HBO
E18702
HBO is a premium American television and streaming network known for producing influential, high-quality original series, films, and documentaries such as "The Sopranos," "Game of Thrones," and "Succession."
All labels observed (29)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T151803 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HBO Context triple: [Time Warner, owned, HBO]
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A.
CBS
CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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B.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
PBS
PBS is a U.S. public television network known for educational, scientific, and cultural programming.
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D.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
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E.
21st Century Fox
21st Century Fox was a major American multinational mass media corporation that owned film and television assets including the 20th Century Fox studio before most of its entertainment properties were acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2019.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HBO Target entity description: HBO is a premium American television and streaming network known for producing influential, high-quality original series, films, and documentaries such as "The Sopranos," "Game of Thrones," and "Succession."
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A.
CBS
CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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B.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
PBS
PBS is a U.S. public television network known for educational, scientific, and cultural programming.
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D.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
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E.
21st Century Fox
21st Century Fox was a major American multinational mass media corporation that owned film and television assets including the 20th Century Fox studio before most of its entertainment properties were acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2019.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (81)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brand
ⓘ
premium television network ⓘ subscription video on demand service ⓘ |
| associatedService | Max (streaming service) ⓘ |
| awards |
Golden Globe Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Globe Awards
Peabody Award ⓘ
surface form:
Peabody Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ |
| brandExtension |
HBO
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HBO Comedy
HBO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
HBO Family
HBO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
HBO Latino
HBO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
HBO Signature
HBO2 ⓘ
surface form:
HBO Zone
HBO2 ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | high-definition television ⓘ |
| businessModel |
over-the-top streaming
ⓘ
premium cable ⓘ subscription ⓘ |
| competitor |
Amazon Prime Video
ⓘ
Disney+ ⓘ Hulu ⓘ Netflix, Inc. ⓘ
surface form:
Netflix
Showtime ⓘ Starz Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Starz
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionPlatform |
cable television
ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ streaming services ⓘ |
| formerService |
HBO
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HBO Go
HBO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
HBO Now
|
| founded | 1972-11-08 ⓘ |
| founder |
Charles F. Dolan
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Dolan
|
| fullName | Home Box Office ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
comedy series
ⓘ
documentaries ⓘ drama series ⓘ feature films ⓘ miniseries ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| industry |
film production
ⓘ
streaming media ⓘ television ⓘ television production ⓘ |
| knownFor |
documentaries
ⓘ
high-quality original programming ⓘ original films ⓘ prestige television dramas ⓘ stand-up comedy specials ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1972-11-08 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Band of Brothers
ⓘ
Barry ⓘ Big Little Lies ⓘ Boardwalk Empire ⓘ Curb Your Enthusiasm ⓘ Euphoria ⓘ Game of Thrones ⓘ John Adams ⓘ Oz ⓘ Sex and the City (film) ⓘ
surface form:
Sex and the City
Six Feet Under ⓘ Succession ⓘ The Last of Us ⓘ The Sopranos ⓘ The Wire ⓘ True Blood ⓘ True Detective ⓘ Veep ⓘ Watchmen (TV series) ⓘ Westworld ⓘ |
| originalName | The Green Channel ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Warner Bros. Discovery ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Warner Bros. Discovery ⓘ |
| partOf |
Warner Bros. Discovery
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment
|
| serviceArea |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Worldwide (via streaming and licensing) ⓘ |
| slogan | It’s not TV. It’s HBO. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HBO Description of subject: HBO is a premium American television and streaming network known for producing influential, high-quality original series, films, and documentaries such as "The Sopranos," "Game of Thrones," and "Succession."
Referenced by (1,213)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
HBO Entertainment
this entity surface form:
HBO original programming
subject surface form:
Mildred Pierce (2011 miniseries)
subject surface form:
Mildred Pierce (2011 miniseries)
this entity surface form:
HBO Entertainment
this entity surface form:
HBO Entertainment
subject surface form:
The Last of Us (TV series)
subject surface form:
The Last of Us (TV series)
subject surface form:
Max
subject surface form:
Max
this entity surface form:
HBO Entertainment