HBO

Home Box Office

1972–1975

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For the first four years of the network's existence, HBO identified itself with a still image of its original logo, a ticket stub and the channel's full name "Home Box Office" surrounded by a marquee light design.

1975–1980

HBO's logo has looked essentially the same since 1975, utilizing a simple wordmark with a circle inside the "O." One difference is that the early logo had the "O" overlapping the "B." The logo and the next one were designed by Betty Brugger, the Art Director for Time-Life at that time. In network IDs, the 1975 version of the HBO logo was often accompanied by three red, yellow and blue lines.

1980–present

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In 1980, the logo was revised and the "O" was moved slightly to the right. The older 1975 logo and its tri-colored lines were gradually phased out in 1981; a major reason for the change was that the partially obscured "B" gave people the impression it was actually an "E."

In 1982, HBO introduced a well-known intro for its feature presentations that was created by Liberty Studios, and has been given the nickname "HBO in Space" by many viewers. In the intro, the camera would pan through a model city before going into outer space, with a stargate effect that reveals a silver HBO logo, which rotates across a starfield and moves toward the camera before multi-colored beams move around the "O" and take the camera inside it, where the type of program is revealed (generally the feature presentation). For many years, a shorter version of this opening sequence was used, which started from the portion of the sequence showing the starfield.

Another well known use of the HBO logo is the "static intro" shown immediately before and after HBO's original productions.

Another well know use of the HBO Logo is the HBO City logo used from 1998-2011.

HBO Original Programming

In 2010, two new idents for HBO (created by JL Design) were launched. The two new idents are Magnet and Dreamscape.

For on-screen logos, see HBO/Other

External links

http://www.hbo.com/

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Predecessors

Other assets:
Fandango Media (assets)¹¹ | The Wolper Organization | Turner Entertainment Co. | Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures | WaterTower Music

Specialty streaming:
Discovery VR | Motor Trend On Demand | Food Network Kitchen

CNN Worldwide
U.S. domestic networks
CNN

Former channels
CNN-D (Germany) | CNN Philippines (English) | CNN+ (TV channel)³² (Spanish) | CNN Airport

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HBO

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

Other assets
HBO Go | HBO Max (Belgium & the Netherlands)

Upcoming programming
The White House Plumbers

¹15% with Robert Johnson, BET executives and shareholders, Taft Television & Radio Company and Liberty Media/Tele-Communications Inc., sold its stake in 1996
²50% with Viacom (1990-2003)
³Joint venture with CBS and Columbia Pictures. In December 1986, TriStar was sold to Columbia Pictures
⁴Joint venture with Mei Ah Entertainment

Production studios:
HBO Films | HBO Documentary Films | HBO Entertainment | HBO Enterprises | HBO Kids

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Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

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Ole Distribution

Joint-venture between Warner Bros. Discovery and Ole Communications

A+E Networks Latin America
A&E | History Channel | History 2 | Lifetime

Sony Pictures Television Networks Latin America
Sony Channel | AXN | Sony Movies

Others:
IVC Network

¹ Most channels distributed in Spanish-speaking Latin America by Ole Distribution. Brazil distribution and marketing are handled by Globo; except for Universal+, E! and DreamWorks, whose Brazilian versions are also operated by NBCUIN & DTC LATAM and distributed by Ole Distribution
² Except in Mexico, where distribution are handled by Televisa Networks