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Showtime launches Anytime streaming portal, social iPad app

Just in time for the return of everyone’s favorite serial killer, Showtime Anytime soft-launched recently, bringing online access to the network’s library of flicks, TV shows and more. Multichannel News reports AT&T U-verse subscribers are the primary to realize access, although this same content has already been streaming on Comcast’s Xfinity TV website and app . It’s no HBO Go yet — more cable companies and some mobile apps should be essential to match its rival there — however the approach is identical, after pulling its shows from Netflix this TV Everywhere offering hopes to feature enough value to maintain viewers at the traditional pay-TV train a bit longer. While there is no self-branded streaming app yet, the channel has also launched a Showtime Social iPad app to maintain viewers tied in with their friends and other viewers while they watch — tell us if it makes Dexter any longer / less creepy.

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