Mumbai: The CEO and chairman of HBO, Richard Plepler, announced that the company will offer a stand-alone HBO streaming service in 2015.  Speaking at the Time Warner Inc. Investor meeting, he cited significant growth opportunities inside the pay-TV universe and then turned to the current ten million broadband-only homes, which is projected to grow.

“That is a large and growing opportunity that should no longer be left untapped.  It is time to remove all barriers to those who want HBO”, Plepler said.

He went on to add, “So, in 2015, we will launch a stand-alone, over-the-top, HBO service in the United States. We will work with our current partners.  And, we will explore models with new partners.  All in, there are 80 million homes that do not have HBO and we will use all means at our disposal to go after them.”