Overview Singapore-based HBO Asia was launched in 1992. HBO Asia is able to bring the best of Hollywood to Asia first because of its exclusive licensing deals with major Hollywood studios – Columbia/TriStar, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. HBO Asia offers five 24-hour, commercial-free subscription movie channels – HBO, HBO SIGNATURE, HBO FAMILY, HBO HITS and CINEMAX, – as well as a subscription video on demand service, HBO ON DEMAND. In addition to the proprietary and award-winning HBO Original programs that are produced exclusively for HBO viewers, HBO works with a large number of major independent production companies to secure exclusive rights to a host of quality movies. HBO Asia is a joint venture of HBO and Paramount. HBO has a viewing subscriber base of 31 million and is seen in 22 countries throughout Asia – including Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, People’s Republic of China, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and on military bases in South Korea. HBO is broadcast entirely in English with closed-captioned subtitling in Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Cyrillic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese. HBO premieres the latest and biggest blockbuster movies first on Asian television. HBO SIGNATURE offers groundbreaking and cutting-edge programs including award-winning HBO Original Productions. HBO HITS has Hollywood’s all-time greatest movies. HBO FAMILY offers wholesome, entertaining and fun movies suitable for the entire family. CINEMAX is the channel for fans of action, science-fiction and suspense movies.