Cablevision becomes the first cable-TV company to offer standalone HBO Now

The first crack has appeared in the pay-TV hegemony: New York-based Cablevision Systems has announced its intent to offer HBO Now to its customers who take its Internet service offering, but not its pay-TV service. HBO Now, as PCWorld’s Mark Harchman reported last week, is an over-the-top service that includes all of HBO’s movies, sports, documentaries,