HBO NOW® Available to Consolidated Communications Customers
October 02 2017 - 10:00AM
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNSL), a leading
broadband and business communications provider, today announced it
has reached an agreement with Home Box Office, Inc. to bring HBO
NOW®, a standalone streaming service to its broadband
customers. HBO NOW provides audiences with instant access to
all of HBO—addictive series, unforgettable movies,
thought-provoking documentaries, thrilling sports programs and
entertaining comedy and music specials—and customers will have
access to a 30-day free trial offer.
“We’re very excited to build upon our partnerships
with Consolidated Communications and bring the best HBO
entertainment to their broadband customers,” said Cheryl Tuverson,
director, domestic network distribution, HBO. “This deal represents
the commitment our companies share to evolve with our audiences,
bringing them the very best programming in all the ways they want
to access it.”
“The addition of HBO Now further enhances our streaming content
offering giving customers instant access to all of HBO,” said Rob
Koester, vice president of product management, consumer services at
Consolidated Communications. “We’re excited to be among the
first cable providers in the U.S. to offer HBO Now giving our
broadband customers even more in-demand content.” Consolidated
customers can sign up for a 30-day introductory free trial of HBO
NOW. After signing up, customers can access the service by
downloading the HBO NOW app on their Android phone or tablet,
Amazon FireTV, Fire Tablet, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Chromecast or
Roku and selecting their affiliate from the drop down menu of
providers. Upon initial registration, customers sign in to watch
their favorite HBO programming on their mobile device or on their
computer at HBONOW.com. Following the introductory free offer, HBO
NOW will be available for a monthly subscription of $14.99.
HBO NOW subscribers can catch HBO’s amazing line up of
envelope-pushing series including Game of Thrones®, Westworld®, Big
Little Lies, The DeuceSM, and Last Week Tonight with John
OliverSM. See your shows, your movies, your way on HBO NOW,
including the recent seasons of InsecureSM, Ballers®, Silicon
Valley®, Veep®, and The Leftovers®, as well as other current
uncensored programming like The Defiant Ones, Girls®, and Room 104,
plus the latest hits from HBO Latino, including J Balvin: Bruuttal,
Jardin de Bronce, El Hipnotizador and Entre Nos.
HBO NOW also features every episode of every season of HBO
classics worth seeing again like The Sopranos®, Sex and the City®,
Curb Your Enthusiasm®, True Blood®, The Wire® and Deadwood®.
In addition, HBO NOW subscribers have instant access to must-see
box office blockbusters like Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them, The Accountant, Jason Bourne, Hacksaw Ridge, Jackie,
Nocturnal Animals and Sully, and coming soon: La La Land, Hidden
Figures, Fifty Shades Darker, John Wick: Chapter Two and Split.
Customers can learn more at Order.HBONOW.com.
About Consolidated Communications
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNSL) is a
leading broadband and business communications provider serving
consumers, businesses of all sizes, and wireless companies and
carriers, across a 24-state service area. Leveraging its
advanced fiber optic network spanning more than 36,000 fiber route
miles, Consolidated Communications offers a wide range of
communications solutions, including: data, voice, video, managed
services, cloud computing and wireless backhaul.
Headquartered in Mattoon, Ill., Consolidated Communications has
been providing services in many of its markets for more than a
century. About Home Box Office, Inc. Home Box
Office, Inc. is the premium television programming subsidiary of
Time Warner Inc. and the world’s most successful pay TV service,
providing the two television services – HBO® and
Cinemax® – to approximately 134 million subscribers
worldwide. The services offer the popular subscription
video-on-demand products HBO On Demand® and Cinemax On
Demand®, as well as HBO GO® and MAX GO®, HD feeds
and multiplex channels. HBO NOW®, the network’s internet-only
premium streaming service, provides audiences with instant access
to HBO’s acclaimed programming in the U.S. Internationally, HBO
branded television networks, along with the subscription
video-on-demand products HBO On Demand and HBO GO, bring HBO
services to over 60 countries. HBO and Cinemax programming is
sold into over 150 countries worldwide.
Contacts: Jennifer Spaude, Consolidated
Communications 507-386-3765, jennifer.spaude@consolidated.com
Laura Young, HBO Corporate Affairs 212-512-5948,
laura.young@hbo.com
Chris Willard, HBO Corporate Affairs 212-512-1557,
chris.willard@hbo.com
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