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HBO (Creator) - TV Tropes. The Home Box Office. Originally started in 1. The Green Network", then changed to HBO in 1. Unlike most cable stations, HBO is a premium station, meaning you have to pay for the right to watch the channel on top of what you pay as far as cable packaging is concerned (though in recent years, most cable and satellite networks have started offering premium TV packages that do include HBO and its sister stations, including Cinemax). Note the start dates above, too - until about 1.

There was broadcast TV delivered by cable (one of each of the three major networks plus several independent stations from a wide radius and, at least in the northern states, CBC) and there was "pay TV". To entice people to pay for the channel, HBO used to offer free "preview" periods. Depending on your cable provider, HBO will temporarily "unscramble" its channels for the briefest of periods (usually for one week, one weekend, or one month) to draw in customers who will then pony up the money to buy the channel full time.

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However, HBO does it much more rarely than Showtime or Starz to keep its cachet (Dish Network offers one HBO preview weekend every calendar quarter), and usually only on weekends, where its highest- profile series are launched and biggest movies are screened. HBO's lineup mainly consists of major studio films, shown uncut and commercial free.

While the main HBO station focuses on new blockbusters, sister station Cinemax focuses on older films and more arthouse- centric movies. In addition, HBO produced original films, and started producing their own series in the '8. First And Ten and Dream On). However, HBO's popularity increased even further in the late 1. Sex and the City and The Sopranos, really took off.

These two series gained a great deal of acclaim, and swept the Emmys for a while. HBO would get a third mega- hit in 2. Game of Thrones. In addition to original programming and movies, HBO is also famous for its coverage of boxing matches (as much as HBO Home Video). HBO has six sister networks that are almost always included with the main HBO channel to make the network a good value for most of its audience (the collection of networks was once branded as HBO The Works): HBO 2: Launched in 1. HBO with the same variety, and series usually premiere here on a one- day delay to offer viewers a second (or by the end of the week, 4.

Branded as HBO Plus from 1. HBO Signature: Also launched in 1. Hollywood releases, romantic comedies, and art films. Initially branded as HBO 3 from 1. HBO Family: Launched in 1.

Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel, with movies and children's programming both created for the network and internationally made, and nary a movie rated R in sight. HBO Comedy: Launched in 1. Exactly What It Says on the Tin; Comedy films and the deep library of HBO comedy specials and series air here. Think Comedy Central if everything that aired was truly uncut and uncensored, didn't have commercials, and was of better quality (ironically HBO parent company Time Warner used to co- own Comedy Central, as it was a merger of HBO's Comedy Channel and Viacom's HA!, and continued to co- own the network until 2. HBO Zone: Also launched in 1.

HBO suite which mainly airs films appealing to 1. HBO has aired original series marathons on this network more lately. Also outside of the few adult shows airing on HBO, the only HBO network which airs soft- core adult content, along with old episodes of Real Sex. HBO Latino: Launched in 2. Spanish- language simulcast of the main HBO channel, but also features Spanish- language movies, series from HBO's Latin American channels and boxing events. Most of these channels are also broadcast worldwide, but there's also a few other unique international HBO channels: HBO Hits: An HBO Asia channel which airs popular movies and blockbuster films. RED by HBO: Another HBO Asia channel and a joint- venture with the Hong Kong studio Mei Ah Entertainment, RED by HBO mostly airs foreign Asian films in their original language.

Localized subtitles are available for all of the movies shown on this channel. Originally branded as Screen Red.

Some regions still have HBO channels called HBO 3 or HBO Plus. HBO Canada: A franchise owned and operated by Bell Media's The Movie Network, Canada's leading premium movie broadcaster. Airs most of the the series HBO owns, as well as the occasional non- HBO US show, TMN original series (without the HBO branding) and archival Canadian films to comply with domestic content regulations.

For streaming options, HBO has the internet service HBO Go, which offers nearly every original series, documentary and special created after Sex and the City premiered and the current movies airing on HBO. Like most TV anywhere apps, Go is available only to cable and satellite subscribers with their customer login, though a swell of non- cable viewers looking for their Game of Thrones or Girls fix have wanted HBO to offer a paid subscription to the service. On October 2. 01. HBO announced just that, a standalone subscription service called HBO Now. It was initially available only through Optimum in the New York area; it has since been expanded to both other TV providers and via various streaming devices.

HBO has also made films for themselves, and are sometimes shown theatrically; they use the name HBO Films for those purposes. They first began original film production in 1. HBO Premiere Films, then under two names, HBO Pictures and HBO NYC Productions, which were merged together in 2. HBO Films. Other divisions for film production have popped up over the years, and they have had two joint- venture theatrical arms. The first was Tri. Star Pictures, which was a joint venture between HBO, Columbia Pictures and CBS; HBO was the last partner to sell its stake to Columbia in 1.

The second one was Picturehouse, formed in 2. New Line Cinema (both are owned by media giant Time Warner), it folded in New Line's art house division, Fine. Line Features, and distributed HBO productions theatrically. Time Warner shut down the label in 2.

New Line was folded into Warner Bros. They also have a stake in the home video market with HBO Home Entertainment. That division began back in the late 7. Thorn EMI Video, distributing their early theatrical productions, as well as Thames Television product and Orion Pictures films. They then formed a joint venture with HBO in 1. Thorn EMI/HBO Video.

They then were renamed to HBO/Cannon Video, after The Cannon Group bought EMI's film division. At this point, they were also distributing films from Hemdale, as well as Tri. Star Pictures releases (due to HBO's stake in the venture).

This version of the label didn't last long before Cannon sold its share to HBO, and was renamed HBO Video. Orion left to form its own video label soon after Cannon dropped out. By this point, they were distributing productions not only from themselves, but also from a large amount of other companies, including Miramax Films, Thames, De Laurentiis, Hemdale, and Samuel Goldwyn, among others. However, in the early 9.

HBO material. Nowadays, in addition to HBO original movies, they also distribute HBO's large amount of series and specials, although they have since renamed to HBO Home Entertainment. Warner Bros. through Warner Home Video currently distributes HBO Home Entertainment physical media.)Series and miniseries broadcast by HBO include: John Adams (2. John from Cincinnati (2. The Larry Sanders Show (1. The network's first hit comedy. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2.

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