HBO kicks up docu dance.

Daily Variety;  January 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...If HBO is known as the belle of the docu ball, prexy...Nevins admitted. But at this year's fest, HBO broke with tradition and bought Roman Polanski...Nevins informed a colleague they had to have it. HBO nabbed all domestic rights for about $1 million...

HBO reprogramming.

Daily Variety;  March 17, 2008 ;     596 words ...HBO is shaking up its programming team, with Carolyn Strauss vacating...post. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Strauss will remain within the HBO fold, however, in a yet-to-be-determined capacity. According to the cabler, she'll still have creative input in HBO programming. But the feevee channel is scouting for a ...

HBO begins to plex muscles. (Home Box Office Inc. tests its multiplexing...

Multichannel News;  August 5, 1991 ;     676 words ...HBO Begins To Plex Muscles NEW YORK - Home Box Office began testing its multiplexing scheme last Thursday in two...guide suggests movies, movies and more movies. Take Sunday, Aug. 4, primetime. The choices are: Die Hard 2 on HBO 1, Dirty Dancing on HBO 2, and Police Academy 2 on HBO 3. Die Hard 2 ...

At 20, HBO boxing fights to find identity. (Home Box Office Inc.)

Multichannel News;  November 30, 1992 ;     700+ words ......Inc. Due to poor buy-rates, HBO's efforts to exploit PPV in...Fighters who used to garner strong ratings on HBO have a negligible draw when...pay $20 a throw. Ironically, HBO has showcased a number of up-and-co...champion Riddick Bowe who used HBO as a springboard for bigger...

Cabler gets its pic fix.(HBO renews deal with Twentieth Century Fox Film...

Daily Variety;  July 10, 2007 ;     397 words ...HBO has reiterated its long-term commitment to theatrical movies...to it over the course of the pact. The studio now becomes HBO's longest-running movie-output partner--25 years. Fox accord assures a steady flow of fresh theatricals to HBO, which had previously locked up deals through 2013 and later...

HBO launches web service in 2 markets.

Daily Variety;  January 21, 2008 ;     475 words ...HBO is set to unveil its broadband programming service Tuesday, launching in two Wisconsin markets. HBO On Broadband will immediately be available to Time Warner...Milwaukee. Service is free, but users must subscribe to both HBO and the cable company's highspeed online service (in this...

HBO: three channels are better than one. (Home Box Office)(includes...

Multichannel News;  May 13, 1991 ;     700+ words ...HBO: Three Channels Are Better Than One NEW YORK -- Gearing up for the explosion of channels...life into the pay TV category, Home Box Office announced last week that it will multiplex HBO and Cinemax, with each service cablecast as multiple channels. HBO chairman and CEO Michael Fuchs hailed the move at a ...

HBO's risks paying off in prestige

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ...HBO's risks paying off in prestige Artistic freedom draws top...City," a hit comedy of manners, orgasms and women's shoes, HBO has become the literary magazine of series television. Serialized...cable network's ad campaign now tells us: "It's not TV, it's HBO." Embedded in this slogan is another message: If ...

HBO looks to regain image. (Home Box Office)

Multichannel News;  February 10, 1992 ;     700+ words ...HBO Looks To Regain Image NEW YORK - Despite generating decent...competitive boxing matches. Ironically despite the criticism, HBO's most recent card, its Feb. 2 heavyweight doubleheader card...audience, said Ross Levinsohn, director of sports publicity for HBO Sports. Nevertheless, the network has taken ...

HBO, Showtime take different paths. (Home Box Office Inc.; Showtime...

Multichannel News;  October 14, 1991 ;     700+ words ...HBO, Showtime Take Different Paths NEW YORK -- Showtime announced...ratings triumph, when even the broadcast networks conceded that HBO whipped them. The cable premiere of Ghost earned a dazzling 30.6 rating and a 39 share (in HBO households); HBO's new series Sessions earned a 15.5/22, and...

HBO Home Video.(15th anniversary)

Video Business;  May 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ...HBO Home Video is a unique entity in this business. It has never...an essential, consistent provider of high-quality product, HBO deserves high marks for being aggressive, agile and unafraid...beginning with a pair of deals in the early '80s. First, HBO cable channel, CBS and Columbia founded the movie ...

HBO finds broadcast field fertile. (Home Box Office Inc.)

Multichannel News;  December 16, 1991 ;     675 words ...HBO Finds Broadcast Field Fertile HBO Independent Productions, Home Box Office's production unit, is learning...playing the cable game can pay off in the broadcast arena. Last week, HBO announced that it has entered into two unusual deals with broadcasters...

HBO beats broadcast nets on Saturdays. (Home Box Office earns better...

Multichannel News;  June 10, 1991 ;     540 words ...HBO Beats Broadcast Nets on Saturdays Home Box Office boasted last week that it defeated each of...Saturday nights in its universe, but broadcast network research executives said that overall, HBO and the other pay networks showed no ratings growth. HBO said that for the 1990-91 season, it earned an 11.3 ...

Don't Shoot! HBO Holds Up 'Sopranos' Production

The Washington Post;  March 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ...HBO has informed the people involved in the production of "The...and cast that production had been postponed indefinitely, an HBO insider said. "We were all set to go, unless something unforeseen...Superior Court last week claiming that in the summer of 2001, HBO missed a deadline to tell him his services ...

Showtime fights for screen time; HBO remains dominant, but rival is moving...

Broadcasting & Cable;  April 14, 1997 ;     700+ words ...HBO remains dominant, but rival is moving in right direction Three...fortunes of the premium channel. At the time of Offsay's arrival, HBO was all but crushing Showtime in the premium market with its...award-winning series and a handful of sports programs. Today HBO still dominates, but with a slew of ...