How Much Does an HBO Subscription Cost These Days?

By | HBO Series: HBO News | Feb 7, 2013

How Much HBO Cost Bank 300x219It seems like these days everyone wants to get into the premium programming game.  Netflix is now releasing exclusive series and even network television has stepped up its game hiring bigger named actors and pouring more money into production.  People expect more out of their cable subscriptions today than ever before.  But how much should a subscription to these services cost?

Most HBO Watchers subscribe to the premium cable network  because their favorite programs can be found only there.  It’s tough to put a price on the ability to watch Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and exclusive documentaries in 1080p, anytime and now anywhere with HBOGo.  But what are the actual rates?  The answer is of course quite complicated so we wanted to bring you the latest from each of the major cable provider’s websites below.  Rates may vary in your area (in fact, they will) and be sure to ask about any special deals they may be running.

Charter: $15 / month

Verizon: $18.99 /month

Comcast: $19.99 /month

AT&T: $16 /month

Time Warner Cable: $15.95 /month

Cablevision: $14.95 /month

Cox: $15 /month.

Again most cable companies run discounts that can reduce these prices for going with larger cable packages.  Other companies offer free HBO for 6 months, 12 months or more so you’ll just have to give them a call to be sure.  These are just the base rates available on these company’s websites.

Regardless we hope this gives you a general idea of how much an HBO subscription costs.  A quick average of the six prices comes to about $16 if you’re counting.  Whether or not you feel like that is worth it or not is up to you.  But remember HBO places much value in exclusivity. The prices surely earn HBO the title of premium cable network.

Here’s the quickest way to subscribe to HBO online through HBO.com official.

Are you a subscriber?  Are these prices too high?  Too low?  Leave your comments and concerns below.

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  • Jose

    Back in the day, Cinemax was $9; HBO was worth $10 or 11.

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  • Rococo

    The incremental cost of the $12-$20 fee per month is really not my problem with how much an HBO subscription costs, I would gladly pay $25-$30 per month for HBO.

    With my cable company (and I assume all others) HBO is not really available al a carte. I have to get a certain tier of programming that I don’t want just to get HBO. My total cost to have access to HBO in HD every month is more like $70-$80. This of course includes hundreds of other channels, none of which I want but am forced to get because HBO is not available without the higher tier. I assume this will never change because HBO is owned by Time Warner Cable and why would they let people that want only HBO off the hook for the extra $50 or so dollars worth of products that they can force them to pay for?

  • http://twitter.com/DanGiacobbe Dan Giacobbe

    I have Bright House cable. An HBO subscription with them is $19.50/month. Of course, that includes several other HBO channels all in HD, plus HBO On Demand and HBO Go. The latter justifies me continuing to be an HBO customer.

  • Johan Larsson

    HBO costs 79SEK(12$) in Sweden for their streaming service and you do not have cable TV or something.

    HBO 12$ + Internt (100/10Mbit) 45$

  • Matt-likes-movies-too

    HBO relies heavily on their Original Series programming and less on popular movie releases. While I am a fan of HBO Original Series programming, I am less than thrilled about their choices for movies they show. Especially, when I can rent a movie from Redbox for $1. When you compare it to $18 a month for HBO, all I see is 16 new release movies at Redbox, so I cancelled my HBO subscription.

    • http://hbowatch.com/ Jacob Klein

      Yeah I think these prices are a little decieving (coming from the person who wrote them down). I get HBO, SHO, Encore etc all bundled together in my cable package. I certainly don’t pay $20 each for them (my cable bill is high but not that high!) so I think to say it’s $20 is unfair. It’s probably more like $11 in a bundle.

      That being said I think that you’re right about movies on HBO. Once in a while they hit HBO at the perfect time and I watch them but a lot of the time it’s too late for me not to have just seen them On Demand or whatnot.
      I watch HBO for the series’ and documentaries and other feature presentations. But I do miss the days where HBO was like THE place for movies. There’s just too many other options for that now.




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