPDATE: DirecTV’s freebie is next weekend. See details below.
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As a customer of Time Warner, some of the most important information (free HBO this weekend!) comes to me via e-mail or snail mail, not as a reporter. For other TV services, I’ve got to hunt around.
Apparently, much of O.C. will get access to free HBO this weekend, starting Friday and ending, for most, on Monday. I’ve checked with the companies themselves, for the most part. See below for details.
YES: Cox Cable. HBO only (updated 6/11/09). Says the company, “All digital cable customers will have access to all HBO channels and HBO OnDemand. All Cox Digital Cable customers are eligible for the free preview. The offer runs from Friday, June 12- Monday, June 15. Also, digital cable customers that have HD service will also have access to the two HBO HD channels during this time. (Channel 700 & 701) Channel numbers that are open for viewing this weekend are HBO on 200,201, 206,207,208,209,210,211, 212 and HBO On Demand on channel 1.” Typically, Cox charges $12.99 for HBO, while two premium channels cost $18.50.
YES: Verizon FiOS will be offering the free HBO preview, from June 12 to June 16, or Friday to Tuesday.
Yes: DirectTV, but I haven’t gotten confirmation from the company. According to FreePreview.TV, a good source of what’s coming up for free. The site also says DirecTV users will get free Showtime, Starz and SportsPack channels, in addition to HBO and Cinemax. UPDATE: Commenter Eric Cooper (thanks Eric!), as well as FreePreview.TV, says the HBO promotion will be next weekend, June 18-21.
Also, FreePreview reports that Comcast subscribers are in luck, although the cable service is not available in Orange County.
And, of course, Time Warner Cable will be offering the free HBO/Cinemax preview. See earlier story.
Not happening: AT&T U-verse and Dish Network. Sorry folks.
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As a DirecTV subscriber, I can confirm that the DirecTV free preview is June 18th-21st as posted on several satellite viewer message boards.
Do you know if Cox will also have Cinemax part of the preview this weekend like some other systems. Or is it just HBO? Thanks!
Sorry — Cox says the free preview is only for HBO channels.
Thanks for the update.
Interesting, that Cox here in Orange County only gets HBO, while other Cox systems get both HBO and Cinemax for the free preview.
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20090609/NEWS01/90609026/Cox+customers+to+get+free+peek+at+HBO++Cinemax
UPDATED: Cox doublechecked for me and Cinemax is not part of the free preview weekend.
I think the Cox media person may be mistaken about Cinemax not being part of the free HBO preview. Both premium channels are part of Time Warner so the duo freebie makes sense. I am doublechecking with Cox on this. I’ll post the update here and in the post.Thanks again for checking with Cox on this. It’s funny that Cox wouldn’t carry Cinemax as part of the preview in OC. I now see that Cox in San Diego will have both HBO and Cinemax as part of their preview.
http://sandiego.cox.net/cci/home
m — Ya, it doesn’t make sense since everyone else is offering both and the two are owned by the same company. But that’s the official word from Cox in O.C. Guess you’ll really find out this weekend.
Sweet! I check out that show True Blood, a lot of folks are telling me its a great show. I only subscribe to HBO when Curb Your Enthusiasm is on.
You know it’s a down economy when a free HBO weekend is front-page news.
Not that I’m not excited for next weekend!
If you have a package that has HBO in it – you don’t get it free – its only if you don’t have any movie channels in your program tier with your cable company.
Bummer about U-verse not giving HBO for free. (I don’t think they do anything for free.) Minor thing, but it just helps me to dislike my U-verse just a little more. The rest of my family is ready to go back to Directv. I’m the sole hold-out (and I haven’t jumped only because I’ll have to call and make the arrangements and then figure out a new deal with Direct & ATT).
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