HBO Nederland (Home Box Office) was a Dutch
premium television network, owned by a joint venture between
HBO and the largest cable television operator in the Netherlands,
Ziggo
Ziggo Holding B.V. () is the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers.
History
The company is the result of the merger between ...
. It launched on 9 February 2012. HBO Nederland offered three television channels, available in
HD and
SD,
video-on-demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of ...
services and HBO GO. The programming consisted of
HBO's own productions, TV series, documentaries and films from
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...
.
HBO Netherlands closed on 31 December 2016. Cable company
Ziggo
Ziggo Holding B.V. () is the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers.
History
The company is the result of the merger between ...
has acquired the broadcasting licenses of HBO content for the Dutch market.
Channels
* HBO: Main flagship channel with television premieres
* HBO 2: Second channel with a focus on
drama
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and
comedy
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* HBO 3: Third channel with a focus on action and
thriller
* HBO On Demand
* HBO GO
See also
*
HBO
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Television in the Netherlands
Television in the Netherlands was officially introduced in 1951. In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks, such as RTL Nederland, and a system of public broadcasters sharing three channels, NPO 1 ...
References
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HBO Netherlands
Defunct television channels in the Netherlands
Television channels and stations established in 2012
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2016