Launched September 28, 1991 Headquarters London | Website hbo-europe.com Parent organization HBO | |
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Owned by Time Warner/Home Box Office Country Offices in: United Kingdom, Croatia (HBO Adria - regional office for Croatia, Slovenia and the Balkans located in Zagreb), Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary Founded 28 September 1991, Budapest, Hungary Awards Prix Italia – Special Prize Students' Jury: TV Movies and Mini Series, Prix Italia – Signis Special Prize Nominations Prix Italia for TV Drama – TV Movies and Mini Series | ||
HBO Europe is a premium pay television service operating in fourteen countries in Eastern Europe: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Moldova, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
HBO has been available in the Netherlands as well. It was a joint venture between Time Warner and cable company Ziggo. It launched on 9 February 2012 but closed on 31 December 2016. Ziggo has acquired the broadcasting licenses of HBO content for the Dutch market.
The first service launched by HBO in Europe was HBO Hungary, which launched on September 28, 1991. 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 HBO Serbia in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in 2006 and HBO Macedonia in Macedonia in 2009.
HBO Europe has the following channel brands: