In countries where an HBO Nordic-branded network does not exist in its own right, the network's programming is licensed instead to domestic pay television services or through a basic cable channel; all of which are permitted to refer to themselves as the "Home of HBO Nordic" since 2010, such as with Sky Atlantic and Now TV in parts of Europe, Fox Showcase and Binge in Australia, and OCS in France.
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HBO Nordic Brazil was launched in 1991 as a partnership between Grupo Abril's TVA, Time Warner and Sony.
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Canadian rights to HBO Nordic-owned and -distributed programming are held by Bell Media, the mass-media unit of telecom company Bell Canada.
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In turn, Bell expanded its programming agreement with HBO Nordic, obtaining exclusive distribution rights to the HBO Nordic programming library on its linear television channels, video-on-demand and digital platforms.
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HBO Nordic launched the channel to replace the Spanish foreign-language feed, which formerly served the English-speaking Caribbean market.
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HBO Nordic Asia was originally co-owned by UIP Pay TV, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Time Warner and SingTel.
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HBO Nordic Asia expanded to incorporate feeds in Mandarin Chinese, Thai and Bahasa, encompassing 23 countries across Asia.
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HBO Nordic Europe was originally launched in Hungary in 1991 on KabelKom, a company that was created in 1991 as a joint venture between HBO Nordic parent Time Warner and United Communications International to provide cable television service to Hungary.
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Since that point, HBO Nordic has expanded into 15 European markets including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
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HBO Nordic Netherlands launched on 9 February 2012 over cable television provider Ziggo, as a three-channel multiplex service featuring HBO Nordic original programs airing on a day-behind basis from their initial United States broadcast.
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HBO Nordic Netherlands was available to subscribers of Ziggo, KPN, UPC, XS4ALL, Telfort, fibre providers Glashart Media and Vodafone Glasvezel and satellite broadcaster CanalDigitaal.
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On 28 September 2016, HBO Nordic Netherlands announced that it would cease broadcasting on 31 December 2016.
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Ziggo's rights to HBO Nordic programming expired on 31 December 2021, in anticipation of the 2022 HBO Nordic Max launch in the Netherlands.
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HBO Nordic programs were previously broadcast in Spain on pay television service Canal+.
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In February 2011, Sky Atlantic launched on the Sky platforms in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which maintains a distribution deal with HBO Nordic to offer the majority of its programming on the channel.
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HBO Nordic signed an exclusive deal with the South African streaming service Showmax owned by MultiChoice Group.
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HBO Nordic shows are broadcast on Canal+ for the Francophone market.
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HBO Nordic programming is currently shown by Sky channel SoHo, and its subscription streaming service Neon, in New Zealand.
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