Home Box Office facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
HBO
Type	Cable network (movies, sports)
Country
Availability	United States, national
Headquarters	New York City
Owner	Home Box Office, Inc. (Time Warner)
Key people	Bill Nelson - CEO
Launch date	November 8, 1972
Former names	None
Official website	http://www.hbo.com/

HBO (Home Box Office) is an American cable television network. HBO show movies made for theaters as well as television. The also show many original television programs, including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, and Big Love. Other popular series include Oz, True Blood, Carnivàle, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Game of Thrones, Sesame Street, The Wire, Entourage, and Deadwood. HBO is owned by Time Warner.

Images for kids

Original HBO logo, used from November 8, 1972, to April 30, 1975.
Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi and former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey at the New York City premiere of Pelosi's HBO documentary about McGreevey, Fall to Grace, in March 2013.
Rotating logo segment from the "HBO in Space" feature presentation sequence, used from September 20, 1982, to October 31, 1997.
End card from "HBO City" feature presentation sequence, used since March 4, 2017. Bylines appearing beneath the logo differ by channel and daypart: "Movie Premiere" (for Saturday film premieres on the main channel), "Movie Presentation" (used by most HBO channels, except HBO Family, as a generic movie bumper) and "Presentación de Película" (for movies shown on HBO Latino).