HBO, short for Home Box Office, launched at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on November 8, 1972, becoming the first cable originated television content service and one of the oldest subscription television services in the United States still operating today. It pioneered the modern premium channel model: the first service transmitted and distributed directly to individual cable systems, sold to subscribers for an extra monthly fee, carrying programming without editing for objectionable material rather than being supported by advertising.
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Founding Year Headquarters30 Hudson Yards, New York City 2 Connections
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Time Inc founded HBO in 1972 and owned it until Time Inc and Warner Communications merged into Time Warner in 1990.
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30 Hudson Yards, New York City
- HBO, History section, launch date
- HBO, History section, full name
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Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network and service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent Home Box Office, Inc.
- Associated With: Time Inc.
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