If you want to pay a bit more, you can get access to more channels.
The service, which starts at $50 a month, gives you live TV access to at least 40 channels. If you're looking for a hybrid model that lets you back away from traditional cable or satellite subscriptions but still rely on a satellite provider for your entertainment fix, AT&T's DirecTV Now is an option. After that, you’ll be able to access HBO Now on smartphones, smart TVs, tablets, and through the browser. To sign up for HBO Now, simply go to the HBO Now site and subscribe. However, HBO Now is still generally designed to be a destination for watching content after it's aired on TV, so it's not necessarily the ideal solution if you want a full-on replacement to the traditional network. HBO Now and HBO Go both also offer live-streaming on "big premieres," so you likely can watch Game of Thrones Season 8’s first episode while it airs on TV.
Both services give you access to all of HBO's programming, and you can stream the pay cable channel's content to just about any device you want. HBO Now and HBO Go share some similarities.
With HBO Now, you can sign up for the $15-a-month service and have access to the entire slate of HBO shows, documentaries and other programming from the device of your choosing. If you're a cord-cutter who doesn't want to be beholden to cable and satellite companies but still wants to watch Game of Thrones, HBO Now could be the best solution for you. There is, however, one caveat: HBO Go does allow for streaming "big premieres," so there is a chance that the first episode of Season 8 will stream live over the service on April 14. Instead, you'll have access to the show after it premieres on the network, so you'll be a little behind your friends who watch it live. So, if you're hoping to catch Game of Thrones live, HBO Go won't be the solution for you. Unlike some of the other offerings in this lineup, though, HBO Go doesn't come with a livestreaming option for most shows and episodes.
As long as HBO can verify that you're a subscriber, you'll get access to the service. Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) makes it her mission to free slave populations from their masters, but finds her growing dragons difficult to control.In order to access HBO Go, you'll first need to sign in to the service with your cable or satellite provider's credentials.
Elsewhere in the Seven Kingdoms, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) tries to warn the Night's Watch that an invasion by a massive wildling army is imminent the Hound (Rory McCann) wanders the countryside with Arya (Maisie Williams), hoping to cash in on keeping a Stark alive Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) follows his visions of the Three-Eyed Raven and Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) finds the deck stacked against him in a trial for the ages.
Season 4 of HBO's monster hit-it surpassed the 2002 season of "The Sopranos" as the network's most popular series to date-finds the status quo returning to King's Landing as Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) prepares to marry Margaery (Natalie Dormer), though it may be upset by the hot-blooded Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal), a royal-wedding guest who's not shy about wanting revenge on the Lannisters.