HBO, short for Home Box Office, is an American premium cable television network, owned by Time Warner. As of March 2011, HBO's programming reaches 28.2 million subscribers in the United States, making it the second largest premium subscription channel in America . In addition to its U.S. subscriber base, HBO also broadcasts in at least 151 countries worldwide.
The New York Film Festival has been a major film festival since it began in 1963 in New York. The films are selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The non-competitive festival, sometimes abbreviated as NYFF, was established by Amos Vogel and Richard Roud.