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 Warner and HBO properties. Discovery is committed to making HBO Max available to as broad an audience as possible while also advancing our data-driven approach to understanding our customers and best serving their viewing interests,” Bruce Campbell, chief revenue and strategy officer for Warner Bros. Amazon’s vice president for Prime Video, Cem Sibay, said in a statement: “We strive to offer customers the best and widest selection of premium content available for their everyday viewing experience.”

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Warner Bros. Discovery strikes new distribution deal with Comcast
1 month ago

Warner Bros. Discovery strikes new distribution deal with Comcast

LA Times  

Discovery has taken steps to strengthen its economic footing with a major channel distribution deal. The company announced Monday that it had reached an agreement for cable giant Comcast Corp. to continue carrying Warner Bros. Discovery’s linear cable channels, including HBO, TNT, HGTV, Food Network, CNN and Animal Planet. The deal also expands Comcast’s ability to offer Warner Bros. Discovery’s …

Amazon’s Prime Video to incorporate commercials next year. Ad-free tier will cost $3 more
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon’s Prime Video to incorporate commercials next year. Ad-free tier will cost $3 more

LA Times  

Amazon will be adding Amazon said Prime Video will have “meaningfully fewer ads than” traditional TV channels and other streaming services. The ads will launch in early 2024 in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada; as well as, later that year, Mexico, Australia and certain other European countries. The change reflects a larger shift in the entertainment industry, …

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, …

HBO Max and Showtime are canceling shows before they're even released. Why?
1 year, 11 months ago

HBO Max and Showtime are canceling shows before they're even released. Why?

Slate  

The Hollywood Reporter’s story from last week, about Showtime’s merger with Paramount+, included a brief paragraph about the resultant cancellation of shows that weren’t deemed “core to the strengths” of the new entity “Paramount+ With Showtime,” including the Shailene Woodley-led adaptation of Three Women. That’s when Discovery’s acquisition of Warner Media resulted in the shelving of the $90 million film …

Warner Bros. Discovery to spend more than $1 billion downsizing
2 years, 2 months ago

Warner Bros. Discovery to spend more than $1 billion downsizing

LA Times  

Discovery reports that it will incur up to $1.5 billion in costs to shrink the company, cancel programming and provide severance packages to laid-off workers, among other expenses. In a Securities & Exchange Commission filing Monday, the company warned that “the estimated cash expenditures from the organization restructuring, facility consolidation activities and other contract termination costs will be in the …

Warner Bros. Discovery stock drops after disappointing forecast
2 years, 5 months ago

Warner Bros. Discovery stock drops after disappointing forecast

LA Times  

Shares of Warner Bros. The New York-based company’s stock fell $2.73, or 16%, to $14.74 a share as Wall Street gave a cool response to the company’s second-quarter results, in the first full earnings report since WarnerMedia assets merged with Discovery Inc. in a $43-billion deal. Looking to 2023, the company cut its full-year profit guidance from $14 billion to …

Combined HBO Max and Discovery+ to launch in 2023 as Warner Bros. Discovery rejects AT&T strategy
2 years, 5 months ago

Combined HBO Max and Discovery+ to launch in 2023 as Warner Bros. Discovery rejects AT&T strategy

LA Times  

Discovery gave more details about its plan to combine streaming services HBO Max and Discovery+ into one offering, as the company seeks a more disciplined strategy to succeed in the streaming wars amid wild speculation about its future. At the same time, HBO Max is getting content from “Fixer Upper” stars Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network starting next month, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

AT&T’s WarnerMedia, Discovery to merge in blockbuster $43-billion deal
3 years, 7 months ago

AT&T’s WarnerMedia, Discovery to merge in blockbuster $43-billion deal

LA Times  

AT&T, which launched the HBO Max streaming service in 2020, announced a merger of its WarnerMedia entertainment assets, including HBO, with cable programming giant Discovery. AT&T’s WarnerMedia and Discovery unveiled their blockbuster $43-billion union Monday, a combination that would bring some of the biggest names in television — HBO, CNN, HGTV, Animal Planet and Food Network — and the Warner …

AT&T to spin off HBO, other WarnerMedia assets in a huge deal with Discovery. What went wrong?
3 years, 7 months ago

AT&T to spin off HBO, other WarnerMedia assets in a huge deal with Discovery. What went wrong?

LA Times  

John Stankey, president and chief operating officer of AT&T and chief executive of WarnerMedia, is shown in 2019 in Burbank. Three years ago, AT&T Inc. marched into Hollywood with big ambitions to be a 21st century media colossus, connecting its booming cellphone business with legendary media properties — HBO, the Warner Bros. film and TV studio and Turner channels including …

Comcast weighs pulling Universal’s movies from HBO Max, Netflix
3 years, 9 months ago

Comcast weighs pulling Universal’s movies from HBO Max, Netflix

Live Mint  

Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal is considering pulling its movies from HBO Max and Netflix Inc. and keeping future new film releases for its streaming service Peacock, according to people familiar with the matter. Currently, HBO Max pays for the rights to show new Universal Pictures movies about nine months after they leave theaters, while Netflix has a similar deal for animated …

HBO Max and Roku finally make a deal
4 years ago

HBO Max and Roku finally make a deal

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Christmas came early for Roku users. WarnerMedia reached a deal with Roku on Wednesday that brings HBO Max, the company’s nascent streaming service, to Roku devices starting on Thursday. “We believe that all entertainment will be streamed and we are thrilled to partner with HBO Max to bring their incredible library of iconic entertainment brands …

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 …

Is HBO Max free? Where is it available? Everything to know
4 years, 7 months ago

Is HBO Max free? Where is it available? Everything to know

LA Times  

AT&T’s entertainment company, WarnerMedia, joins the streaming wars with HBO Max, a blend of HBO, Warner Bros. and original programming: Where do I get HBO Max? HBO Now subscribers who get their bills through HBO, Apple and Google Play will get instant access to HBO Max.. Why can’t I get HBO Max on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Fire or Roku? …

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 …

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 …

After Netflix's Seinfeld deal, WarnerMedia acquires rights to The Big Bang Theory for upcoming platform HBO Max
5 years, 3 months ago

After Netflix's Seinfeld deal, WarnerMedia acquires rights to The Big Bang Theory for upcoming platform HBO Max

Firstpost  

All 279 episodes of The Big Bang Theory, stretching across 12 seasons, will be available when HBO Max launches WarnerMedia group announced on 17 September that it had secured the rights for The Big Bang Theory on its upcoming online platform HBO Max, the latest move in the fight for back catalogs between streaming services. All 279 episodes of the …

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 …

Netflix and HBO: From ‘friends’ to foes
5 years, 5 months ago

Netflix and HBO: From ‘friends’ to foes

Live Mint  

Netflix Inc. and the soon-to-come HBO Max app need a little of what each other has. AT&T Inc.’s freshly acquired WarnerMedia division announced on Tuesday that HBO Max, its Netflix copycat, will launch next spring and exclusively feature the hit show “Friends,” which it’s yanking from Netflix. As services like HBO Max and Walt Disney Co.’s Disney+ hit the market, …

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