2016 HBO and Showtime Boxing ratings (ranked from highest to lowest)

[Madison Boxing]

i got told on this forum though that noone had heard of golovkin outside of nsb? Whats he doing at the top? Or let me guess, it was wade who was the 'A-side'...

[BrometheusBob.]

HBO is subscription based too, mate.

And as a matter of fact, you dont even need cable to have HBO.


Unless something has changed.

Does HBO Now come with live boxing though? I remember looking into it some time ago and seeing that it does not come with live boxing events. :-|

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Does HBO Now come with live boxing though? I remember looking into it some time ago and seeing that it does not come with live boxing events. :-|

I don't even know. I just got all the movie channels (HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc etc) with my satellite service. Lol

But all those channels are subscription based, no doubt about it.

[Madison Boxing]

No wonder Haymon trying to get his guys back on hbo, he killed Showtimes ratings with his boring ass club fighter roster. He needs real stars and a real network to build his roster for him.

Haymon had all that PBC money & access to all of Showtimes boxing budget and accomplished nothing with it.

This dude should be shunned from the sport for that. Opportunity of a lifetime for boxing, thrown away.

green k sent. think thats the best way to describe it, a wasted opportunity for boxing. Could have been big time boxing on mainstream tv again, instead its been a circus.

[bigdunny1]

Does HBO Now come with live boxing though? I remember looking into it some time ago and seeing that it does not come with live boxing events. :-|

Nope it's the one limitation of HBO GO/HBO Now they do not provide a live stream only on demand access to their content. That kills live sports. If you want live HBO stream without buying it from traditonal cable/satelite provider your best best is SlingTV, DirectTVNow, PlaystationVue which are for cord cutters. No clue why HBO doesn't just offer their own live stream and cut out the middle man.

[MasterPlan]

Both are usually extras on a cable subscription. They can be bundled in different ways so you may have gotten HBO with your particular package. Often I see packages that have either neither or both, or you can order them directly in addition to your cable package.

HBO comes with my cable. But Showtime is a whole different package. Is it different with certain cable companies? I have to pay extra and I get Showtime.

[BrometheusBob.]

Nope it's the one limitation of HBO GO/HBO Now they do not provide a live stream only on demand access to their content. That kills live sport. If you want live HBO stream without buying it from traditonal cable/satelite provider you best best is SlingTV, DirectTVNow, PlaystationVue which are for cord cutters. No clue why HBO doesn't just offer their own live stream and cut out the middle man.

Thanks, I'll look into those services

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

HBO comes with my cable. But Showtime is a whole different package. Is it different with certain cable companies? I have to pay extra and I get Showtime.

Sometimes cable companies have deals where you will get such and such channel "for free" but after 6 months if you don't cancel they start charging ya for it.

[Dr Rumack]

It's crazy that Showtime are where they were at 5 years ago numbers wise, after Floyd and all the money they've splashed elsewhere too.

HBO's numbers aren't great either. But they're not as terrible as I thought they'd be given the decline in their budget.

2011 & 2012 by comparison - http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=560662

[MasterPlan]

It's crazy that Showtime are where they were at 5 years ago numbers wise, after Floyd and all the money they've splashed elsewhere too.

HBO's numbers aren't great either. But they're not as terrible as I thought they'd be given the decline in their budget.

2011 & 2012 by comparison - http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=560662

Do they have Showtime in comparison?