HBO GO now available for University residents

Adrian Suarez Avila/ News Director

adrian.suarezavila@fiusm.com

University students who live on campus now have another entertainment option to take advantage of.

All housing students now have free access to HBO GO, according to an email sent to all students living in on-campus housing on Tuesday, Feb. 3.

The discussion to make the service readily available to students took place at the National Association of College Auxiliaries conference in the fall, when Joe Paulick, director of Housing, approached HBO representatives and asked if there were any new service developments that were being offered for students.

Following the conference and update on HBO GO being offered in other college and university campuses around the United States, it took around five months to make the service available to the University.

During this time, authentication of the program took place and practice runs were conducted to check the connection on campus.

According to Paulick, who joined the Housing department in October of last fall, students living on campus have had access to HBO for around five years, with the chance to see about four or five of the network’s channels, as they are the only ones currently offered by the Housing department to its students for free.

As Paulick described it, HBO GO offers users the chance to have access to films, shows and documentaries featured by the network.

Housing students can access the service directly from their computers, iPhones, Androids, Apple TV, and even gaming devices, such as Xbox.

Those using their computer, iPad, or Android device can even have access to the HBO GO service off-campus.

Paulick admitted that he actively looks to expand opportunities for students at the University, and providing HBO GO for free is a way of doing this.

He also admitted that despite the fact that the Housing department doesn’t always receive positive emails from students, the offering of this new service has created an opportunity to receive emails on a more positive note, explaining that students have thanked the department for the additional entertainment option.

Some students shared their thoughts.

“It’s always cool to have new ways of entertaining yourself,” said Hannah Torres, a sophomore communication arts major. “The University has a lot of fun resources for people to stay active, but it never hurts to just relax in bed and watch television.”

According to Paulick, the new service is an addition to the already large variety of options that students have to remain entertained, such as Netflix, Spotify and iTunes Radio.
He also reiterated the fact that this new service is free to housing students and that the prices of the University’s housing options have not increased as a result of its offering.

He hopes to add more entertainment options to students living on campus, such as High Definition services for sports channels and news networks, a service that he admits several students have requested in the past.

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