HBO Asia

HBO
CountrySingapore
Broadcast area
  • Southeast Asia
  • Hong Kong
  • Macau
  • Nepal
  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan
NetworkHBO
Headquarters151 Lorong Chuan, New Technology Park 04-05, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore
Programming
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese)
  • Malay
  • Indonesian
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
ParentHome Box Office, Inc.
History
Launched1 May 1992 (1992-05-01)
ReplacedRed by HBO (Philippines, SatLite only)
Closed1 January 2017 (2017-01-01) (Truevisions)
12 May 2023 (2023-05-12) (MNC Vision)
1 December 2025 (2025-12-01) (Sky Cable)
Former namesMovieVision (1992โ€“1995)
Availability
Terrestrial
Cignal TV (Philippines)Channel 53 (SD)
Channel 210 (HD)
Transvision (Indonesia)Channel 100 (HD)
SatLite (Philippines)Channel 73
Singtel TV (Singapore)Channel 420 (HD)
StarHub TV (Singapore)Channel 601 (HD)

HBO Asia is the Asian division of HBO, headquartered in Singapore. Originally launched on 1 May 1992 as MovieVision, it was rebranded on 1 June 1995 to its current name upon Home Box Office, Inc. purchase. The Singaporean-based broadcast network offers advertisement-free channels and services โ€“ including HBO, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Hits and Cinemax โ€“ as well as HBO Go and HBO on Demand. They also became the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst in Asia.