HBO, Showtime, and Sony want an Internet fast-lane for streaming

The problem with more people turning to the Internet to stream movies and television shows is that it adds a significant amount of traffic to the already contested thoroughfare that the public Internet uses. Considering how HBO, Showtime, and Sony are all invested in online media streaming, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that these three companies are calling for Internet providers to create a separate lane for their content that would avoid the connection of the main Internet while also excluding them from data caps.