HBO Family (Asian TV channel)

HBO Family is a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned HBO Asia. It features children's programming, comedy, family and drama films.

HBO Family
Programming

Country	Singapore
Broadcast area	Asia
Network	HBO
Headquarters	151 Lorong Chuan, New Tech Park 04–05, Singapore
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 anamorphic widescreen or letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	HBO Asia Pte Ltd (Warner Bros. Discovery International)
Sister channels	Boomerang Cartoon Network Cinemax HBO HBO Signature HBO Hits Red by HBO (2010-2021)
History
Launched	1 January 2005 (2005-01-01) 15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) (Malaysia) 1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) (Brunei)
Replaced	FOX Movies (Cignal TV channel space) Available on Channel 211 (now on HD)
Links
Website	Official website
Availability

Streaming media
HBO Go	Watch live
Astro (Malaysia)	Astro GO

Programming

Current Programming

Crashbox
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
HBO Storybook Musicals
Space Nova
Hollywood on Set
Saving My Tomorrow
Zoom the White Dolphin
The New Adventures of Lassie

Former Programming

External links

Official website

Home Box Office, Inc.

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

Executives

Ann Sarnoff (Chairman, WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group)
Gerhard Zeiler (President, WarnerMedia International)
John K. Billock (President, HBO U.S. Group)
Casey Bloys (President of Programming)
Elana Loewenthal (Chief Marketing Officer)

Networks and
OTT platforms

U.S. services

Linear TV	HBO (Multiplex) Cinemax (Multiplex)

International¹

HBO	Asia HBO Family HBO Hits HBO Signature Brazil Canada² Europe HBO Go (streaming service)
Cinemax	Cinemax Asia Cinemax Central Europe

Ventures

HBO Films

Defunct and
former ventures

Bad Wolf Ltd
BET Holdings, Inc. (1985–96)³
Comedy Central (1991–04)⁴
Festival (1986–88)
HBO Boxing Pay-Per-View (1990–2018)
HBO en Español (1989–99)⁵
HBO Defined (India; 2013–15)
HBO Downtown Productions (1989–2001)
HBO Hits (India; 2013–16)
HBO Home Entertainment (1984–2019)⁶
HBO Independent Productions (1990–2006)
HBO Netherlands (2012–16)
HBO NYC Productions (1986–99)
Take 2 (1979–81)
Time Life Television (1968–81)
TriStar Pictures (1983–86)⁷
HBO Nordic (2012–21)
HBO España (2016–2021)
Red by HBO (2010–21)
HBO Now (2015–20)
HBO Latin America Group (1991–2018)
HBO Portugal (2012–22)

Miscellaneous

¹ Except where otherwise noted, HBO's international services are operated by Home Box Office, Inc. through WarnerMedia International.
² Owned by Bell Media; Warner Bros. Discovery licenses HBO programming and branding to Bell for the service.
³ Home Box Office, Inc. (through Time, Inc./Time Warner) maintained a minority stake in BET Holdings.
⁴ Originally operated as a 50/50 equity split with Viacom, which bought HBO/Time Warner's stake in Comedy Central in 2004.
⁵ Originally named Selecciones en Español de HBO y Cinemax from 1989 to 1993.
⁶ HBO Home Entertainment was transferred to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group in 2019.
⁷ TriStar was founded and initially operated as a joint venture between HBO/Time, Inc., CBS and Columbia Pictures; Columbia and TriStar are both currently owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
⁸ Operated as a joint venture between HBO and HGTV Canada (owned by Corus Entertainment).

Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks
Factual Network Group	Discovery Channel Discovery en Español American Heroes Channel Animal Planet Investigation Discovery Science Channel Production Discovery Studios Discovery Digital Studios
Lifestyle & Entertainment Group	Destination America Discovery Life Food Network (69%) Cooking Channel HGTV Hogar de HGTV Oprah Winfrey Network (95%) TBS TCM TLC TNT Travel Channel TruTV
Kids, Young Adults & Classics Group	Cartoon Network Adult Swim Toonami Cartoonito Boomerang Plus Discovery Family (60%) Discovery Familia Production Cartoon Network Studios Warner Bros. Animation Williams Street Williams Street Records
Defunct and former ventures	3net (2011–14) BET Holdings, Inc. (1985–96) C4 (2003–14) Canal 8 Sport (2012–15) Comedy Central (1991–2004) Discovery Civilization (Latin American TV channel) (2005–21) Discovery Family (France) (2017–22) Discovery Geschichte (2005–09) Discovery Health Channel (1998–2010) Discovery People (1997–2000) Discovery Shed (2009–21) Discovery Travel & Living (brand) (1998–2013) Eurosport News (2000–18) Festival (1986–88) FitTV (1993–2011) Food Network (New Zealand) (2005–21) Four (1997–2003; 2011–16) GXT (2005–14) HBO Boxing Pay-Per-View (1990–2018) HBO Defined (India; 2013–15) HBO Downtown Productions (1989–2001) HBO en Español (1989–99) HBO Hits (India; 2013–16) HBO Independent Productions (1990–2001) HBO Netherlands (2012–16) HBO Now (2014–20) HBO NYC Productions (1986–99) Take 2 (1979–81) HBO Home Entertainment (1984–19) Quest Arabiya (2015–19) Setanta Sports Asia (2011–20) ThreeLife (2018–20) TriStar Pictures (1983–86) Vivolta (20%; 2007–18)

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