HBO offers live broadcasts on PlayStation Vue without a bundle

Wait, don’t throw yourself out of your palace tower! I know your mother simultaneously destroyed your main squeeze and No. 1 religion, but two of the biggest premium cable networks are going to start livestreaming over the internet.

HBO and Cinemax will hit PlayStation Vue on October 2, and that means you can watch programs like Game of Thrones and Real Time with Bill Maher live as part of Sony’s web-based TV service. Vue is an app that enables its members to watch cable without having to subscribe through a traditional provider like Time Warner or Comcast. Instead, Vue beams a livefeed of its channels over your broadband internet connection. Vue is the first service to offer live HBO and Cinemax programming outside of the confines of a typical cable subscription. Each channel is $15 per month, and it includes access to the HBO Now service, which is the Netflix-style app that serves up the network’s shows on-demand across devices like gaming consoles, Roku boxes, and smart TVs. PlayStation Vue starts at $30 per month, but you don’t need to pay that to stream HBO and Cinemax through the service.