HBO (Home Box Office) is the premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner. It offers two 24-hour pay television services - HBO and Cinemax - to over 40 million U.S. subscribers. The services include the subscription video on demand products, HBO On Demand and Cinemax On Demand, as well as multiplex channels and HD feeds. Internationally the subscription video on demand products HBO On Demand and HBO Mobile, along with HBO branded joint ventures, bring HBO services to over 50 countries. HBO programming is sold into over 150 countries worldwide.http://www.timewarner.com/corp/businesses/detail/hbo/index.html History In 1965, cable pioneer Charles Dolan won the franchise to build a cable system in lower Manhattan. The new system, called Sterling Manhattan Cable by Mr. Dolan, was the nation's first urban underground cable system. Rather than stringing cable on telephone poles and using microwave antennas to recei