![]() Twentieth Century Fox is a subsidiary of News Corporation. "These films have always enhanced the value of the service so it is great that this ongoing relationship will now extend into the next decade." ![]() "Because of our long and successful partnership with Fox, HBO has been able to deliver to its subscribers some of Hollywood's biggest theatricals," said HBO's Grivetti. "We look forward to continuing our partnership as Fox evolves its distribution business within the ever-changing media landscape." "We couldn't be happier to announce the extension of our long-standing relationship with HBO, the leading premium pay television service in the United States." said Fox's Kaner. This extension will carry the ongoing relationship into the next decade. HBO has been the premium network home of Twentieth Century Fox films for over 30 years. New York City, New York - August 15, 2012-Twentieth Century Fox has renewed its domestic output deal with Home Box Office agreeing to a long-term extension with the subscription pay service, it was announced today by Mark Kaner, President, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and Bruce Grivetti, President, Film Programming, HBO. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX AND HOME BOX OFFICE EXTEND FILM OUTPUT DEAL One other note is that on the same day Netflix revealed its service is coming to several Scandinavian locales, HBO announced it's doing the same, launching HBO Nordic in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. That's on top of a previous tweak negotiated months ago that let Fox and other HBO partners provide digital copies of their movies on services like iTunes from the Cloud and Ultraviolet during the HBO pay window. One key adjustment that's been made for the digital age gives Fox the ability to continue to sell its movies over digital stores even while they're airing on HBO unlike the previous deal, although we're told this provision does not extend to rentals during that time. ![]() The LA Times reports from its sources the original deal would have expired in 2015, while the extension pushes it out to 2022 at a price of over $200 million per year. Already the "premium network home" of Fox flicks for more than 30 years, this deal is long enough to keep it going into the next decade. ![]() Just in case you only thought Amazon, Netflix and Redbox were working the studio deals, HBO announced today it's worked out an extension of its agreement with 20th Century Fox. ![]()
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