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HBO (Home Box Office)

By: Jennifer Ferreira
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society
Edited by: Frederick F. Wherry & Juliet B. Schor
Subject:Economics (general)

Home Box Office (HBO) is a cable and satellite television network in the United States known for its original TV dramas, comedies, miniseries, [Page 849]movies, documentaries, and sporting programs. A subsidiary of Time Warner, it was one of the first commercially successful paid-for TV ventures, as well as the first paid-for TV provider to air a sporting event live.

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HBO was established in 1972 after Charles Dolan, owner of Sterling Manhattan Cable and developer of the first urban underground cable TV system in the United States, conceived of the idea of creating a new paid-for entertainment channel featuring movies and sports. HBO was launched with the broadcast of the film Sometimes a Great Notion, followed by an NHL (National Hockey League) game between the ...

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  Ferreira, J. (2015). Hbo (home box office). In F. Wherry, & J. Schor (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of economics and society (Vol. 1, pp. 849-850). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452206905.n337
  
  Ferreira, Jennifer. "HBO (Home Box Office)." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society, edited by Wherry, Frederick F., and Juliet B. Schor, 849-50. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452206905.n337.
  
  Ferreira, J. 2015. HBO (Home Box Office). In: Frederick F. Wherry and Juliet B. Schor Editors, 2015. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 849-850 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452206905.n337> [Accessed 24 May 2022].
  
  Ferreira, Jennifer. "HBO (Home Box Office)." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society. Edited by Frederick F. Wherry and Juliet B. Schor. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015, pp. 849-50. SAGE Knowledge. 24 May 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452206905.n337.
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