Surprise: TV networks are already unbundling from cable

[Commentary] HBO is never going to unbundle, except when it is: Executives of the premium cable network have long insisted that they won’t offer its HBO Go streaming service as a Netflix-like standalone Internet subscription in the United States.

But HBO is already running an Internet-only service in northern Europe, and it’s now looking to take that proposition to other countries, including possibly Japan and Turkey. HBO isn’t the only network that’s been testing the waters on Internet-based video services.