WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar leaves the company: ‘I wish I had more time’
2 years, 9 months ago

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar leaves the company: ‘I wish I had more time’

LA Times  

Sounding a bittersweet note, Jason Kilar announced that he is leaving WarnerMedia, the company he dramatically reshaped during his nearly two-year run as chief executive, as Discovery prepares to assume control of the entertainment behemoth. Discovery’s takeover of WarnerMedia — which includes such prominent assets as CNN, HBO, TBS, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies and the storied Warner Bros. film and television studio — could be finalized by next week. In fact, WarnerMedia said Sarnoff’s role would “not be duplicated in the new organizational structure.” Zaslav will become the fourth CEO overseeing the WarnerMedia assets in five years. Kilar and Sarnoff ruffled feathers in Hollywood with their 2020 decision to release Warner Bros.’ entire theatrical slate on HBO Max the same day the titles arrived in theaters.

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New CNN channel to stream live on Max in an effort to reach cord cutters
1 year, 4 months ago

New CNN channel to stream live on Max in an effort to reach cord cutters

LA Times  

Discovery will offer a live streaming version of CNN on its Max service starting Sept. 27, giving consumers content from the news channel without the need for a pay TV subscription. The news service will be called CNN Max and will use anchors from the network, including Jim Sciutto, Fredricka Whitfield, Rahel Solomon, Amara Walker and Jim Acosta, to provide …

HBO Max, Netflix, Disney+, and the Day Streaming Died
1 year, 7 months ago

HBO Max, Netflix, Disney+, and the Day Streaming Died

Wired  

The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. That’s the day HBO Max—a streaming service with a name that would be inscrutable if it didn’t have “HBO” in it—became just Max. Over the past three years, services like Netflix, Disney+, and a dozen other offerings …

What the End of HBO Max—and the Rise of ‘Max’—Means for Streaming
55 years ago

What the End of HBO Max—and the Rise of ‘Max’—Means for Streaming

Wired  

A year ago this week, one of the biggest mergers in history finally closed. And to keep it focused on theatrical releases, the company would merge HBO Max and Discovery+ into one monster streaming service. Even as they touted Max as a place with something for the whole family, they also, in the words of global streaming president JB Perrette, …

Layoffs hit Showtime as Paramount overhauls ‘Billions’ brand
1 year, 10 months ago

Layoffs hit Showtime as Paramount overhauls ‘Billions’ brand

LA Times  

Paramount Global continues to unwind its once-proud Showtime brand. On Monday, nearly two weeks after announcing the premium cable channel would be renamed Paramount+ with Showtime, the New York media company unveiled a new organizational structure that unites Showtime with MTV Entertainment Studios. Levine, who has overseen Showtime’s original programming for 22 years and helped craft the network’s biggest hits, …

HBO Max returns to Prime Video as Warner Bros. Discovery searches for revenue
2 years, 1 month ago

HBO Max returns to Prime Video as Warner Bros. Discovery searches for revenue

LA Times  

HBO’s “House of the Dragon” will soon return to Amazon Prime in the U.S. HBO Max is back on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., a little more than a year after its departure. HBO Max’s return, announced Tuesday, signals parent company Warner Bros. Discovery’s nearly complete unwinding of AT&T’s business strategy during the Dallas telecommunications behemoth’s ownership of the …

After Netflix’s week from hell, why streaming is becoming more like ‘just TV’
2 years, 8 months ago

After Netflix’s week from hell, why streaming is becoming more like ‘just TV’

LA Times  

Streaming services are going to start looking a lot more like traditional TV than one might have thought after the rise of Netflix. “It’s just TV.” Oliver’s jab, an inversion of HBO’s famous slogan, reflected something that many people worried about at the time, that adding “Friends” and “The Big Bang Theory” reruns would dilute HBO’s pristine brand. Back to …

CNN’s streaming service shutting down a month after launch
2 years, 8 months ago

CNN’s streaming service shutting down a month after launch

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — CNN is shutting down its CNN+ streaming service less than a month after its launch, a spectacular flameout for a venture that had attracted stars like Chris Wallace and Alison Roman and was seen as a way to attract a new generation of news consumers. In a memo to employees on Thursday, incoming CNN Chief Executive Chris …

Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN’s streaming service less than a month after launch
2 years, 8 months ago

Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN’s streaming service less than a month after launch

LA Times  

Chris Wallace has an interview show on CNN+ four nights a week. Discovery, new management announced Thursday it is pulling the plug on CNN’s $5.99-a-month streaming service. “In a complex streaming market, consumers want simplicity and an all-in service, which provides a better experience and more value than stand-alone offerings.” The decision to cut bait on CNN+ so quickly comes …

Trading starts of new Warner Bros. Discovery media giant
2 years, 8 months ago

Trading starts of new Warner Bros. Discovery media giant

Associated Press  

Shares of the new Warner Bros. The bulked-up company combines the owner of storied film studio Warner Bros., TV networks including CNN, HBO and the streaming service HBO Max, with Discovery Inc., the parent of networks that focus on reality television like HGTV and its own streaming service, Discovery+. AT&T Inc. last year decided to separate WarnerMedia as the company …

After Zucker exit, CNN streams forward with a new service. What happens now?
2 years, 10 months ago

After Zucker exit, CNN streams forward with a new service. What happens now?

LA Times  

The show must go on, even in streaming video. Employees at CNN are keeping that adage in mind as they prepare to launch a new direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service, CNN+, later this month after one of the most tumultuous periods in the news organization’s history. “There’s no other brand, with the possible exception of the BBC, that resonates globally the …

After a turbulent year, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar touts HBO Max gains
3 years ago

After a turbulent year, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar touts HBO Max gains

LA Times  

Last year wasn’t exactly smooth sailing for Jason Kilar. The WarnerMedia chief executive began 2021 facing the wrath of Hollywood as producers, stars and agents were furious over his decision to release Warner Bros. movies “day-and-date” in movie theaters as well as on the company’s fledgling streaming service, HBO Max. “But there is no denying the results: 2021 was the …

WarnerMedia, Discovery merge assets: All you need to know about the deal, and future of their streaming services
3 years, 7 months ago

WarnerMedia, Discovery merge assets: All you need to know about the deal, and future of their streaming services

Firstpost  

From the implications of the merger on HBO Max and Discovery+, to potential layoffs at WarnerMedia and Discovery, a comprehensive guide to the mammoth deal. It’s as if Logan Roy, the fictional patriarch of the Waystar Royco media empire on HBO’s popular series Succession, masterminded the deal himself: AT&T has thrown in the towel on its media business and decided …

Warner Bros. movies are heading to streaming. Is the studio changing forever?
4 years ago

Warner Bros. movies are heading to streaming. Is the studio changing forever?

LA Times  

The decision to release Warner Bros.’ 2021 films simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters has angered many filmmakers, financiers, agents and theater owners, and deepened a partisan divide between old-school Hollywood types and tech futurists who believe the exhibition business is due for epic disruption. “What’s Warner Bros.’ cash flow going to be long-term if it basically becomes a …

AT&T chief defends HBO Max after Christopher Nolan calls it the ‘worst’
4 years, 1 month ago

AT&T chief defends HBO Max after Christopher Nolan calls it the ‘worst’

LA Times  

AT&T Inc. Chief Executive John Stankey on Tuesday defended the company’s industry-shaking decision to put Warner Bros.’ entire 17-film slate on the streaming service HBO Max next year, saying it “needed to try something different” to respond to the pandemic. “But I think ultimately rational parties will step back and look at this and say giving theater owners a predictable …

Inside WarnerMedia’s dramatic shakeup: New boss, AT&T cost-cutting and a soft HBO Max Launch
4 years, 5 months ago

Inside WarnerMedia’s dramatic shakeup: New boss, AT&T cost-cutting and a soft HBO Max Launch

LA Times  

Bob Greenblatt, pictured at an NBC event in 2017, is out as programming chief at WarnerMedia. The surprise move comes three months after Jason Kilar, the former chief of Hulu, took the helm of the AT&T-owned media company and after the debut of WarnerMedia’s high-stakes streaming service, HBO Max, which has gotten off to a slow start. In a memo …

HBO Max to launch on 27 May; initial line-up includes Anna Kendrick's Love Life, Looney Tunes Cartoons
4 years, 8 months ago

HBO Max to launch on 27 May; initial line-up includes Anna Kendrick's Love Life, Looney Tunes Cartoons

Firstpost  

WarnerMedia had earlier said HBO Max would debut sometime in May, and stuck to those plans, even if some of its planned programming has already been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. New York: The streaming service HBO Max will launch 27 May, AT&T’s WarnerMedia announced Tuesday, signaling that the so-called streaming wars won’t subside because of the coronavirus pandemic. …

HBO Max set for May 27 launch, initial lineup announced
4 years, 8 months ago

HBO Max set for May 27 launch, initial lineup announced

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The streaming service HBO Max will launch May 27, AT&T’s WarnerMedia announced Tuesday, signalling that the so-called streaming wars won’t subside because of the coronavirus pandemic. WarnerMedia had earlier said HBO Max would debut sometime in May, and it stuck to those plans Tuesday even if some of its planned programming has already been postponed due to …

WarnerMedia names former Hulu chief Jason Kilar CEO
4 years, 9 months ago

WarnerMedia names former Hulu chief Jason Kilar CEO

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Jason Kilar, the founding chief executive of Hulu and a former Amazon senior vice president, has been named CEO of WarnerMedia, the company announced Wednesday. “His experience in media and entertainment, direct-to-consumer video streaming and advertising is the perfect fit for WarnerMedia, and I am excited to have him lead the next chapter of WarnerMedia’s storied success.” …

HBO Max goes ‘all in’ on its big genre-driven streaming bet
5 years, 2 months ago

HBO Max goes ‘all in’ on its big genre-driven streaming bet

CNN  

Los Angeles CNN Business — With spotlights shining on soon-to-debut streaming services from Apple and Disney, WarnerMedia sought Tuesday to offer audiences a reminder: Set aside a few bucks for us. The AT&T-owned company picked the week of Apple TV+’s underwhelming launch to unveil details regarding HBO Max, its premium-priced entry into the streaming universe, which — like Disney+ — …

HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s new streaming service, is launching in May for $14.99 a month
5 years, 2 months ago

HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s new streaming service, is launching in May for $14.99 a month

CNN  

New York CNN Business — After a year of hype and anticipation, HBO Max finally had its Hollywood premiere on Tuesday. HBO’s hit shows, Warner Bros. blockbusters and bingeable television classics like “Friends” and “The Big Bang Theory” will be on the platform, contributing to the more than 10,000 hours of programming. A crowded streaming market HBO Max has been …

With HBO Max, WarnerMedia bets that consumers will pay more for streaming
5 years, 2 months ago

With HBO Max, WarnerMedia bets that consumers will pay more for streaming

LA Times  

WarnerMedia unveiled its long-awaited HBO Max, which will cost consumers $14.99 a month when it launches in May, making it the most expensive gladiator in the streaming wars. “This is an area of emphasis for us because it is an underserved audience,” Sarah Aubrey, head of original content for HBO Max, said of the focus on women. Programming will be …

With HBO Max, AT&T is launching a streaming service that ‘a lot of people said couldn’t be done’
5 years, 2 months ago

With HBO Max, AT&T is launching a streaming service that ‘a lot of people said couldn’t be done’

CNN  

New York CNN Business — AT&T is about to introduce the world to HBO Max. The launch of a new subscription video streaming service was a keystone in AT&T’s $85 billion deal for Time Warner, CNN’s parent company. “You’re going to see the result of something that a lot of people said couldn’t be done when we did the Time …

HBO Max's plan to lure viewers from Netflix
5 years, 5 months ago

HBO Max's plan to lure viewers from Netflix

LA Times  

Kevin Reilly has one of the best jobs in entertainment or, perhaps, one of the worst. “It’s been clear to me from the get-go that they’re playing to win,” Reilly said in an interview last week in his industrial-modern office in Burbank that overlooks the historic Warner Bros. lot. “I’ve known Bob forever,” Reilly said, noting that when he was …

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