HBO Family is a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by HBO Asia, launched on 16 March 2006, together with HBO Hits.[1] It features children's programming, comedy, family and drama films.
Following the closure of the U.S. feed on 15 August 2025, the Asian and Latin American feeds are the only HBO Family feeds outside of the U.S.[2][3]
Programming
Info Programming
HBO Family Asia has licensing deals with 5 major Hollywood conglomerate film studios:
- Warner Bros. Discovery (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, HBO Films, Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Independent Pictures)
- Paramount Skydance (Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage)
- NBCUniversal (Universal Pictures)
- Sony Pictures
- Independent Film Productions such as Lionsgate Films, Regency Enterprises, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, A24, etc.
Non-closure
On August 2025 after the channel is only closing in the U.S but its continuing to operate in Mongolia & other asian contries due to HBO Max is not available in East Asia and also there's no finance issue in East Asia
External links
References
- Magz Osborne. HBO Asia to launch pair Variety, 2006-03-13, retrieved 2023-10-24^
- Michael Schneider. HBO Family, ThrillerMax and Other Multiplex Channels to Be Shut Down by Warner Bros. Discovery Variety, 2025-06-13, retrieved 2025-06-13^
- Luke Bouma. HBO Is Shutting Down Multiple Channels Including HBO Family & More Cord Cutters News, 2025-06-11, retrieved 2025-06-13^