HBO (Asia)
| HBO Asia | |
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| Launched | 1 May 1992 |
| Network | HBO |
| Owned by |
Home Box Office Inc. (Time Warner) (75%) Viacom (25%) via holding company HBO Asia Pte Ltd. |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | It's Not TV, It's HBO. |
| Country | Singapore, India |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area |
Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Vietnam |
| Headquarters | 151 Lorong Chuan, New Technology Park 04-05, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore HBO India Office Mumbai, India |
| Formerly called |
MovieVision (1 May 1992-31 May 1995) |
| Replaced |
MovieVision (1 May 1992-31 May 1995) |
| Sister channel(s) | Cinemax, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Hits, HBO On Demand, Screen Red |
| Timeshift service | HBO HD (1-hour earlier) |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Sky Direct (Philippines) | Channel 22 HD |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 364 |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 411 (HBO Asia), Channel 431 (HBO HD Asia) |
| Indovision (Indonesia) | Channel 7 (HBO Asia), Channel 401 (HBO HD) |
| Okevision (Indonesia) | Channel 1 |
| aora TV Satelit (Indonesia) | Channel 216 (HBO HD), Channel 216 (HBO Asia) |
| Transvision (Indonesia) | Channel 105 (HBO HD) |
| OrangeTV (Indonesia) | Channel 150 (HBO Asia) |
| Dish Home (Nepal) | Channel 500 (HBO Asia) Channel 923 (HBO HD Asia) |
| Sky Net (Myanmar) | Channel 111 (HBO Asia) Channel 118 (HBO HD Asia) |
| 4TV (Myanmar) | Channel 29 (HBO HD Asia) Channel 37 (HBO Asia) |
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Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) |
Channel 80 |
| Cignal TV (Philippines) | Channel 53 (HBO Asia) Channel 210 (HBO HD Asia) |
| HBO Ary digital (Pakistan) | Channel 10 |
| Dream Satellite TV (Philippines) | Channel 19 |
| Dish TV (India) | Channel 413 |
| Airtel Digital TV (India) | Channel 194 |
| Big TV (India) | Channel 355 |
| Videocon D2H (India) | Channel 245 |
| Sun Direct (India) | Channel 402 |
| One TV (Cambodia) | Channel 28 |
| Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 61 |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable / Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 54, Channel 402 (Digital) (HBO Asia) Channel 166, Channel 710 (HBO HD Asia) |
| Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (PCVI) (Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines) | Channel 21 (SD) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 601 (HBO Asia) |
| (Indonesia) | Channel 285 (HBO HD Asia ), Channel 301 (HBO HD) |
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PPCTV (Cambodia) |
Channel 151(HD) |
| Asianet Digital (India) | Channel 466 |
| United Communication Service (Bangladesh) | Channel 31 (HBO Asia), Channel 54 (HBO India) |
| HCaTV (Vietnam) | Channel 63 |
| HTVC (Vietnam) | Channel 20 |
| VTVcab (Vietnam) | Channel 71 (HD) |
| Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 43 |
| Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 41 |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 46 |
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MediaNet (Maldives) |
Channel 501 |
| IPTV | |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 110 (HBO HD Asia), Channel 115 (HBO Asia) |
| (Indonesia) | Channel 502 |
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| Pte Ltd | |
| Founded | 1 May 1992 |
| Headquarters | 151 Lorong Chuan, New Technology Park 04-05, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore |
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Area served
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Asia |
| Products | Movie production, TV production, Broadcasting, Cable television |
| Website | hboasia.com |
HBO Asia (formerly known as MovieVision, officially launched on 1 May 1992 and officially dissolved on 31 May 1995) is owned by HBO (a Time Warner company). The Singapore-based broadcast network offers a bouquet of channels and services including 24-hour commercial-free subscription movie channels in standard-definition and high-definition – HBO, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Hits, Cinemax and Red – as well as HBO Go and HBO on Demand. HBO Asia is also the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst in Asia.
HBO Asia has licensing deals with four major Hollywood conglomerates Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros, in addition to its proprietary HBO Original programmes. It also licences content from The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Marvel Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, MGM Studios, Lionsgate, Relativity Media, Millennium Films, Castle Rock Entertainment, CBS, Europacorp, FilmNation Entertainment, Focus Features, IM Global, Morgan Creek, New Line, Paramount Classics, Screen Gems, Sony Picture Classics, Village Roadshow, and Warner Independent Pictures.
HBO airs a separate feed with commercial breaks for viewers in South Asia except Nepal (where the Asian feed is carried). The channel is labeled as HBO South Asia and often referred to as HBO India since it specifically caters to the Indian market. All movie promos in this beam are according to IST. This channel is also available to viewers in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Pakistan.
HBO Asia and Eros International launched HBO Defined and HBO Hits across India on February 21, 2013 on Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV. These channels are commercial-free and available in both SD and HD formats. The content of both the channels include movies as well as HBO Original Programming. HBO Defined was shut down on December 31, 2015 while HBO Hits was replaced by HBO HD on September 4, 2016.
In Pakistan, HBO is available as HBO Pakistan. It is a simulcast of HBO India with slight modifications and running in PST.
HBO Nepal is the Asian bounquet of HBO channels carried out in Nepal which include HBO, HBO HD, Cinemax, Cinemax HD, HBO Signature, HBO Family and HBO Hits. HBO Nepal is available on all major networks like dth, digital cable opertors, streaming media and IPTVs in Nepal.
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