HBO Europe
| HBO Europe | |
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| Launched | September 28, 1991 |
| Owned by | Time Warner/Home Box Office |
| Country | Offices in: United Kingdom, Serbia (HBO Adria - regional office for Serbia and the Balkans located in Belgrade),Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | hbo-europe.com |
HBO Europe is a premium pay television service operating in fifteen countries in Europe: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Moldova, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the Netherlands.[1] HBO Nederland is a joint venture between HBO and Ziggo BV.
The first service launched by HBO in Europe was HBO Hungary, which launched on September 28, 1991.[2] This was followed by the launch of HBO Czech in 1994, HBO Poland in 1996, a launch in Slovakia in 1997, HBO Romania in 1998, launch of HBO Romania in Moldova in 1999, HBO Bulgaria in 2002, HBO Adria in Croatia and Slovenia in 2004[3] HBO Serbia in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in 2006[4] and HBO Macedonia in Macedonia in 2009.
HBO Europe has the following channel brands:
- HBO is available in all fifteen countries.
- HBO 2 is available in all fifteen countries.
- HBO 3 is available in all fifteen countries.
- HBO HD was launched in 2008. It is available in Poland, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania.
- Cinemax was launched in 2005.[5] It is available in all eleven countries.
- Cinemax 2 is available in countries where Cinemax is available.
- Cinemax HD was launched in Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia,Czech Republic and Romania.
- HBO 2 HD was launched in all fifteen countries.
- HBO 3 HD was launched in fifteen countries.
- Cinemax 2 HD was launched in Poland in 2011, also available in Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia and Romania.
References
- ↑ HBO Europe website
- ↑ "HBO Europe - History section".
- ↑ "HBO launch in Slovenia and Croatia" (Press release). HBO Central Europe. September 7, 2004.
- ↑ "HBO Europe - Montenegro History".
- ↑ "HBO is Launching a New Movie Channel on the 23rd of February" (Press release). Time Warner. February 15, 2005.