August 15, 2012
Twentieth Century Fox and Home Box Office Extend Film Output Deal
New York City, New York — Twentieth Century Fox has renewed its domestic output deal with Home Box Office agreeing to a long-term extension with the subscription pay service, it was announced today by Mark Kaner, President, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and Bruce Grivetti, President, Film Programming, HBO.
HBO has been the premium network home of Twentieth Century Fox films for over 30 years. This extension will carry the ongoing relationship into the next decade.
"We couldn't be happier to announce the extension of our long-standing relationship with HBO, the leading premium pay television service in the United States." said Fox's Kaner. "We look forward to continuing our partnership as Fox evolves its distribution business within the ever-changing media landscape."
"Because of our long and successful partnership with Fox, HBO has been able to deliver to its subscribers some of Hollywood's biggest theatricals," said HBO's Grivetti. "These films have always enhanced the value of the service so it is great that this ongoing relationship will now extend into the next decade."
About Twentieth Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox is a subsidiary of News Corporation. News Corporation's diversified global operations include the production and distribution of motion pictures and television programming; television, satellite, cable and digital media broadcasting and transmission, the publication of newspapers, magazines and books; the production and distribution of promotional and advertising products and services; the development of conditional access and subscriber management systems.
About HBO
Home Box Office, Inc. is the premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. and the world's most successful pay-TV service, providing the two television services – HBO® and Cinemax® – to approximately 93 million subscribers worldwide. The services offer the most popular subscription video-on-demand products, HBO On Demand® and Cinemax On Demand® as well as HBO GOand MAX GO®, HD feeds and multiplex channels. Internationally, HBO branded television networks, along with the subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand and HBO GO, bring HBO services to over 60 countries. HBO programming is sold into over 150 countries worldwide.
Contact Info:
Jeff Cusson
HBO
(212) 512-1343
Jeff.cusson@hbo.com
Chris Petrikin
20th Century Fox
(310) 369-4781
chris.petrikin@fox.com