{"id":8464,"date":"2017-10-17T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T12:56:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:56:59","slug":"hbo-international-hits-to-launch-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-international-hits-to-launch-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO International Hits to Launch in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
Popular original series from HBO Europe, HBO Latin America and HBO Asia\u2014including Halfworlds<\/em>\u2014are slated to become available in the U.S. later this year.<\/p>\n Starting in December, two shows from each of the regions will launch on the U.S. streaming services HBO GO and HBO NOW, as well as HBO On Demand. Titles include the Czech Republic’s Wasteland<\/em> and seasons one and two of Poland’s Pakt<\/em> from HBO Europe; Taiwan’s The Teenage Psychic<\/em> and the first two installments of Indonesia\/Thailand’s Halfworlds<\/em> from HBO Asia; and Brazil’s\u00a0La Vida Secreta de las Parejas<\/em> as well as seasons one and two of El Hipnotizador<\/em> from HBO Latin America.<\/p>\n Richard Plepler, HBO’s chairman and CEO, remarked: “Working with talented local writers, directors and producers, our international networks are creating programming that lives up to the high-quality storytelling that is expected of the HBO brand. This programming regularly outperforms even Game of Thrones<\/em>\u2019 record audience numbers in their respective markets. I am tremendously proud to bring such a selection of programs to our U.S. audience.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Popular original series from HBO Europe, HBO Latin America and HBO Asia\u2014including Halfworlds\u2014are slated to become available in the U.S. later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":8465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[984,985,900,1946],"class_list":["post-8464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-halfworlds","tag-hbo-asia","tag-hbo-europe","tag-hbo-latin-america","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n