Foxtel has signed an output agreement which will provide its customers with exclusive first run HBO content as well as access to the HBO library. The deal gives Foxtel exclusive rights to new HBO series, miniseries, comedy specials and documentaries.

HBO original programming includes titles such as the multi-award-winning Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones, as well as Girls, True Blood, Treme, Veep and Eastbound & Down.

“HBO content will premiere on Foxtel’s premium drama channel, showcase, which will become Australia’s ‘home of HBO’. In addition, subscribers will be able to rediscover a library of classic HBO shows like The Sopranos and Six Feet Under on our newest channel, SoHo, which successfully launched to all subscribers in August with the premiere of HBO’s latest hit series, The Newsroom,” said Richard Freudenstein, CEO, Foxtel.

Customers will be able to watch HBO shows in HD. The deal includes the right to deliver HBO content via linear channels and on-demand on Foxtel’s iQ set-top box, and via IP-delivered services such as Foxtel on Xbox 360.