135-571: Alexa Demie is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Madeleine "Maddy" Perez on the HBO teen drama television series Euphoria (2019–present). Demie made her feature film debut with a minor role in the comedy-drama Brigsby Bear (2017) before being featured in the coming-of-age film Mid90s (2018) and the drama film Waves (2019). She has appeared in numerous music videos. Born in Los Angeles, California, Demie grew up in
270-638: A National Hockey League (NHL) game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks from Madison Square Garden , was transmitted that evening over channel 21—its original assigned channel on the Teleservice system—to its initial base of 365 subscribers in Wilkes-Barre. The first movie presentation shown on the service aired immediately after the hockey game concluded: the 1971 film Sometimes
405-481: A digital cable subscription or at least scrambling), and, because of controversy surrounding daytime showings of R-rated films that began being scheduled on competing premium services as early as 1980, remained in place well after the V-chip became standard in newer television sets. From April 1979 to March 1987, rating bumpers preceding HBO telecasts of R-rated films included a special disclaimer indicating to viewers that
540-495: A subscription video-on-demand service (HBO On Demand). Off-the-air maintenance periods of anywhere from a half-hour up to two hours occur at varied overnight/early morning time slots (usually preceding the 6:00 a.m. ET/PT start of the defined broadcast day) once per month on each channel. HBO transmits feeds of its primary and multiplex channels on both Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules. The respective coastal feeds of each channel are usually packaged together, resulting in
675-403: A Great Notion , starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda . To reduce subscriber churn by offering extra programming choices to subscribers, on May 8, 1991, Home Box Office Inc. announced plans to launch two additional channels of HBO and Cinemax, becoming the first subscription television services to launch " multiplexed " companion channels (a term coined by then-CEO Michael Fuchs to equate
810-526: A TV-MA rating outside the watershed period. As of 2021 , HBO employs fairly fluid enforcement of the watershed policy, varying based on the content scheduled to air on its main channel during each programming day. The policy began to be weakened in January 2010, when the main HBO channel started allowing original series, movies, and documentaries given a TV-MA rating for strong profanity or non-graphic violence to air during
945-668: A cable system franchise serving an Upper Manhattan section of New York City (covering an area extending southward from 79th Street on the Upper East Side to 86th Street on the Upper West Side), which began limited service in September 1966. Manhattan Cable was notable for being the first urban underground cable television system to operate in the United States. With external expenses resulting in consistent financial losses, in
1080-750: A career in acting. Elordi's first experience on a Hollywood film set was in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as an extra. His first acting role was on the Australian film Swinging Safari in 2018, playing the role of Rooster. Elordi starred in the Netflix romantic comedy film The Kissing Booth , which premiered in May 2018, as Noah Flynn, a " bad-boy jock" and the film's primary love interest. Despite largely negative critical reception,
1215-563: A combined package by many multichannel television providers; however, customers have the option of subscribing to HBO and Cinemax's corresponding channel packages individually. On August 1, 1980, HBO launched Cinemax, a companion movie-based premium channel created as a direct competitor to two existing movie-focused premium channels: The Movie Channel , then a smaller, standalone pay movie service owned by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (then part-owned by Warner Bros. Discovery predecessor Warner Communications), and Home Theater Network (HTN),
1350-671: A costume for one of Minaj's first music videos. Demie had plans to become a fashion designer but, after attending orientation for an art school in New York, she decided against it. Demie made her first onscreen appearance as a video vixen in Azealia Banks ' 2013 music video for the song " ATM Jam ". After appearing in a short film for a friend, she got the lead role in The Godmother , a scrapped biopic about Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco , in 2015. Her professional acting career began with
1485-750: A default HBO OTT service for Amazon Fire and Fire TV customers. As a consequence of an agreement with WarnerMedia announced the day before offering HBO Max on Roku devices starting the following day, the HBO streaming service was discontinued on December 17, 2020. Max (formerly known as HBO Max) is an over-the-top subscription streaming service operated by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment built mainly around HBO's programming and other Warner Bros. Discovery assets. HBO's programming schedule currently consists largely of theatrically released feature films and adult-oriented original series (including, as of November 2023 , dramas such as Euphoria , Industry , The Gilded Age , House of
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#17328987403961620-495: A drama film directed by Paul Schrader , in which he played the younger version of Richard Gere 's character, an aging documentary filmmaker reminiscing on his life. Critics noted the lack of resemblance between Elordi and Gere, particularly due to Elordi being about half a foot taller than Gere. His second film role that year was in On Swift Horses , a period drama about repressed sexuality. As of 2024, Elordi will next play
1755-481: A fourth HBO channel and two additional Cinemax channels, originally projected for a Spring 1997 launch. The HBO multiplex expanded to include a fourth channel on December 1, 1996, with the launch of HBO Family, focusing on family-oriented feature films and television series aimed at younger children. (HBO Family's launch coincided with the launch of Mountain Time Zone feeds of HBO, HBO2, Cinemax, and Cinemax 2, which were
1890-1113: A great thing for HBO or our brand if that had been gobbled up in the first week[..] I think it was very exciting for the viewer to have that mystery held out for an extended period." Pleper cited that he felt that binge-watching does not correlate with the culture of HBO and HBO watchers. Some of its original programs, however, have been aimed at families or children, primarily those produced before 2001 (through its original programming division and third-party producers both American and foreign) and from 2016 to 2020 (under its agreement with Sesame Workshop); children's programs that have aired on HBO have included Sesame Street , Fraggle Rock , Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child , A Little Curious , Crashbox , Babar , HBO Storybook Musicals , Lifestories: Families in Crisis , Dear America and The Little Lulu Show as well as acquisitions including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , The Legend of White Fang , Shakespeare: The Animated Tales , Animated Hero Classics and The Country Mouse and
2025-464: A high-definition simulcast feed on June 12, 1997, with initial plans for a rollout to television providers as early as the Summer of 1998, when electronics manufacturers planned to begin retailing their initial line of HD-capable television sets. HBO began transmitting a high definition simulcast feed on March 6, 1999, becoming the first American cable television network to begin simulcast their programming in
2160-708: A loner". She got involved with performing arts in high school during her senior year. While in high school, she spent her spare time bedazzling sunglasses that she purchased from Downtown Los Angeles , which led to her creating Mainframe, a line of sunglasses that she began selling at a store on Melrose Avenue where her friend worked. The brand eventually became popular overseas, with Mainframe glasses being worn by G-Dragon , Jennifer Lopez , Nicki Minaj , and Amber Rose and appearing in Vogue Korea , though she soon stopped making them due to not being paid for her designs. Also in high school, she started writing songs and designed
2295-451: A long-running children's television series that had previously aired on the program's longtime broadcaster, PBS (and its morning block), for the vast majority of its run, in a five-year programming and development deal with Sesame Workshop that was announced in August 2015. Although struck with the intent to have the show remain on PBS in some fashion, the nonprofit production company reached
2430-595: A more enlightening take on the man than the one seen in Elvis ". In his final release of 2023, Elordi starred in Emerald Fennell 's psychological drama Saltburn as Felix Catton, a wealthy and charismatic British Oxford University student. Critics from Empire , The Detroit News , and the Chicago Sun-Times described it as a star-making role for Elordi, while Nicholas Barber of BBC News described him in
2565-408: A nightly block), would become strongly associated with the channel among its subscribers and in pop culture . The channel began gradually scaling back its adult programming offerings in 2011, in an effort to shift focus towards its mainstream films and original programs, culminating in the removal of "Max After Dark" content from its linear and on-demand platforms in 2018, as part of a broader exit from
2700-650: A now-defunct service owned by Group W Satellite Communications that focused on G- and PG-rated films. Cinemax succeeded in its early years partly because it relied on classic movie releases from the 1950s to the 1970s—with some more recent films mixed into its schedule—that it presented uncut and without commercial interruption, at a time when limited headend channel capacity resulted in cable subscribers only being able to receive as many as three dozen channels (up to half of which were reserved for local and out-of-market broadcast stations, and public access channels). In most cases, cable operators tended to sell Cinemax and HBO as
2835-439: A premium add-on through Amazon Prime Video, Sling TV , AT&T TV and Hulu . On October 15, 2014, HBO announced plans to launch an OTT subscription streaming service in 2015, which would be distributed as a standalone offering that does not require an existing television subscription to access the content. The service, HBO Now, was unveiled on March 9, 2015, and officially launched one month later on April 7. The service
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#17328987403962970-496: A program up to four hours, depending on the applicable time zone, in advance of their local airtime on their corresponding primary coastal feed. (Most cable, satellite, and IPTV providers, as well as its Amazon Prime Video and Roku OTT channels, only offer the East and West Coast feeds of the main HBO channel; some conventional television providers may include coastal feeds of HBO2 in certain areas, while wider availability of coastal feeds for
3105-409: A role in the 2015 short film Miles , through which she found an agency to represent her. She went on to guest star on the television series Ray Donovan and Love , also guest starring on the second season of the drama television series The OA as Ingrid, a bilingual gamer. In 2016, she released her debut single, "Girl Like Me", and was featured on Pearl's single "Turnin' Tricks". She appeared in
3240-487: A singular premium bundle, usually offered at a discount for customers that decided to subscribe to both channels. Cinemax, unlike HBO, also maintained a 24-hour schedule from its launch, one of the first pay cable services to transmit around the clock. Even early in its existence, Cinemax tried to diversify its programming beyond movies. Beginning in 1984, it incorporated music specials and some limited original programming (among them, SCTV Channel and Max Headroom ) into
3375-676: A sister production unit HBO Films , which traces its origins to the 1983 founding of HBO Premiere Films. Originally developed to produce original television movies and miniseries with higher budgets and production values than other telefilms, the film unit's first original movie project was the 1983 biopic The Terry Fox Story . Differing from other direct-to-cable television films, most of HBO's original movies have been helmed by major film actors (such as James Stewart , Michael Douglas , Drew Barrymore , Stanley Tucci , Halle Berry and Elizabeth Taylor ). The unit—which would be rechristened HBO Pictures in 1985—expanded beyond its telefilm slate, which
3510-417: A subscription to a multichannel television provider (34.939 million of which receive HBO's primary channel at minimum), giving it the largest subscriber total of any American premium channel. (From 2006 to 2018, this distinction was held by Starz Encore —currently owned by Lionsgate subsidiary Starz Inc. —which, according to February 2015 Nielsen estimates, had 40.54 million pay subscribers vs.
3645-681: A test launch of the three channels over those systems, TeleCable customers in Overland Park, Kansas ; Racine, Wisconsin ; and suburban Dallas ( Richardson and Plano, Texas ) that subscribed to either service began receiving two additional HBO channels or a secondary channel of Cinemax. HBO2 (later renamed HBO Plus, then reverted to its original name), HBO3 (now HBO Signature), and Cinemax 2 (now MoreMax) each offered distinct schedules of programs culled from HBO and Cinemax's movie and original programming libraries separate from offerings shown concurrently on their respective parent primary channels. (Cinemax
3780-495: A theater class at age 15, acting "became [his] church" and his personality changed as a result. His mother also encouraged him to pursue acting. He was inspired by actors such as Marlon Brando , Laurence Olivier , Daniel Day-Lewis , Christian Bale , and Ledger and would read their biographies while emulating their behaviours. He later attended an acting school in Melbourne and moved to the United States in 2017 at age 19 to pursue
3915-456: A two-day weekend (later extended to three days in 1997, then to a Friday-to-Monday "four-day weekend" format by 2008)—over a local origination channel, though satellite and digital cable providers elected instead to unencrypt the channels corresponding to each HBO feed for the preview period. Until 2002, interstitials hosted by on-air presenters (notably including, among others, Norm Crosby , Greg Kinnear , Sinbad and Ellen DeGeneres ) promoting
4050-424: A voluntary participation basis. (The total of participating providers that elected to offer a free preview event varies depending on the given preview period, and participating multiple-system cable operators may elect to carry the event only in certain regions where they provide service.) HBO also produces short segments promoting newer movies with the cooperation of the film studios that hold distribution rights to
4185-554: Is HBO's companion subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service that is available at no additional cost to subscribers of the linear television service, who regularly pay a premium fee to pay television providers to receive access to the channel. VOD content from the network is also available on select virtual MVPD services (including DirecTV Stream , YouTube TV and Hulu ), and through HBO's dedicated Roku video channel. HBO on Demand offers theatrical feature films from HBO's distribution partners and original programming previously seen on
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4320-610: Is a high definition simulcast feed of HBO that broadcasts in the 1080i resolution format. HBO maintains high definition simulcast feeds of its main channel and all six multiplex channels. HBO HD is available on all major cable television providers including, among others, Charter Communications (including systems once owned by former HBO sister company Time Warner Cable); Comcast Xfinity (which, in 2016, began downconverting HBO, Cinemax and other cable channels transmitting in 1080i to 720p 60); Cox Communications and Optimum ; as well as DirecTV ; AT&T U-verse ; and Verizon FiOS . From
4455-573: Is also responsible for promoting many of the major motion picture releases, via its behind-the-scenes featurette programs. HBO, via the beyond-the-scenes interstitial programs was the first network to promote many of these movies. They included, but were not limited to, The Godfather , The Godfather Part 2 , French Connection 2 , Jaws , Halloween , Star Wars , Star Trek , 9 to 5 , Sixteen Candles , Mac and Me , Home Alone , Home Alone 2: Lost in New York , A Few Good Men , Scream , and I Know What You Did Last Summer . In
4590-414: Is an Australian actor. After moving to Los Angeles in 2017 to pursue an acting career, he gained prominence with his role as Noah Flynn, the bad boy love interest, in Netflix 's The Kissing Booth film series (2018–2021). He also became known for his role as troubled high school football player Nate Jacobs in HBO 's teen drama series Euphoria (2019–present). In 2023, he starred as Elvis Presley in
4725-588: Is developed for and production is primarily, if not exclusively, handled by the channel of its originating broadcast. Since 1973, the network has produced a variety of original programs alongside its slate of theatrical motion pictures. Most of these programs cater to adult viewers (and, with limited exceptions, are typically assigned TV-MA ratings ), often featuring—with such content varying by program—high amounts of profanity, violence, sexual themes or nudity that basic cable or over-the-air broadcast channels would be reticent to air because of objections from sponsors and
4860-408: Is the centerpiece of Max (previously HBO Max from 2020 to 2023), an expanded streaming platform operated separately from but sharing management with Home Box Office, Inc., which also includes original programming produced exclusively for the service and content from other Warner Bros. Discovery properties. Livestreams of the network's linear East and West Coast feeds are not presently accessible on
4995-649: Is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc. , itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery . The overall Home Box Office business unit is based at Warner Bros. Discovery's corporate headquarters inside 30 Hudson Yards in Manhattan . Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television programs as well as made-for-cable movies, documentaries, occasional comedy, and concert specials , and periodic interstitial programs (consisting of short films and making-of documentaries). HBO
5130-432: Is the oldest subscription television service in the United States still in operation, as well as the country's first cable-originated television network (both as a regional microwave - and national satellite -transmitted service). HBO pioneered modern pay television upon its launch on November 8, 1972: it was the first television service to be directly transmitted and distributed to individual cable television systems, and
5265-608: The 80th Venice International Film Festival , where it was met with positive reception. Gabriella Ferlita of PinkNews stated that Elordi "achieved countless words of praise for his rendition of The King" from critics. His performance was often compared by critics to that of Austin Butler in Elvis (2022). Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair wrote that Elordi "carefully calibrates Elvis's appeal and his pill-addled, domineering presence, his exacting demands and storms of frightening anger [in]
5400-507: The Black Eyed Peas recording studio being around the corner from her. According to her, there was frequent fighting and yelling in her home growing up, and she ran away from home as a teenager in order to escape her toxic family environment. However, she has described her family as "very supportive" and "there for each other". From elementary to high school, Demie was bullied by her classmates, describing herself during that time as "quite
5535-616: The COVID-19 pandemic to contractually transfer their credentials to HBO Max), though only through the HBO Go desktop website. The "HBO Go" moniker remains in use as the brand for HBO's streaming platforms in select Asian markets until it would be also rebranded directly into Max in fall-2024. HBO Now (formally named HBO from August to December 2020) was an over-the-top (OTT) subscription streaming service that provided on-demand access to HBO's library of original programming and theatrical films, and
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5670-435: The HBO drama series Euphoria , the pilot episode of which she was directing. Although Demie had planned to take a break from acting to pursue her music career, she was impressed by the script for the series and decided to audition for it. In 2019, she began starring on Euphoria as Maddy Perez, a popular teenage girl in an abusive, on-again, off-again relationship with football quarterback Nate Jacobs ( Jacob Elordi ). Demie
5805-676: The HBO First Look series of 15-to-20-minute-long documentary-style interstitial specials, which debuted in 1992 and has no set airing schedule. (Since 2010, the "making of" specials, for which HBO officially no longer uses the First Look name, are only identified under the banner for program listing identification.) The network previously produced three-to-five-minute-long feature segments that aired during longer-duration between-program promotional breaks, HBO News (1988–2011; formerly titled HBO Entertainment News from 1988 to 2007) and HBO Behind
5940-705: The difference in local airtimes for a particular movie or program between two geographic locations being three hours at most; the opposite-region feed (i.e., the Pacific Time feeds in the Eastern and Central Time Zones, and the Eastern Time feeds in the Pacific, Mountain and Alaska Time Zones ) serves as a timeshift channel , allowing viewers who may have missed a particular program at its original local airtime to watch it three hours after its initial airing or allowing them to watch
6075-431: The free preview concept—now a standard promotional tool in the pay television industry—in 1973, as a marketing strategy allowing participating television providers to offer a sampling of HBO's programming for potential subscribers of the service. Cable providers were permitted to offer the unscrambled HBO content—aired for a single evening or, beginning in 1981 at the network level (as early as 1978 on some providers), over
6210-431: The major Hollywood film studios and live sporting events, all presented without interruptions by advertising and sold for a flat monthly fee to prospective subscribers. On November 2, 1971, Time Inc.'s board of directors approved the "Green Channel" proposal, agreeing to give Dolan a $ 150,000 development grant for the project. Time-Life and Sterling Communications soon proposed for the " Sterling Cable Network " to be
6345-665: The "HBO2" moniker in September 2002. The "HBO Plus" brand—modified in 2019 to "HBO+"—remains in use on a multiplex channel of HBO Latin America featuring mainly theatrical movies previously carried on its parent feed; HBO Latin America also operates a separate channel sharing the "HBO2" name with the shared U.S. namesake of both services.) On May 6, 1999, the HBO multiplex expanded to include two new thematic channels: HBO Comedy—featuring comedic feature films, comedy series from HBO's original programming library, and recent and archived HBO comedy specials—and HBO Zone—aimed at young adults between
6480-508: The "Saturday Night Guarantee" to denote a promise of "a new movie [premiering] every Saturday night" all 52 weeks of the year. (HBO had highlighted said "guarantee" in promotions for the Saturday premiere night dating to January 1994.) Before settling on having Saturday serve as its anchor premiere night, the scheduling of HBO's prime-time film premieres varied between Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday, depending on competition from broadcast fare during
6615-807: The 1990s. (Outside of HBO Family, which regularly airs archived family-oriented series and specials, airings of older original programs may vary based on the channel's daily schedule.) Beginning with its programming expansion to afternoons in 1974, the primary HBO channel had imposed a longstanding watershed policy prohibiting films assigned an "R" rating from being broadcast before 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. (At various points, HBO also prohibited showings of X-/NC-17-rated and foreign art films .) The policy—which extended to films shown between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, when HBO began offering 24-hour programming on weekends in September 1981—may have once stemmed from HBO's pre-mid-2000s availability on analog cable tiers (whereas its multiplex channels generally require
6750-536: The 2008 rollout of HD simulcasts for the HBO multiplex feeds until the mid-2010s, the majority of pay television providers that carried HBO HD generally offered only the main channel in high definition, with HD carriage of the multiplex channels varying by market. As of 2020 , most providers transmit all seven HBO multiplex channels in HD, either on a dedicated HD channel tier separate from their SD assignments or as hybrid SD/HD feeds. Home Box Office, Inc. announced plans to launch
6885-550: The 2019 horror anthology film The Mortuary Collection . Elordi then starred in Lance Hool's 2020 romantic drama film 2 Hearts as Chris Gregory, a college student and the film's narrator, opposite Tiera Skovbye . Entertainment Weekly ' s Maureen Lee Lenker wrote that his performance in the film was "ham-fistedly goofy" while Owen Gleiberman of Variety opined that Elordi was "done no favors by being in" 2 Hearts . He appeared later that year as Paul Hogan 's son in
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#17328987403967020-532: The 2020s". Elordi also became well known for his height of 1.96 metres (6 ft 5 in). Esther Zuckerman wrote of Elordi in The Atlantic that he was best known for being "very tall" and "very handsome in a classical way". Elordi's relationships, including with Euphoria co-star Zendaya , model Kaia Gerber , The Kissing Booth co-star Joey King , and YouTuber Olivia Jade , also received widespread coverage in tabloids and on social media. Elordi
7155-448: The 35.8 million subscribers that HBO had at the time.) In addition to its U.S. subscriber base, HBO distributes its programming content in at least 151 countries worldwide too, as of 2018 , an estimated 140 million cumulative subscribers. Cable television executive Charles Dolan —through his company, Sterling Information Services—founded Manhattan Cable TV Services (renamed Sterling Manhattan Cable Television in January 1971),
7290-530: The Australian comedy film The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee . In 2022, he starred as Charlie, a piano teacher and one of Ana de Armas 's character's lovers, in Adrian Lyne 's erotic thriller Deep Water . In 2023, Elordi starred as Ian, a British film actor, in Sean Price Williams ' drama film The Sweet East , which premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival . Williams based Elordi's character in
7425-551: The Chocolate Factory , and he soon began taking acting classes. He was first inspired to become an actor by Heath Ledger , particularly because of his role in the 2008 film The Dark Knight . He also played Oberon in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream . At age 14, Elordi started practicing his American accent, modelling it after that of Vin Diesel . He also attempted modelling at his mother's suggestion at age 15, but
7560-543: The City Mouse Adventures . Beginning in 2001, most of the family- or kid-oriented programs had migrated to HBO Family, with only a limited amount of newer family-oriented series being produced for either the primary channel or HBO Family since. (HBO Family continued to maintain a limited slate of original children's programming until 2003.) HBO ventured back into children's programming with its acquisition of first-run broadcast and streaming rights to Sesame Street ,
7695-900: The Dragon , The Last of Us , and True Detective ; comedies such as Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Righteous Gemstones ; and topical satires Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Real Time with Bill Maher ). In addition, HBO also carries documentary films (mainly produced through its in-house production unit HBO Documentary Films), sports-focused documentary and magazine series (produced through its HBO Sports production unit), occasional original made-for-TV movies, occasional original concert and stand-up comedy specials, and short-form behind-the-scenes specials centered mainly on theatrical films (either running in their initial theatrical or HBO/Cinemax broadcast window). Newer episodes of most HBO original programs usually air over its main channel after 9:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time; depending partly on
7830-569: The Magnolia Network occurred on January 5, 2022. In April 2022, Discovery Inc. merged with WarnerMedia to form Warner Bros. Discovery . On April 7, 2022, it was reported that after the completion of the merger, Magnolia Network leadership would report to HBO and HBO Max 's chief content officer Casey Bloys rather than directly to Zaslav, nor Kathleen Finch (who previously oversaw Discovery's lifestyle brands, and now oversees most of Warner Bros. Discovery's U.S. cable networks); Deadline suggested
7965-460: The Max streaming app, but are available via its a la carte add-ons sold through Prime Video Channels , YouTube Primetime Channels and virtual pay television providers Hulu and YouTube TV (both of which sell their HBO/Max add-ons independently of their respective live TV tiers). As of September 2018 , HBO's programming was available to approximately 35.656 million U.S. households that had
8100-502: The Saturday 8:00 slot has been occupied by premieres of original specials and documentaries (scheduled at least once per month) and, since late December 2020, airings of older hit movies (mainly films released between 1979 and 2015) distributed under library content deals during gap weeks in the monthly premiere schedule. As of 2024, HBO and sister channel Cinemax (as well as their associated streaming platforms) maintain exclusive licensing agreements to first-run and library film content from
8235-622: The Scenes (1982–1992). The interstitials—particularly those aired as episodes of First Look —have also frequently been included as bonus features on DVD and Blu-ray releases of the profiled films. Since 2011, HBO no longer airs "behind-the-scenes" interstitials during promotional breaks, and has reduced airings of First Look to a few episodes per year as the network has honed its focus on higher-profile original programs and studios have increasingly limited their self-produced "making of" featurettes for exclusive physical and digital media release. During
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#17328987403968370-412: The ages of 18 and 34, offering theatrical movies; comedy and alternative series, and documentaries from HBO's original programming library; and music videos. Rounding out the HBO multiplex expansion was HBO Latino, a Spanish language network launched on November 1, 2000, featuring a mix of dubbed simulcasts of programming from the primary HBO channel as well as exclusive Spanish-originated programs. HBO
8505-534: The basis for the film's relationship. She also appeared in the comedy-drama film Mainstream in 2020 as Isabelle Roberts, a game show audience member, and made a cameo in The Neighbourhood 's video for their 2020 song "Stargazing". In Nineteen on Fire , a 2021 short film written and directed by Ryan Simpkins , Demie played a drug dealer. In September 2021, she released the single "Leopard Limo (Archive LL11)". After messaging with photographer Petra Collins in
8640-568: The biographical film Priscilla and as a wealthy university student in Saltburn , which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . Elordi was born on 26 June 1997 in Brisbane , Queensland, to a working class family consisting of his parents—Melissa, a stay-at-home mother and one-time cafeteria employee at Elordi's school, and John, a house painter who built
8775-418: The channel's schedule. Around this time, Cinemax also began airing adult-oriented softcore pornographic films and series —containing strong sexual content and nudity—in varying late-night timeslots (usually no earlier than 11:30 p.m. Eastern and Pacific); this programming block, originally airing under the "Friday After Dark" banner (renamed "Max After Dark" in 2008 to better reflect its prior expansion to
8910-407: The channel, which also gained exclusive streaming rights to the company's programming library for HBO Go and HBO Now (assuming those rights from Amazon Video , Netflix and Sesame Workshop's in-house subscription streaming service, Sesame Go, the latter of which will cease to operate as a standalone offering). With the debut of HBO Max in May 2020, under contract renewal terms agreed upon between
9045-459: The content featured in original programs shown on HBO and other premium services, with relatively limited advertiser issues.) Mainly because it is not beholden to the preferences of advertisers, HBO has long been regarded in the entertainment industry for letting program creators maintain full creative autonomy over their projects, allowing them to depict gritty subject matter that—before basic cable channels and streaming services deciding to follow
9180-499: The contractual period). Feature films from the aforementioned studios that maintain joint licensing contracts encompassing both services will typically make their premium television debut on HBO approximately two to three months before their premiere on Cinemax and vice versa. HBO's relationship with Warner Bros. began with a five-year distribution agreement signed in June 1986, encompassing films released between January 1987 and December 1992;
9315-431: The day's programming schedule, repeats of original series, made-for-cable movies, and documentaries (typically excluding programs with graphic violent or sexual content) are shown during the daytime hours on the main channel, and at various times on HBO's themed channels. Four of the themed multiplex channels—HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Comedy, and HBO Zone—also each carry archived HBO original series and specials dating to
9450-625: The daytime on Saturdays and Sundays; in January 2012, HBO began offering occasional Sunday daytime airings of R-rated films within its weekly encore showing of the Saturday movie premiere (airing as early as 4:00 p.m. ET/PT, depending on the previous night's scheduled premiere film, that film's length, and the Sunday night block of HBO original series that usually follows the rebroadcast); by 2017, afternoon R-rated movie airings (which occasionally have been shown as early as 2:00 p.m. ET/PT since then) were permitted in random afternoon timeslots any day of
9585-501: The deal due to cutbacks resulting from declines in public and private donations, distribution fees paid by PBS member stations, and licensing for merchandise sales. Through the agreement, HBO obtained first-run television rights to Sesame Street , beginning with the January 2016 debut of its 46th season (with episodes being distributed to PBS, following a nine-month exclusivity window at no charge to its member stations); Sesame Workshop also produced original children's programming content for
9720-550: The discipline he applied to his work in Priscilla and even the wretched Saltburn ." He next portrayed a controlling Elvis Presley in the Sofia Coppola –directed Priscilla Presley biopic Priscilla , which is based on Priscilla's memoir Elvis and Me . Coppola chose Elordi to play the role partially because of his "effect on women" during their first meeting, which she found comparable to Elvis's. Priscilla premiered at
9855-417: The early 2000s, as the respective multiplex channels were being packaged in each tier mandatorily. In February 1996, in anticipation of the adoption of MPEG-2 digital compression codecs that would allow cable providers to offer digital cable service, Home Box Office, Inc. announced plans to expand its multiplex services across HBO and Cinemax to twelve channels (counting time zone -based feeds), encompassing
9990-475: The estimated cost of the initial pay-cable rights was between $ 300 million and $ 600 million, depending on the overall performance of Warner's films and HBO/Cinemax's respective subscriber counts. Although the Warner deal was initially non-exclusive, a preemptive strategy if its co-owned rivals Showtime and The Movie Channel (which elected not to pick up any spare Warner titles) sought full exclusivity over movie rights,
10125-555: The family's house—one older brother, and three older sisters. John immigrated to Australia from the Basque Country at age eight. "My grandfather would strangle me if he knew that it said Spanish descent", Elordi said of his Misplaced Pages page, which originally said his father's family was from Spain and he then corrected to Basque. While a player on his school's rugby team, Elordi performed in school musicals starting at age 12, starring in productions of Seussical and Charlie and
10260-557: The female-targeted WMax in May 2001); Cinemáx (a Spanish language simulcast feed, which originally launched as the young adult-focused @Max in 2001), 5StarMax (launched in May 2001) and OuterMax (launched in May 2001). Magnolia Network is an American multinational basic cable network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and Chip and Joanna Gaines , formerly known as DIY Network. In April 2019, Discovery officially announced its new venture, and that its linear television component would launch sometime in 2020, replacing DIY Network, though it
10395-511: The film as "a revelation" and Marshall Shaffer of Slant wrote that his performance was "the secret weapon of Saltburn ". For the role, he earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . In 2024, Elordi hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live . The episode received mostly negative critical reception for what critics found to be a heavy reliance on jokes about Elordi's attractiveness. Elordi starred in Oh, Canada ,
10530-567: The film became one of Netflix's most-watched titles in 2018 and brought Elordi to widespread fame. Elordi reprised the role in the sequels The Kissing Booth 2 , which filmed in mid-2019 in Cape Town , and was released in July 2020; and The Kissing Booth 3 , which was released on Netflix in August 2021. In a 2023 interview for GQ , he stated that he had not wanted to make them, calling them "ridiculous" and stating that he did them to "do whatever
10665-457: The film on Robert Pattinson following his role in The Twilight Saga . He also starred in the 2023 crime thriller film He Went That Way , adapted from the 1987 Conrad Hilberry novel Luke Karamazov , as Bobby, a 19-year-old serial killer. The film received negative reviews from critics, with Glenn Kenny of The New York Times writing in a review, "Elordi's performance here lacks
10800-411: The first SVOD service to be offered by an American premium service, launched on July 1, 2001, over then sister company Time Warner Cable's Columbia, South Carolina , system. The service was developed to allow HBO subscribers access to the channel's programming at their choosing, thereby reducing the frequency in which viewers were unable to find a program they prefer to watch and limiting cancellations to
10935-533: The first sub-feeds ever offered by a subscription television service to specifically serve that time zone.) Home Box Office, Inc. began marketing the HBO channel suite and related coastal feeds under the umbrella brand "MultiChannel HBO" in September 1994; the package was rebranded as "HBO The Works", now exclusively classified to the four HBO multiplex channels (and later applied to the three thematic channels that were launched afterward), in April 1998. (The Cinemax tier
11070-1563: The following studios and their related subsidiaries: HBO also maintains sub-run agreements—covering television and streaming licensing of films that have previously received broadcast or syndicated television airings—for theatrical films distributed by Paramount Pictures (including content from subsidiaries or acquired library partners Miramax , Carolco Pictures , MTV Films , Nickelodeon Movies and Republic Pictures , all for films released prior to 2013), Universal Pictures (including content from subsidiaries Universal Animation Studios , DreamWorks Animation , Working Title Films , Illumination , and Focus Features , all for films released prior to 2022), Summit Entertainment (for films released prior to 2023), Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (including content from Walt Disney Pictures , 20th Century Studios , and Searchlight Pictures (except films co-produced by Pixar ), and former subsidiaries Touchstone Pictures , and Hollywood Pictures , all for films released prior to 2023), Sony Pictures Entertainment (including content from subsidiaries/library partners Columbia Pictures , Sony Pictures Classics , ELP Communications , Morgan Creek Entertainment , Screen Gems , Revolution Studios , and former HBO sister company TriStar Pictures ), and Amazon MGM Studios (including content from subsidiaries Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Orion Pictures , United Artists , and former subsidiaries The Cannon Group , and The Samuel Goldwyn Company ). HBO also produces made-for-cable television movies through
11205-543: The format. For the first 23 months of its existence, the HD feed only transmitted theatrical films from the network's programming suppliers (initially accounting for about 45% of its available feature film output, expanding to around 60% by early 2001) and HBO's in-house original movies in the format, as existing widescreen prints of those films were already scalable in the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and could readily be upconverted to HD resolution. Original programming began to be made available in HD on January 14, 2001, when
11340-744: The fuck [he had] to do" to become an actor in the United States. He also spoke out against his objectification as a result of the films. After filming was completed for the first Kissing Booth film, Elordi moved to Los Angeles . He helped a friend of his film an audition for a role in Sam Levinson 's HBO drama series Euphoria , a remake of the Israeli series of the same name . While occasionally sleeping in his car and couch surfing at friends' houses with little money left and his visa expiring soon, he auditioned for Euphoria himself, with plans for it to be his last audition before moving back home. He
11475-492: The genre across Home Box Office, Inc.'s platforms. In terms of mainstream programming, Cinemax began premiering original action series in the early 2010s, beginning with the August 2011 debut of Strike Back (which has since become the channel's longest-running original program). As a consequence of WarnerMedia reallocating its programming resources toward the HBO Max streaming service, Cinemax eliminated scripted programming after
11610-666: The initial airdate and usually uploaded at the normal airtime, of their original broadcast on the main linear HBO channel. By February 2019, subscribership of HBO Now subscribers had reached over 8 million customers. On June 12, 2020, WarnerMedia announced that HBO Now would be rebranded solely as HBO on August 1. Following HBO Max's launch, the HBO streaming service had served as the network's default OTT platform for Roku customers, as WarnerMedia has not yet signed deals to distribute HBO Max on that platform; until its replacement by HBO Max on those platforms in November 2020, it also served as
11745-474: The last of its remaining slate of action series ended in early 2021, shifting the channel back to its original structure as a movie-exclusive premium service. The linear Cinemax multiplex service, as of 2021 , consists of the primary feed and seven thematic channels: MoreMax (launched in April 1991 as Cinemax 2, in conjunction with HBO2's rollout); ActionMax (originally launched as Cinemax 3 in 1995); ThrillerMax (launched in 1998); MovieMax (originally launched as
11880-609: The lead role in a miniseries adaptation of the novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North ; and star as Frankenstein's monster in the Netflix horror film Frankenstein , directed by Guillermo del Toro . By the early 2020s, Elordi became known as a heartthrob and a sex symbol for Generation Z in the media. Gabriella Paiella of GQ wrote that Elordi had "classic, undeniable leading man looks", while Larisha Paul of Rolling Stone called him "Hollywood's reigning heartthrob of
12015-526: The mob drama, " Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood ", on March 4 was the first first-run episode of an HBO series to be transmitted in high-definition from its initial telecast, with all subsequent episodes being delivered to HBO exclusively on HD videotape (and downconverted for the main standard-definition feed). Bob Zitter, then the network's Senior Vice President of Technology Operations, disclosed to Multichannel News in January 2001 that HBO elected to delay offering its original series in high definition until there
12150-543: The model set by HBO and other pay cable services—had not usually been shown on other television platforms. During the "Executive Actions" symposium held by The Washington Post and George Washington University in April 2015 (shortly after the launch of the HBO Now streaming service), then-HBO CEO Richard Plepler said that he does not want the network to be akin to Netflix in which users " binge watch " its television shows and film content, saying "I don't think it would have been
12285-716: The modern day, HBO has been the first promoter of movies like the Saving Private Ryan , Fight Club , Antz , American Beauty , the Spider-Man franchise (2002 - 2007) by Sam Raimi , Bruce Almighty , Minority Report , Dreamcatcher , Madagascar , War of the Worlds , Monuments Men , among others. Depending on the service provider, HBO provides up to seven 24-hour multiplex channels—all of which are simulcast in both standard definition and high definition , and available as time zone-based regional feeds—as well as
12420-468: The movie would air exclusively during the designated watershed period (“Home Box Office/HBO will show this feature only at night"). The watershed policy was extended to cover TV-MA-rated programs when the TV Parental Guidelines were implemented industry-wide on January 1, 1997, although HBO had already been withholding airing original programs incorporating mature content that would now qualify for
12555-517: The movie—such as boxing coverage or concerts—have caused rare variances in the preceding film's start time; if a live event was scheduled, before the December 2018 discontinuation of HBO's boxing telecasts, the premiered film would air after the event—in reverse order from the Eastern feed scheduling—on the Pacific Time Zone feed.) From June 1996 until September 2006, the presentations were marketed as
12690-568: The music video for JMSN 's 2017 song "Slide" and made her debut feature film appearance in the 2017 comedy-drama film Brigsby Bear , in which she played Merideth. In July 2018, she directed the music video for JMSN's song "Talk is Cheap" with Natalie Falt. Demie gained attention with her supporting role in the 2018 film Mid90s , written and directed by Jonah Hill , as Esmee, the protagonist's love interest. A year after Demie unsuccessfully auditioned for Augustine Frizzell 's 2018 film Never Goin' Back , Frizzell emailed her about an audition for
12825-726: The name of the new service. Discussions to change the service's name took place during a later meeting of Dolan and the executive staff he hired to assist in developing the project, who ultimately settled on calling it " H ome B ox O ffice ", which was meant to convey to potential customers that the service would be their " ticket " to movies and events that they could see in their own home. Home Box Office launched at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on November 8, 1972, initially available to subscribers of Teleservice Cable (now Service Electric Cable TV and Communications ) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . HBO's inaugural program and event telecast,
12960-448: The neighborhood of Atwater Village . She was raised by her mother, Rose Mendez, a make-up artist . Mendez's family immigrated to Los Angeles from Mexico when she was an infant. Mendez conceived Demie at an "extremely young" age. Demie has said that she "didn't grow up with the best male figures in [her] life" or "much respect for men". She lived in an apartment across the street from a meth lab and next door to several meth addicts, with
13095-422: The network (including weekly series, documentaries, sports magazine and documentary programs, and concert and stand-up comedy specials). The service's rotating program selection incorporates newer film titles and episodes that are added to the platform following their debut on the linear feed, as well as library content (including complete seasons of the network's past and present original programs). HBO on Demand,
13230-401: The network commenced a 13-week Sunday "encore" presentation of the second season of The Sopranos in remastered 1080i HD. (HBO had been requiring the producers of its original series to film their episodes in widescreen—subsequently downconverted for the standard definition feed—to fit 4:3 television screens since 1996, to future-proof them for remastering in HD.) The third-season premiere of
13365-519: The network's early years, HBO aired other interstitials in-between programs. Originally billed as Something Short and Special , around 1980, InterMissions (as the interstitials were begun to be called in September 1978) was bannered into two groupings: Video Jukebox , a showcase of music videos from various artists (eventually separated from the other intermission shorts and given various long-form spinoffs, also titled as Video Jukebox or variants thereof), and Special , showcasing short films. By 1984,
13500-440: The network's pay television contractual windows for recent studio releases and from library content agreements with film distributors) and HBO original programming (including scripted series, made-for-cable movies, comedy specials, documentaries, and sports documentary and magazine programs). HBO Go, along with companion service HBO Now and HBO Max, did not provide live simulcasts of the seven linear HBO channels. (HBO and Cinemax are
13635-430: The northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England , into a national television network—in September 1975, and, alongside sister channel Cinemax , was among the first two American pay television services to offer complimentary multiplexed channels in August 1991. The network operates seven 24-hour, linear multiplex channels as well as a traditional subscription video on demand platform (HBO On Demand) and its content
13770-412: The on-demand streaming service was conceived as a TV Everywhere platform marketed exclusively to existing subscribers of the linear HBO television service. (The HBO Go website and mobile apps, including its apps for streaming devices such as Roku and Apple TV, and some video game consoles , required a password accompanying a linear HBO subscription by a participating television provider to access content on
13905-551: The only American premium television services not to include live network feeds in their proprietary streaming VOD platforms.) Based on the prototype HBO on Broadband service that was originally launched in January 2008 to linear HBO subscribers of Time Warner Cable's Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin , systems, HBO Go launched nationwide on February 18, 2010, initially available to existing HBO subscribers signed with Verizon FiOS . Initially carrying 1,000 hours of program content available for streaming in standard or high definition,
14040-569: The other five multiplex channels is limited to subscribers of DirecTV , YouTube TV and the Hulu live TV service.) HBO maintains a separate feed for the Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone —the only American cable-originated television network to offer a timeshift feed for Hawaii viewers—operating a three-hour-delayed version of the primary channel's Pacific Time feed for subscribers of Oceanic Spectrum , which otherwise transmits Pacific Time feeds for
14175-416: The overnight/early morning hours on its primary and select multiplex channels, in addition to being available on demand via HBO's various streaming and television VOD platforms (including its dedicated portal on HBO Max). HBO innovated original entertainment programming for cable television networks, in which a television series (both dramatic and comedic), made-for-television movie, or entertainment special
14310-493: The possibility that Magnolia Network could contribute content (such as library programs or original series) to HBO Max—noting that some of the service's scripted series have appealed to a similar adult female demographic to Magnolia Network, HBO Max's own forays into unscripted content , and reports that the Gaines had shown interest in working on scripted projects. HBO HD (originally called HBO HDTV from March 1999 until April 2006)
14445-399: The preview event—usually following the headlining prime time film—that previewed upcoming HBO programming for prospective and existing subscribers. HBO offers between three and five preview events each year—normally scheduled to coincide with the premiere of a new or returning original series, and in the past, a high-profile special or feature film—to pay television providers for distribution on
14580-470: The programming choices that would be provided to subscribers of the channel tier to that offered by multi-screen movie theaters ), each available at no extra charge to subscribers of one or both networks. (The three prior premium services that HBO launched between 1979 and 1987, Cinemax and the now-defunct Take 2 and Festival, were developed as standalone services that could be purchased separately from and optionally packaged with HBO.) On August 1, 1991, through
14715-402: The projects (almost universally by studios maintaining exclusive pay television contracts with HBO and Cinemax, and which have been rebroadcast on the former during a film's pay-cable distribution window), and have usually consisted of either interstitial "behind-the-scenes" and interview segments on an upcoming/recent theatrical release or red carpet coverage. Currently, these segments air under
14850-591: The provider's YouView set-top boxes via a standalone VOD subscription. HBO Go is an international TV Everywhere streaming service for broadband subscribers of the linear HBO television service. It was accessible through play.hbogo.com, and through apps for Apple iOS and Apple TV devices; Android devices and Android TV ; Amazon Fire TV ; Chromecast ; PlayStation consoles ( PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 ); Xbox One consoles; Roku devices; and most Samsung Smart TV models. Content available on HBO Go included theatrically released films (sourced from
14985-418: The risk of them pulling or refusing to sell their advertising depending on the objectionable material that a sponsor is comfortable placing their advertising. (Incidentally, since the early 2000s, some ad-supported basic cable channels—like FX and Comedy Central —have incorporated stronger profanity, somewhat more pervasive violence and sexual themes, and occasional nudity in their original programs, similar to
15120-445: The service and its upcoming programs to prospective subscribers aired alongside on-air promotions between programs during the preview weekend, although interstitials produced in-house or by third-party producers were inserted by some providers over the HBO feed during promo breaks for their local or regional audience; from September 1988 to September 1994, the network also aired a 15-minute-long promotional "free preview show" each night of
15255-542: The service because of that issue. On January 3, 2011, HBO became the first pay television network to offer VOD content in 3D ; initially available to linear HBO subscribers signed with Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and Verizon FiOS, 3D content consisted of theatrical feature films available in the format. In the United Kingdom, a domestic version of HBO on Demand was launched in 2015 to subscribers of IPTV provider TalkTalk TV , which provides HBO's program offerings through
15390-496: The service.) On June 12, 2020, WarnerMedia announced that HBO Go's mobile and digital media player apps would be discontinued in the U.S. on July 31, as most traditional and virtual MVPDs have secured distribution deals for HBO Max. Those providers that have not yet made an HBO Max deal continue to allow customer access to HBO Go (mainly Altice USA 's brands, Mediacom , smaller cable providers, and closed-circuit university television systems which had not had personnel available during
15525-533: The short segments had mainly been limited to comedic film shorts (originally branded as HBO Comedy Shorts and then as HBO Short Takes , which used a set of differing animated intros) and youth-targeted live action and animated short films seen largely before and during family-oriented programming (branded as HBO Shorts for Kids ). Intermission shorts had largely vanished from the channel by 1988. Since 2014, HBO has occasionally aired short films ranging between 15 and 25 minutes in length at varying times each week during
15660-694: The six other HBO multiplex channels. (The state's other major cable provider, Hawaiian Telcom , offers the Pacific Time Zone feed of all seven channels.) Cinemax is an American pay television network owned by the Home Box Office, Inc. subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Originally developed as a companion service to HBO, the channel's programming consists of recent and some older theatrically released feature films, original action drama series, documentaries, and special behind-the-scenes featurettes. While Cinemax and HBO operate as separate premium services, their respective channel tiers are very frequently sold as
15795-776: The studio and WarnerMedia in October 2019, Sesame Street and other Sesame Workshop content will shift from the linear television service to the streaming-based HBO Max later in the year. On average, movies occupy between 14 and 18 hours of the daily schedule on HBO and HBO2 (or as little as 12 hours on the latter, depending upon if HBO2 is scheduled to carry an extended "catch-up" marathon of an HBO original series), and up to 20 hours per day—depending on channel format—on its five thematic multiplex channels. Since June 6, 1992, HBO has offered weekly pay television premieres of recent theatrical and original made-for-cable movies on Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. (Event presentations that have followed
15930-524: The summer of 1971, while on a family vacation to France aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 , a desperate Dolan—wanting to help Sterling Manhattan turn profitable and to prevent Time-Life, Inc. (then the book publishing unit of Time Inc. ) from pulling its investment in the system—developed a proposal for a cable-originated television channel. Codenamed " The Green Channel ", the conceptual subscription service would offer unedited theatrical movies licensed from
16065-419: The summer of 2020, Demie and Collins created Fairy Tales , a collection of erotic short stories written with Collins and containing photos of Demie dressed as various mythical creatures taken by Collins, which was published by Rizzoli in November 2021. She is set to be a voice actor in the upcoming animated series Fables . HBO Home Box Office ( HBO ) is an American pay television network, which
16200-454: The terms gave Warner an option to require HBO to acquire exclusive rights to titles covered under the remainder of the deal for $ 60 million per year (in addition to a guaranteed $ 65 million fee for each year of the contract). As a result of the 1989 Time-Warner merger, HBO and Cinemax hold pay-cable exclusivity over all newer Warner Bros. films for the duration of their joint ownership. Jacob Elordi Jacob Elordi (born 26 June 1997)
16335-440: The traditional network television season. First-run theatrical films debut on average from ten months to one year after a film's initial theatrical run has concluded, and no more than six months after their DVD or digital VOD download release. COVID-19 -related postponements of newer theatrical releases by its distribution partners caused HBO to reduce the frequency of scheduled theatrical premieres in September 2020; since then,
16470-496: The unit and, since HBO became co-owned with the film division through the 1989 Time-Warner merger, distributed through Warner Bros. Entertainment. Films to which HBO maintains traditional telecast and streaming rights will usually also be shown on the Cinemax television and streaming platforms during their licensing agreement period (either after a film title completes its HBO window or transfers between services over certain months during
16605-459: The week on the main channel at the network's discretion. Most of the six HBO thematic multiplex channels—except for HBO Family, which prohibits programming containing either equivalent rating by the effect of the channel's target audience and format —air TV-MA and R-rated programming during morning and afternoon periods. HBO also does not typically allow most NC-17-rated films to be aired on the primary channel or its multiplex channels. HBO pioneered
16740-498: Was accordingly marketed as "MultiChannel Cinemax" and then "MultiMax" at the respective times.) Concurrent with the adoption of "The Works" package brand, two of the channels changed their names and formats: HBO2 was rebranded as HBO Plus, and HBO3 was relaunched as HBO Signature—incorporating content catering toward a female audience, alongside theatrical films aimed at broader audiences and content from HBO's original made-for-cable movie and documentary libraries. (HBO Plus would revert to
16875-633: Was both sustainable consumer penetration of high-definition television sets and wide accessibility of HDTV equipment on the retail market. Sports telecasts were upgraded to HD on September 25, 2004, with an HBO World Championship Boxing fight card headlined by Roy Jones Jr. and Glen Johnson . HD programming can also be broadcast in Dolby Digital 5.1 . The network began transmitting its six multiplex channels in high definition on September 1, 2008, when DirecTV began offering HD simulcast feeds of HBO2, HBO Family, HBO Signature, and HBO Latino. HBO on Demand
17010-495: Was called the breakout star of Euphoria by critics. Demie went on to star in the 2019 film Waves as Alexis, a party girl who is impregnated by her boyfriend, a popular but troubled high school wrestler played by Kelvin Harrison Jr. She watched videos about codependency and drew on her own experience with an emotionally abusive relationship between her and a high school boyfriend, which she described as "very codependent", as
17145-526: Was delayed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the ability to produce the network's launch programming and ending up launching several months before the closing of the Warner Bros. and Discovery Inc. merger. Due to the delay in production, some Magnolia Network programming debuted as part of the January 4, 2021, launch of the Discovery+ streaming service. The transition of the linear DIY Network to
17280-409: Was initially available via Apple Inc. to Apple TV and iOS devices for a three-month exclusivity period following its formal launch, before becoming available for subscription through other participating Internet service providers . Available for $ 15 per month, HBO Now was identical to the former HBO Go in terms of content and features. New episodes of the HBO series were made available for streaming on
17415-423: Was marketed independent of a pay television subscription to the linear HBO service as a standalone platform targeting cord cutters . HBO Now was available online and as apps for Apple iOS and Apple TV devices; Android tablets, phones and Android TV devices; Amazon Fire TV; Roku devices; Xbox consoles ( Xbox 360 and Xbox One ); PlayStation consoles ( PlayStation 3 and later); and select TiVo devices; and as
17550-443: Was originally scheduled to launch a tertiary channel, Cinemax 3, on November 1, 1991, but these plans were shelved until 1996.) While most cable providers collectively offered the HBO and Cinemax multiplex channels in individual tiers, some providers had sold their secondary or tertiary channels as optional add-ons to expanded basic subscribers; this practice was discontinued when HBO and Cinemax began migrating to digital cable in
17685-490: Was scaled back to focus on independent film production in 1984. The current HBO Films unit was formed in October 1999 through the consolidation of HBO Pictures and HBO NYC Productions (created as HBO Showcase in 1986, and following its June 1996 restructuring, had also occasionally produced drama series for the network). Since 1984, HBO Films has also maintained an exclusive licensing agreement with HBO (later expanded to include Cinemax) for theatrical productions produced by
17820-475: Was the conceptual blueprint for the "premium channel", pay television services sold to subscribers for an extra monthly fee that do not accept traditional advertising and present their programming without editing for objectionable material . It eventually became the first television channel in the world to begin transmitting via satellite—expanding the growing regional pay service, originally available to cable and multipoint distribution service (MDS) providers in
17955-678: Was the face of Hugo Boss 's Boss the Scent fragrance in January 2022. In March 2023, he became a global brand ambassador for the Swiss watch company TAG Heuer . In February 2024, Joshua Fox, a producer for the KIIS 106.5 radio show The Kyle and Jackie O Show , alleged on the show that, after he asked Elordi for his bath water—a reference to his role in Saltburn —as a gift for host Jackie O , Elordi pushed him and put his hands around his neck. As of February 2024 ,
18090-530: Was then selected to play Nate Jacobs, a troubled high school football player with an abusive father, whom he portrayed from the show's pilot episode in 2019. Elordi described the character as "a narcissist" and "a sociopath", while Clay Skipper of British GQ referred to the character as an antihero . The role was described by Maanya Sachdeva of The Guardian as an "impressive career pivot" for Elordi and Samantha Bergeson of IndieWire called it his breakout role. During this time, Elordi also appeared in
18225-521: Was told he was too tall to fit into the sample clothes. Elordi attended the private all-boys , Roman Catholic secondary schools of St Kevin's College and St Joseph's College , where he felt "deeply unsettled". According to Elordi, he "barely finished high school". Throughout secondary school, Elordi continued to play rugby until he broke a bone in his back during a match, which, according to him, pushed him away from athletics and toward acting. He has stated that, after reading Waiting for Godot in
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