16-12-2013

UPC Romania launches HBO GO – over 1500 hours of premium entertainment available on all devices

    Bucharest, December 16, 2013 – Starting December 13, UPC subscribers in Romania can now enjoy over 1500 hours of HBO premium content from HBO Romania (HBO TV series, HBO original productions, films, documentaries and special programming), on PC, smart TV, laptop, tablets or smartphones.

    "65% of internet users go online for video streaming*, and the importance of this service has increased significantly in the last years. HBO GO is an alternative watching option which our clients have long been waiting for because it offers mobility, flexibility, exclusive content and previews – in short, a multi-beneficial digital experience.”, says Robert Redeleanu, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), UPC Romania.

    The impressive collection of films and series available to the subscribers and the possibility of watching premium content before its release on HBO or any other channel are the main attractions of the online HBO GO service. Every week, the online platform gets an additional 30 hours of new video content which the subscribers can watch as many times as they want. 

    The service can be configured on 4 different terminals and it offers the subscribers the possibility to change the language and subtitling settings and to pause and restart the programs; in addition, the service offers the "parental control" function, which allows parents to block access to certain programmes.

    Contacts

    HBO Romania  - Irina Catanchin <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

    HBO Europe - Gerry Buckland <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> +336 1757 3478 / +44 7774 860011

    ABOUT HBO EUROPE

    Home Box Office, America’s leading premium television network, provides basic and premium pay television entertainment channels for cable TV, Direct-to-Home and MMDS platforms. HBO Europe - owned by Home Box Office, Inc. - currently provides basic and premium channels to 15 countries: Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Moldova, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

    In the Netherlands, HBO Europe provides HBO HD and SD channels, HBO On Demand and HBO GO through HBO Nederland, a joint venture between HBO and Ziggo BV.

    HBO Europe offers five high quality movie channels (HBO, HBO2, HBO Comedy, Cinemax and Cinemax2) and six high definition channels (HBO HD, HBO2 HD, HBO3 HD, HBO Comedy HD, Cinemax HD and Cinemax2 HD), as well as the subscription video on demand service HBO ON DEMAND, and the broadband SVOD service, HBO GO.

    HBO Europe is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary