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Showtime just announced that it will begin offering stand-alone service in July for $10.99 a month. I think that's cheaper than it typically costs as an add on to satellite or cable TV packages. One good thing I figured out about the way they bill the services (at least with HBO NOW but I'll assume with the new Showtime service as well) is that you can pay for it though, e.g., iTunes. That means the cost can be 20% lower if you want it to be because you can usually find iTunes gift cards selling at a 20% discount to their credit value. So you buy a $100 gift card for $80 and add it to your account and, in effect, any content you buy through iTunes is discounted by 20% from the stated cost.
EDIT: To add link to Showtime's announcement.
I'd agree when it comes to the real-time HBO channels. At any given time there usually wasn't much worth watching (or that I hadn't already seen) on them. But what's good about the way it works now, and has for a while, is that if you get the service you have access (e.g. through the on demand function or through Android or iOS apps) to all of their programming at any time. So I usually get HBO for a month once or twice a year and during that month catch up on the newest seasons of their shows - e.g. Game of Thrones, Veep, Newsroom, Silicon Valley. They typically have several pretty good series being made with new seasons being or having recently been released. It's pretty easy to justify the $12 or $15 to be able to watch all of them, especially when you can throw in a few movies or documentaries that might seem interesting.
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