Home Box Office, Inc.

Home Box Office, Inc.
	Headquarters of HBO at 30 Hudson Yards, New York City
Trade name	HBO Inc.
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment
Predecessor	Sterling Communications (1961–1973)
Founded	February 28, 1973
Founder	Charles Dolan
Headquarters	30 Hudson Yards, New York City, New York, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Casey Bloys (president/Head of Programming); Elana Loewenthal (CMO);
Products	Pay television; Television production;
Brands	HBO; Cinemax; HBO Max;
Revenue	US$5.890 billion (2016)
Operating income	US$1.928 billion (2016)
Owner	Sterling Communications (1971–1973); Time Inc. (1971–1990); WarnerMedia (1990–2022); Warner Bros. Discovery (2022–present);
Parent	Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming & Studios (2025–present)
Divisions	HBO Films; HBO Documentary Films; HBO Entertainment;
Subsidiaries	HBO Europe; HBO Asia;
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Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) is an American multinational media and entertainment company owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its Streaming & Studios division. Founded on February 28, 1973 by Charles Dolan and based out of WarnerMedia's former corporate headquarters at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in the West Side of Manhattan, its main properties include its namesake pay television network, Home Box Office (HBO), sister service Cinemax, HBO Films, and the former HBO Go streaming service, and their secondary HBO-branded service, HBO Max, is operated under sister subsidiary Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming, which shares principal management with Home Box Office, Inc. It has also licensed or maintained ownership interests in international versions of HBO and Cinemax, most of which are managed by Home Box Office, Inc.

The company has achieved several pioneering innovations in the cable television industry, including its satellite uplink of HBO as the first television network in the world to transmit through that technology, and the development of original programming for pay television.