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HBO becomes exclusive cable outlet for many Fox releases.


Twentieth Century Fox, based in Century City, announced last week that it has entered into an agreement with Home Box Office Inc., to have the next 80 Fox theatrical films appear exclusively on HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
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 when they are released to pay television.

Fox officials would not specify what HBO paid for the deal. HBO is based in New York New York, state, United States
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.

The agreement begins Jan. 1, 1992, and is expected to last about five years. Among the films expected to be included in the first year of the deal are "Shining Through," "Aliens 3," "Home Alone 2" and "Hoffa."

Previously, Fox "dealt primarily with HBO in the 1980s," said Anne Corley, director of corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. . But this announcement marks the first long-term Long-term

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1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
, exclusive contract between the two companies. Corley added that the deal does not apply to animated films.
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Title Annotation:Home Box Office Inc. to release films of Twentieth Century Fox in cable television
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Date:Nov 11, 1991
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