HBO Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===List of HBO channels=== Depending on the service provider, HBO provides up to seven 24-hour multiplex channels—all of which are simulcast in both [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] and [[high-definition television|high definition]], and available as time zone-based regional feeds—as well as a [[video on demand|subscription video-on-demand]] service (HBO On Demand). Off-the-air maintenance periods of anywhere from a half-hour up to two hours occur at varied overnight/early morning time slots (usually preceding the 6:00 a.m. ET/PT start of the defined broadcast day) once per month on each channel. HBO transmits feeds of its primary and multiplex channels on both Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules. The respective coastal feeds of each channel are usually packaged together, resulting in the [[Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting|difference in local airtimes]] for a particular movie or program between two geographic locations being three hours at most; the opposite-region feed (i.e., the Pacific Time feeds in the Eastern and Central Time Zones, and the Eastern Time feeds in the Pacific, Mountain and [[Alaska Time Zone]]s) serves as a [[timeshift channel]], allowing viewers who may have missed a particular program at its original local airtime to watch it three hours after its initial airing or allowing them to watch a program up to four hours, depending on the applicable time zone, in advance of their local airtime on their corresponding primary coastal feed. (Most cable, satellite, and IPTV providers, as well as its Amazon Prime Video and Roku OTT channels, only offer the East and West Coast feeds of the main HBO channel; some conventional television providers may include coastal feeds of HBO2 in certain areas, while wider availability of coastal feeds for the other five multiplex channels is limited to subscribers of [[DirecTV]], [[YouTube TV]] and the [[Hulu]] live TV service.) HBO maintains a separate feed for the [[Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone]]—the only American cable-originated television network to offer a timeshift feed for Hawaii viewers—operating a three-hour-delayed version of the primary channel's Pacific Time feed for subscribers of [[Charter Spectrum|Oceanic Spectrum]], which otherwise transmits Pacific Time feeds for the six other HBO multiplex channels. (The state's other major cable provider, [[Hawaiian Telcom]], offers the Pacific Time Zone feed of all seven channels.) {| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |- style="color:white;" ! style="background-color: #8B0000"| Channel ! style="background-color: #8B0000"| Description and programming |- | style="text-align:center; width:130pt;"|[[File:HBO logo.svg|125px]]<br />'''HBO''' || style="text-align: left;"|HBO, the [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] channel, airs first-run and blockbuster feature films, original series, and made-for-cable movies, sports-focused magazine and documentary series, comedy and occasional concert specials, and documentaries. (Newer episodes of the channel's original series are mainly shown on Sunday and Monday evenings as well as on Fridays during the late prime time and late-access periods.) It also airs premieres of recent theatrical or new HBO original movies, marketed as the "HBO Movie Premiere", on selected Saturday nights (usually at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The main HBO channel mainly airs R-rated films after 5:00 p.m. (or sometimes as early as 2:30 p.m.) Eastern and Pacific, and TV-MA-rated programs (usually edited for daytime airings to limit scenes of graphic violence, excluding sexual content and nudity included in original versions shown on the main channel only at night) after 1:00 p.m. ET/PT. |- | style="text-align: center; width:130pt;"|[[File: HBO 2 (2014).svg|125px]]<br />'''HBO2''' || style="text-align: left;"|HBO's secondary channel; HBO2 offers a separate schedule of theatrical and original made-for-cable movies (including daytime airings of R-rated films that the main HBO channel is usually restricted from airing in the morning, early- and mid-afternoon hours), series and specials, as well as same-week, rebroadcasts of newer films, and recent episodes and occasional complete-season "catch-up" [[marathon (media)|marathons]] of original series first aired on the primary HBO channel. Launched on August 1, 1991, HBO2 originally used a channel-specific version of the main HBO channel's then-current on-air look; by 1993, this was replaced with a spartan "program grid" layout during promotional breaks, similar to the visual appearance then used by the [[History of Pop (American TV channel)|Prevue Channel]] (and subsequently applied by HBO 3 [now HBO Signature], Cinemax 2 [now MoreMax] and Cinemax 3 [now ActionMax]). The channel was rebranded as '''HBO Plus''' on October 1, 1998, concurrently adopting a distinct on-air look from the primary channel.<ref name="man-premiums">{{cite web|title=Premium Nets: More Screens Mean More Value|url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/premium-nets-more-screens-mean-more-value-156907|author=Ray Richmond|periodical=Multichannel News|date=December 6, 1998|access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> Since reversing the "HBO2" brand in September 2002, the channel has used minor variations of the main HBO channel's on-air identity. |- | style="text-align: center; width:130pt;"|[[File: HBO Comedy (2014).svg|125px]]<br />'''HBO Comedy''' || style="text-align: left;"|Launched on May 6, 1999,<ref name="HBO Laughs">{{cite web|title=HBO courts Gen X with laughs|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/1888985/hbo-courts-gen-x-laughs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232700/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/1888985/hbo-courts-gen-x-laughs|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 30, 2013|author=Nolan Marchand|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|via=EBSCO|date=May 3, 1999|access-date=March 11, 2013}}</ref> HBO Comedy features comedic films, as well as rebroadcasts of HBO's original comedy series and stand-up specials; although the channel broadcasts R-rated films during the daytime hours, HBO Comedy only airs adult comedy specials at night. |- | style="text-align: center; width:130pt;"|[[File: HBO Family (2014).svg|125px]]<br />'''HBO Family''' || style="text-align: left;"|Launched on December 1, 1996,<ref name="HBO Family">{{cite news|title=Channel's Success Breeds Suitors, Imitators While Tim Robertson Has Helped Turn Family Values into Big Business, His Family Connections Are Impeding His Ambitious Plans|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73151944.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508070918/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73151944.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2013|author=Mark Robichaux|newspaper=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|date=September 1, 1996}}</ref> HBO Family features movies and series aimed at children, as well as feature films intended for a broader family audience. A [[block programming|block]] of children's series aimed at the 2–11 age demographic, "[[HBO Kids]]" (formerly known as "Jam" from August 2001 to January 2016), consisting of programs rated TV-Y and TV-Y7, is also offered weekdays from 6:00 to (approximately) 8:00 am; movies and family-oriented original specials occupy the remainder of the channel's daily schedule.<ref>'' HBO Family'' channel on-air</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HBO Family Schedule: Grid View|url=http://www.hbofamily.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet|website=HBO Family|publisher=Home Box Office, Inc.|date=September 11, 2001|access-date=October 5, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016035343/http://www.hbofamily.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet|archive-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> Movie presentations on HBO Family are restricted to encompass films rated G, PG, or PG-13 (or the [[TV Parental Guidelines|equivalent]] TV-G, TV-PG, or TV-14), and as such, it is the only HBO channel that does not air R, NC-17, or TV-MA rated program content. Originally intended as a secondary service for HBO's family-oriented programming, HBO Family assumed exclusivity over the children's programs (which formerly aired in a daily morning block on the main channel) and family-oriented specials (previously shown on HBO in late afternoon or early evening timeslots) when HBO stopped running these programs on its primary channel in 2001. HBO currently offers no children's programming on its main channel, since WarnerMedia's shift of the production contract to HBO Max resulted in the July 2020 discontinuance of a Saturday morning block of series produced by Sesame Workshop added to the primary channel in 2017. |- | style="text-align: center; width:130pt;"|[[File: HBO Latino (2014).svg|125px]]<br />'''HBO Latino''' || style="text-align: left;"|Launched on November 1, 2000 (although originally slated to debut on September 18 of that year),<ref name="tw-hbolatinolaunch"/><ref>{{cite news|title=HBO Latino set to debut on Monday|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4559692.html|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=September 15, 2000|access-date=March 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507082535/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4559692.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 7, 2013}}</ref> HBO Latino offers programming catering to [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic and Latino American]] audiences, including HBO original productions, Spanish and Portuguese series sourced from HBO Latin America, dubbed versions of American theatrical releases, and domestic and imported Spanish-language films. Outside of breakaways for exclusive original and acquired programs, and separate promotional advertising between programs, HBO Latino largely acts as a de facto Spanish language simulcast of the primary HBO channel. (All other HBO multiplex channels provide alternate Spanish audio tracks of most of their programming via second audio program feeds.) HBO Latino is the indirect successor to HBO en Español (originally named Selecciones en Español de HBO y Cinemax), which launched in 1989. |- | style="text-align: center; width:130pt;"|[[File: HBO Signature (2014).svg|125px]]<br />'''HBO Signature''' || style="text-align: left;"|HBO Signature features high-quality films, HBO original series, and specials. Launched on August 1, 1991, the channel was originally known as "''' HBO 3'''" until September 30, 1998, maintaining a genericized format similar to HBO and HBO2; it rebranded as HBO Signature the following day (October 1), when its programming shifted focus around movies, series and specials targeted at a female audience and retransmits HBO productions.<ref name="man-premiums"/><ref name="HBO digital networks"/> |- | style="text-align: center; width:130pt;"|[[File: HBO Zone (2014).svg|125px]]<br />'''HBO Zone''' || style="text-align: left;"|Launched on May 6, 1999,<ref name="HBO Laughs"/> HBO Zone airs movies and HBO original programs aimed at young adults between the ages of 18 and 34. Until Home Box Office, Inc. removed sister network Cinemax's [[Cinemax#Max After Dark|Max After Dark]] adult programming block and all associated programming from its other television and streaming platforms in 2018, HBO Zone also carried [[softcore pornography|softcore pornographic]] films acquired for the Cinemax block in late-night, dependent on their inclusion on each day's program schedule; as such, it is the only HBO channel that has aired adult-oriented pornographic movies on its regular schedule.<ref name="wrap-hbodropsadultprog">{{cite web|title=No More 'Taxicab Confessions': HBO Removes All of Its Adult Entertainment Programming|url=https://www.thewrap.com/hbo-quietly-removed-all-of-its-adult-entertainment/|author=Tim Baysinger|website=[[TheWrap]]|date=August 28, 2018|access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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