The founding of Home Box Office in the early 1970s was a
harbinger of the innovations that transformed television as an
industry and a technology in the decades that followed. HBO quickly
became synonymous with subscription television and became the
leading force in cable programming. Having interests in television,
motion picture, and home video industries was crucial to its
success. HBO diversified into original television and movie
production, home video sales, and international distribution as
these once-separate entertainment sectors began converging into a
global entertainment industry in the mid-1980s. HBO has grown from
a domestic movie channel to an international cable-and-satellite
network with a presence in over seventy countries. It is now a
full-service content provider with a distinctive brand of original
programming and landmark shows such as The Sopranos and Sex and the
City. The network is widely recognized for its award-winning,
innovative and provocative programming, including dramatic series
such as Six Feet Under and The Wire, miniseries such as Band of
Brothers and Angels in America, comedies such as Curb Your
Enthusiasm and Def Comedy Jam, sports shows such as Inside the NFL
and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, documentary series such as Taxi
Cab Confessions and Autopsy, and six Oscar-winning documentaries
between 1999 and 2004. In The Essential HBO Reader, editors Gary R.
Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones bring together an accomplished group
of scholars to explain how HBO's programming transformed the world
of cable television and how the network continues to shape popular
culture and the television industry. Now, after more than three and
a half decades, HBO has won acclaim in four distinct programming
areas -- drama, comedy, sports, and documentaries -- emerging as
TV's gold standard for its breakout series and specials. The
Essential HBO Reader provides a comprehensive and compelling
examination of HBO's development into the prototypical
entertainment corporation of the twenty-first century.
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