Cinemax

Cinemax is an American pay cable television and satellite television network. It is owned by the Home Box Office division of Time Warner. The network usually broadcasts theatrically released feature movies, original series and softcore pornographic series and movies.

Cinemax
Type	Pay television network
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	New York, New York
Programming
Language(s)	English Spanish (Cinemáx; also as SAP option on all other channels)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the network's SDTV channel feeds)
Timeshift service	Cinemax timeshift channels Cinemax (East / West) MoreMax (East / West) ActionMax (East / West) ThrillerMax (East / West)
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery
Parent	Home Box Office
Key people	John K. Billock (President, HBO U.S. Group) Casey Bloys (President/Head of Programming, HBO/Cinemax)
Sister channels	List Adult Swim American Heroes Channel Animal Planet AT&T SportsNet Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito CNN Cooking Channel The CW Destination America Discovery Channel Discovery en Español Discovery Family Discovery Familia Discovery Life Food Network HBO HGTV HLN Investigation Discovery Magnolia Network Motor Trend Oprah Winfrey Network Science Channel TBS TLC TNT Travel Channel TruTV Turner Classic Movies
History
Launched	August 1, 1980 (1980-08-01)
Links
Website	cinemax.com
Availability
Streaming media
HBO Max	hbomax.com (subscription required to access content)

As of July 2015, Cinemax and its channels are available to more than 21 million subscribers in the United States.

Cinemax began on August 1, 1980.

The channel and its other channels play a variety of movies and television series, such as Erotic Confessions, the Lethal Weapon franchise and some adult programming.

Channels of Cinemax include Action, Vanguard, Comedy, Suspense and Classic.