Cutting the cord won’t be easy for HBO

From Campaign US:

As a fan of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” I was certainly happy to hear the news of an upcoming ninth season on HBO in 2017. After a six-year absence, “Curb” will go down in the record books as the TV show with the longest hiatus between seasons in history.

“Curb,” of course, is one of the reasons why HBO is still the prime example of a network brand built via quality programming. It boasts current hits like “Game of Thrones,” “Veep,” “Girls” and “Silicon Valley,” and classics like “The Sopranos,” “Sex and the City,” “Entourage,” “The Newsroom,” and “True Blood.” While there have been a few exceptions over the years, anything original airing on HBO seems to have an automatic creative edge. But as cord cutters continue to source their TV programming via Internet-based services, the business of cable as we know it is in danger of extinction, and even HBO’s impressive content might not be enough to keep its nascent streaming service afloat.

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