Foxtel signs HBO deal

MUMBAI: Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has signed a new agreement which will provide its customers with first run HBO content as well as access to HBO library content including premium drama series.

The deal is an output agreement that gives Foxtel exclusive access to new HBO series, miniseries, comedy specials and documentaries.

Series titles include ?Boardwalk Empire?, ?Game of Thrones?, as well as ?Girls, ?True Blood?, ?Treme?, ?Veep? and ?Eastbound and Down?, among others.

Foxtel CEO Richard Freudenstein said, "This deal will ensure our customers will always see these compelling HBO shows exclusively first-run, with many of the key dramas broadcast express from the US as soon as the day after their original air-date."

HBO content will premiere on Foxtel?s premium drama channel, showcase, which will become Australia?s ?home of HBO?. In addition, subscribers will be able to rediscover a library of classic HBO shows like The Sopranos?and Six Feet Under? on our newest channel, SoHo which successfully launched to all subscribers in August with the premiere of HBO?s latest hit series, ?The Newsroom?."

HBO International, content distribution president Simon Sutton said, "We believe Foxtel will be a terrific partner and we look forward to working with them to bring the latest and greatest HBO entertainment to audiences in Australia".

Customers will be able to watch HBO shows in stunning High Definition. The deal includes the right to deliver HBO content via linear channels and on demand on Foxtel?s iQ set-top-box and IP delivered services such as Foxtel on Xbox 360.