HBO

Summary

HBO is a film production company^[1]. HBO ranks in the top 0.78% of film_production_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,142 views/month, #5 of 640).^[2]

Key Facts

• HBO is in the country of United States^[3].
• HBO's image is recorded as HBO Headquarters.jpg^[4].
• HBO's instance of is recorded as film production company^[5].
• HBO's instance of is recorded as subscription television channel^[6].
• HBO's founder is recorded as Charles Dolan^[7].
• HBO's owned by is recorded as WarnerMedia^[8].
• HBO's owned by is recorded as Home Box Office, Inc.^[9].
• HBO's owned by is recorded as Warner Bros. Discovery^[10].
• HBO's logo image is recorded as HBO logo.svg^[11].
• HBO's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[12].
• HBO's chief executive officer is recorded as Richard Plepler^[13].
• HBO's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121518480^[14].
• HBO's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136432672^[15].
• HBO's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2008178443^[16].
• HBO's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13881197b^[17].
• HBO's IdRef ID is recorded as 15728283X^[18].
• HBO's IMDb ID is recorded as co0006163^[19].
• HBO's child organization or unit is recorded as Cinemax^[20].
• HBO's child organization or unit is recorded as HBO Films^[21].
• HBO's Commons category is recorded as HBO^[22].
• HBO's industry is recorded as subscription television^[23].
• +1972-11-08T00:00:00Z marks the founding of HBO^[24].
• HBO's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mdt^[25].
• HBO's parent organization or unit is recorded as Warner Bros. Discovery^[26].
• HBO's official website is recorded as https://hbo.com^[27].

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Founding

HBO's founder is recorded as Charles Dolan^[7]. +1972-11-08T00:00:00Z marks the founding of HBO^[24].

Leadership

HBO's chief executive officer is recorded as Richard Plepler^[13].

Operations

HBO's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[12]. HBO's parent organization or unit is recorded as Warner Bros. Discovery^[26]. Subsidiaries include Cinemax^[20], a specialty channel^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1980^[30], headquartered in New York City^[31] and HBO Films^[21], a film production company^[32], founded in 1983^[33], headquartered in United States^[34].

Industry

HBO's industry is recorded as subscription television^[23].

Ownership

Owners include WarnerMedia^[8], a business^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1990^[37], headquartered in Delaware^[38]; Home Box Office, Inc.^[9], a media company^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1972^[41], headquartered in New York City^[42]; and Warner Bros. Discovery^[10], a business^[43], in United States^[44], founded in 2022^[45], headquartered in New York City^[46].

Why It Matters

HBO ranks in the top 0.78% of film_production_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,142 views/month, #5 of 640).^[2] HBO has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] HBO is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]