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HBO Max

April 03, 2023

HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service which is the property of parent subsidiary WarnerMedia Direct, LLC, a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).[1] Launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service is built around the libraries of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and their related brands. The service also carries first-run programming from the HBO pay television service, original programming under the "Max Originals" banner, and content acquired via third-party library deals (such as those with film studios for pay television rights) and co-production agreements (such as those with BBC Studios and Sesame Workshop among others).

HBO Max
Logo used since 2019
Type of site
OTT streaming platform
Available in
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Predecessor(s)
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HeadquartersNew York City, New York,
US
Country of originUnited States
Area servedUnited States, Latin America, Caribbean, and parts of Europe (see full list of countries)
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
Key people
  • David Zaslav (President and CEO, Warner Bros. Discovery)
  • Casey Bloys (CEO, Chairman)
ParentWarner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment
URLhbomax.com
RegistrationRequired
Users 96.1 million (as of February 23, 2023)[citation needed]
LaunchedMay 27, 2020; 2 years ago (2020-05-27)
Current statusActive

The service succeeds both HBO Now—a previous HBO SVOD service, and HBO Go—the on-demand streaming platform for HBO pay television subscribers. In the U.S., HBO Now subscribers and HBO pay television subscribers were migrated to HBO Max at no additional charge, subject to availability and device support. HBO Max also supplanted the streaming component of DC Entertainment's DC Universe service, with its original series being migrated to HBO Max as Max Originals. The HBO Max service began to expand into international markets in 2021.

According to AT&T, HBO and HBO Max had a combined total of 69.4 million paying subscribers globally on June 30, 2021, including 43.5 million HBO Max subscribers in the U.S., 3.5 million HBO-only U.S. subscribers (primarily commercial customers like hotels), and 20.5 million subscribers to either HBO Max or HBO by itself in other countries.[2] By the end of 2021, HBO and HBO Max had a combined total of 73.8 million paying global subscribers.[3][4] At the end of Q1 2022, HBO and HBO Max had 76.8 million global subscribers.[5]

Since the April 2022 merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO Max is one of the combined company's two flagship streaming services, the other being Discovery+ (which primarily focuses on factual programming from the Discovery brands). A relaunch of the service incorporating Discovery content is expected to be unveiled on April 12, 2023; while WBD originally intended the relaunched service to subsume and replace Discovery+, CEO David Zaslav later revealed that the company no longer planned to do so.

History

 
Pre-launch logo of HBO Max from July 9, 2019, to October 29, 2019

Establishment and launch

On October 10, 2018, WarnerMedia announced that it would launch an over-the-top streaming service in late 2019, featuring content from its entertainment brands.[6] The original plan for the service called for three tiers with a late 2019 launch.[7] Randall L. Stephenson, chairman and CEO of WarnerMedia's parent, AT&T indicated in mid-May 2019 that it would use the HBO brand and would tie into cable operators as HBO cable subscribers would have access to the streaming service. A beta was expected in the fourth quarter of 2019 and a full launch in the first quarter of 2020 at the time.[8]

Otter Media was transferred in May 2019 to WarnerMedia Entertainment from Warner Bros. to take over the streaming service as Brad Bentley, executive vice president, and general manager of the direct-to-consumer development exited the post after six months. Andy Forssell transferred from being the chief operating officer of Otter to replace Bentley as executive vice president and general manager while still reporting to Otter CEO Tony Goncalves, who would lead development.[9]

On July 9, 2019, WarnerMedia announced that the service would be known as HBO Max, and would launch in spring 2020, while Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine and Greg Berlanti were signed to production deals for the service. (The "Max" moniker is shared with HBO's sister linear pay television service Cinemax, which has alternately identified by its suffix name since the mid-1980s and used it prominently in its branding from 2008 to 2011.)[10] On October 29, 2019, it was announced that HBO Max would officially launch in May 2020.[11]

On January 8, 2020, AT&T announced that Audience, a channel exclusive to subscribers of AT&T-owned television providers such as DirecTV with some original programming, would be sunset on May 22, eventually transitioning to a barker channel for HBO Max.[12] Warner Bros. and HBO Max announced the Warner Max film label on February 5, 2020, which would produce eight to ten mid-budget movies per year for the streaming service starting in 2020.[13] On April 20, 2020, WarnerMedia announced HBO Max's launch date as May 27.[14] Later that year on October 23, it was announced that WarnerMedia decided to consolidate the Warner Max label into the Warner Bros. Pictures Group after its chairman Toby Emmerich, and his development and production team led by Courtenay Valenti of Warner Bros. Pictures, Richard Brener of New Line and Walter Hamada, who oversees DC-based films, was put to manage the company's entire film output, both theatrical and streaming releases.[15][16][17]

Warner Bros. Discovery era

On March 14, 2022, after Discovery, Inc. shareholders approved its merger with a divestiture of WarnerMedia by AT&T to form Warner Bros. Discovery, Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels stated that the company planned to pursue an eventual merger of HBO Max with its own streaming service Discovery+. Wiedenfels stated that this process would most likely begin with a bundle of the two services as a short-term option, with a long-term goal to eventually merge the services into one platform.[18] President and CEO of Discovery Streaming and International JB Perrette first identified this as a possibility in November 2021, stating that the company could pursue such a unified service in markets where Discovery+ has yet to launch, such as other parts of Asia-Pacific.[19]

In July 2022, as a part of a post-merger money-saving and strategic move, it was reported that HBO Max had ceased new original series development in Central Europe, Nordic Europe, the Netherlands, and Turkey, as well as removed selected international series from the platform worldwide. It was reported that France and Spain had been largely excluded from these cuts, due to French regulations requiring streaming services to produce domestic content, and Spanish-language content appealing to a wide range of markets served by HBO Max.[20][21][22] With the cancellation of Gordita Chronicles later that month, it was reported that the service was also abandoning development of live-action children's and family programming.[23]

On August 3, 2022, it was reported that multiple Max Original films and HBO series had been quietly removed from the service without prior notice, as part of cuts to direct-to-streaming films, as well as to write-off films and series that have underperformed as tax losses.[24][25] It was also thought that avoiding payment for residuals played a part.[26] This followed news that had broken the previous day that then-upcoming Max Original films Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt had been both abruptly cancelled, despite being nearly complete.[27][28]

During an earnings call the next day, WBD CEO David Zaslav stated that the company would cut children's programming, and emphasize theatrical films over direct-to-streaming releases.[29][30] Perrette also revealed that Discovery+ and HBO Max would merge "next Summer", with the unified service launching first in the United States, and rolled out to other markets beginning in late-2023.[30] Later that month, more programs were removed from the streaming service, including animated and unscripted series such as The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, Final Space, Summer Camp Island, Infinity Train and Close Enough,[31] which was met with heavy backlash from fans, critics, actors, and creators alike.[32][33][34] On August 24, 2022, the HBO Max original films House Party (which was pulled from its slate just 17 days before its release) and Evil Dead Rise were both shifted to theatrical releases.[35] WBD later reached licensing deals with the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) providers Roku and Fox Corp's Tubi in 2023; the deal covers over 2,000 hours of library programming, some of which being shows that had been pulled from HBO Max.[36][37]

In November 2022 during its third-quarter earnings report, WBD stated that the merged service was now targeting a "Spring 2023" launch in the U.S., ahead of the original schedule. Perrette also stated of a potential price increase for HBO Max's ad-free tier in 2023, explaining that it was "an opportunity, particularly in this environment".[38] A price hike for the ad-free tier in the U.S. was later announced on January 12, 2023, which saw the price raised by $1 to $15.99 a month (the yearly plan would be unaffected by this move), effective immediately for new subscribers, while current subscribers would see the price hike starting on February 11, 2023.[39]

When announcing the merged service, Zaslav did not immediately indicate whether it would continue to carry the HBO brand; he stated that HBO was one of the "great crown jewels of the company", and would "always be the beacon and the ultimate brand that stands for the best of television quality".[40] In early-December 2022, it was reported by CNBC via inside sources that the unified platform was being developed under the codename "BEAM", and that multiple names were being considered—including simply "Max".[41][42] The service is expected to be revealed in an event on April 12, 2023.[43] In February 2023, Zaslav stated that WBD no longer planned to shut down Discovery+, stating that it was profitable, and that its subscribers were "very happy with the product offering".[44]

Management

HBO Max was formed under WarnerMedia's Entertainment division, then headed by Robert Greenblatt. Kevin Reilly, president of WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, which includes most of the company's ad-supported entertainment channels such as TBS, TNT, and TruTV, was also given the role of as chief content officer of HBO Max with responsibility for HBO Max-exclusive original programming and library content. Andy Forssell was named the service's executive vice president and general manager while still reporting to Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves, who leads development.[10] Casey Bloys, programming president of HBO, retained oversight of the core HBO service but was not initially involved with Max-exclusive programming.

On August 7, 2020, WarnerMedia announced a significant restructuring under new president Jason Kilar, which he described as "leaning into this great moment of change" towards direct-to-consumer services. As a result, Greenblatt and Reilly both left the company. WarnerMedia Entertainment was dissolved, with programming operations combined with Warner Bros. in a new Studios and Networks group under that studio's CEO Ann Sarnoff. Bloys was given complete programming oversight of HBO and HBO Max, as well as Reilly's other previous responsibilities, reporting to Sarnoff. Forssell became the head of a new HBO Max operating business unit, reporting directly to Kilar.[45] On April 23, 2021, Adult Swim and HBO Max's adult animation development teams merged under the leadership of Suzanna Makkos.[46]

On August 15, 2022, HBO was reorganized by Warner Bros. Discovery, resulting in layoffs within HBO Max's non-scripted originals, live-action family originals, international originals, and casting units (HBO itself never had an in-house casting department). Makkos also began reporting to HBO's head of comedy Amy Gravitt.[47][48]

Programming

HBO Max features first-run and library content from the namesake HBO and other Warner Bros. film and television studios and brands.[49][50][51] The service also includes films available through HBO's existing pay television rights that are sourced from Warner Bros. Pictures and third-party studios, such as Summit Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and 20th Century Studios (the latter three have respective output deals with HBO until 2022).[50][52][53][54]

As with HBO's other streaming platforms, HBO Go and HBO Now (but as opposed to its platforms on Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels), HBO Max does not include feeds of HBO's linear cable channels,[55] nor any content from Cinemax.[56] Though Cinemax shares its film content with the linear HBO channel, and therefore the majority of films in the combined library will be on both services in different windows, these films will not necessarily be available on both HBO Max and Cinemax at the same time.[57]

Content providers

First and third-party content providers for HBO Max. Asterisk (*) denotes third parties while cross (†) denotes former providers.

Max Originals

Further information: List of HBO Max original programming, List of HBO Max original films, and List of HBO Max exclusive international distribution programming

Original content produced will be under the banner Max Originals, including series, films, and specials. Original episodic content is released weekly, eschewing the "binge" format made popular by Netflix. Kevin Reilly stated this was to ensure that originals would remain in the spotlight for extended periods, by letting said shows "breathe" as opposed to "fading quickly after a binge and burn". He also noted that the weekly schedule helped to drive the success of past HBO shows like Succession and Chernobyl which they co-produced with Sky UK, and became hits precisely due to their staying power.[62]

A slate of 31 original series were planned for its first year, with plans to expand to 50 for its next year, but production timelines may have been interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] HBO Max also has podcasts about the films and TV series on the service.[65] It also produces original podcasts exclusively for HBO Max, with Batman: The Audio Adventures being the first.[66]

Syndication

New Warner Bros. Television Studios-produced series that have premiered on The CW since the 2019–20 season beginning with Batwoman, Nancy Drew and Katy Keene (which was cancelled in July 2020) will have their past seasons placed on HBO Max about a month after the season finale airs on television (streaming rights to existing series remains with Netflix under an existing deal).[10] Although the All American spin-off, All American: Homecoming, which premiered on the CW in 2022, was placed on Netflix with its parent show. On July 9, 2019, HBO Max acquired the U.S. streaming rights to Friends in a $425 million deal,[10][50] and on September 17, 2019, acquired the U.S. streaming rights to The Big Bang Theory, as part of a deal that also extends TBS's off-network rights to the series through 2028.[67]

Acquired rights

Outside of WarnerMedia, the service also offers titles from The Criterion Collection,[68] and has a long-term partnership with BBC Studios (which HBO had previously partnered with to create His Dark Materials). Over 700 episodes of BBC content were available on the service at launch, including the first 11 seasons of the 2005 Doctor Who revival, as well as future seasons twelve through fourteen, and a variety of other shows including The Honourable Woman, Luther, Top Gear, and the original British version of The Office. Additionally, future shows by BBC Studios will be co-produced with HBO Max.[69]

HBO also extended their existing partnership with Sesame Workshop, while moving said content to the front of the HBO Max brand. Select episodes from all fifty seasons of Sesame Street (dating back to 1969) are available to stream on the service for the first time ever.[70] Additionally, future seasons of Sesame Street will stream exclusively on HBO Max, alongside Esme & Roy, and several new spin-offs starting with The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, Sesame Street: Mecha Builders, and The Monster at the End of This Story.[71] On March 8, 2022, WarnerMedia and Sesame Workshop announced they will plan new shows for Cartoon Network for the new original series run and a second run acquisition rights HBO Max, including Charlotte's Web, and Bea's Block as well as the animation special Sesame Street: The Nutcracker. In addition, new episodes to start of the 53rd season of Sesame Street and spin-offs will be available to stream on HBO Max in selecting Asian territories while holding the second run acquisition rights to replace PBS, more than a new first run for Cartoon Network.[72]

HBO Max has acquired the streaming rights to several Comedy Central series, including South Park, Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, South Side, and The Other Two; with the latter two becoming Max Original series.[73]

In November 2021, HBO Max acquired the rights to Globo's telenovelas and series for Latin America and the Caribbean outside of Brazil.[64]

In February 2022, Sony Pictures and WarnerMedia announced that they will extend their agreement to carry films from its subsidiary companies in its Central and Eastern Europe pay television window rights window along with the library of television series produced by its sister company Sony Pictures Television Studios, the deal will also include the rights to its releases beginning in 2022 for broadcasting on its channels and will be streaming it on HBO Max throughout Central and Eastern Europe.[63]

Animation

The service also features many hubs for animated programming, drawing largely from the libraries of Warner Bros. Animation (including the Looney Tunes franchise and Hanna-Barbera productions, such as Scooby-Doo, Tom and Jerry and Tex Avery's cartoons as well) and Cartoon Network, along with Adult Swim. Original animated series (including the Adventure Time epilogue specials Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Jellystone!, Looney Tunes Cartoons, continuations of Infinity Train and Summer Camp Island, and a reboot of The Boondocks produced by Sony Pictures Animation) for both network sections were also announced for HBO Max,[74][75][50] and the service beat out competitors to acquire exclusive domestic streaming rights to South Park and its next three seasons for $500 million–with first-run episodes being added 24 hours after their premiere on Comedy Central.[76] Fellow Otter Media company Rooster Teeth also contributes content, with season two of Gen:Lock to be a timed exclusive for HBO Max.[77]

Post-launch

All eight films in the Harry Potter series were available to stream on the service on launch day, despite earlier reports indicating that the films, although produced by Warner Bros., would not be available due to a prior broadcast rights agreement with NBCUniversal.[78] It was later announced that the films would be removed on August 25 and made available on NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock.[79] However, it officially brought them back on September 1, 2021, after an adjustment in the agreement.[80][81] On May 29, 2020, HBO Max acquired the exclusive streaming rights to The Big Bang Theory spin-off Young Sheldon.[82]

On June 9, 2020, Gone with the Wind was temporarily removed from HBO Max's library amid the George Floyd protests, following an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times by 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley.[83][84] On June 25, the film returned in its original form with, as suggested by Ridley, a new introduction by Turner Classic Movies host Jacqueline Stewart discussing the film's treatments of the American Civil War, the Reconstruction era, and American slavery of African people.[85][86][87]

On June 27, 2020, it was revealed that DC Universe original Harley Quinn will stream its first two seasons on HBO Max.[88] On June 29, 2020, HBO Max secured the exclusive streaming rights of the Oprah Winfrey Network series David Makes Man.[89] On September 18, 2020, it was announced that all DC Universe content would be migrating to HBO Max, including original shows like Titans and Young Justice, which will have their newest seasons air exclusively on the service. In addition, both Doom Patrol and Harley Quinn have been renewed for third seasons exclusively for the service.[90][91]

On October 28, 2020, it was announced that the 1990s series Tiny Toon Adventures would be rebooted for Cartoon Network and HBO Max as Tiny Toons Looniversity, featuring older versions of the characters. Steven Spielberg is expected to return as executive producer. The show was given a two-season order.[92]

In February 2021, it was announced that WarnerMedia's international preschool brand Cartoonito would launch in the United States via Cartoon Network and HBO Max later in the year, with a slate of 50 series by 2023.[93][94]

In renewing his contract with WarnerMedia, Conan O'Brien announced plans to move to a weekly variety format on HBO Max from his nightly TBS show, ending a 28-year run on late-night television between NBC and TBS in June 2021.[95]

In August 2021, Funimation, a subsidiary of Sony, purchased Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion, with the intent to create a combined service that caters to anime entertainment.[96] On January 1, 2022, HBO Max removed the Crunchyroll hub, instead redirecting subscribers to a "global animation" page that combines selected anime with other international animated films. Since then, the service has slowly started to remove anime from Crunchyroll's line up.[97]

On November 22, 2021, Disney and WarnerMedia reached a deal to amend the pre-existing contract HBO had with 20th Century Studios to allow Disney+ or Hulu and HBO Max to share the streaming rights to half of 20th Century Studios' and Searchlight Pictures' 2022 theatrical slate in the United States during the pay-one window, with Ron's Gone Wrong being the first film under the deal, becoming available on both Disney+ and HBO Max on December 15, 2021.[98] Disney will still have full streaming rights to any 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures films produced for Disney+ or Hulu, while the Disney deal with WarnerMedia for streaming 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures films on HBO Max will end in 2022, with Disney+ and Hulu assuming the full pay-one rights to those films in the future.

On February 15, 2022, it was announced that first-run episodes of South Park would move to Paramount+ beginning with season 27 in 2024, and the series library would move from HBO Max to the service in the United States in 2025.[99]

On August 4, 2022, it was announced that selected Magnolia Network programs would become available on HBO Max in September 2022. Discovery+ will remain the main streaming home of its programming.[100][101]

On October 7, 2022, it was announced that the HBO Max original series Harley Quinn will have a Valentine's Day Special titled "Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special" on February 23, 2023.[102]

"Project Popcorn": Warner Bros. same-day premieres

In late 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WarnerMedia moved two Warner Bros. films originally intended as major theatrical releases to either exclusive or simultaneous releases on HBO Max. The Witches was released exclusively on HBO Max in the U.S. on October 22,[103] and Wonder Woman 1984 debuted simultaneously in North American theaters and on HBO Max on December 25, although the latter was initially only available on the service for a month.[104] Week-long free trials were discontinued in December 2020.[105]

On December 3, 2020, it was announced that the studio's entire 2021 film lineup would see a simultaneous theatrical release and a one-month limited release on the streaming service, starting with The Little Things on January 29.[106] Subsequent films released under the same-day theatrical/streaming window to date were Judas and the Black Messiah (February 12),[107][108] Tom and Jerry (February 26), Godzilla vs. Kong (March 31), Mortal Kombat (April 23), Those Who Wish Me Dead (May 14), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (June 4), In the Heights (June 10), Space Jam: A New Legacy (July 16), The Suicide Squad (August 5), Reminiscence (August 20), Malignant (September 10), Cry Macho (September 17), The Many Saints of Newark (October 1), Dune (October 22), King Richard (November 19), and The Matrix Resurrections (December 22). Standard release windows applied to each film after their initial limited-run streaming release on the service; HBO Max would then reassume streaming rights to the aforementioned Warner Bros. films upon their respective pay television premieres on the linear HBO service in mid-to-late 2021 or 2022, depending on the scheduled start of their individual HBO exhibition agreements.[109][110]

This decision, called "Project Popcorn" within Warner Bros.,[111] was met with backlash from filmmakers, production companies, the Directors Guild of America, the Creative Artists Agency, and movie theater owners as Warner Bros. had not informed anyone about their plan ahead of the announcement.[112][113][114][115][116] Viewership of the films varied, with Mortal Kombat reaching 3.8 million, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It totaling 1.6 million, and In the Heights totaling 693,000 (according to Samba TV, as WarnerMedia does not report viewership numbers for HBO Max).[117]

Warner Bros. spent over $200 million alone compensating talent for the shift to streaming; Deadline reported in January 2022 that such a business move "will never occur again given its high cost".[111]

In March 2021, it was announced that Warner Bros. would discontinue same-day releases in 2022, as part of an agreement the studio reached with Cineworld (who operates Regal Cinemas) and will instead use a 45-day exclusive release window for theaters.[118] The Matrix Resurrections was the final film released in 2021 as part of Project Popcorn. The 45-day release window for HBO Max was only used for two films (The Batman and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore) before it was reported in August 2022 that as part of a restructuring of Warner Bros' film distribution strategy following the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc, the length of the window would now be decided for each film on a case-by-case basis.[119]

Sports

AT&T chairman and CEO Randall L. Stephenson did not rule out adding live sporting events from Turner Sports to HBO Max in the future.[57]

  • Turner Sports' broadcast rights to the National Hockey League as of the 2021–22 season includes an option for HBO Max to hold over-the-top streaming rights, including simulcasts of games aired on TNT, and games exclusive to the service. WarnerMedia executives stated upon the announcement of the contract that they were still exploring options for these rights.[120]
  • On March 1, 2022, Turner Sports announced an eight-year deal to hold rights to United States men's and women's national soccer team home matches, such as FIFA World Cup qualifying and international friendlies. This excludes FIFA and CONCACAF events, whose rights are held by Fox, and away matches, whose rights are held by whoever holds the rights to the home team's matches. It was stated that at least half the matches per-season will be exclusive to HBO Max.[121]

Technologies and accessibility

At launch, HBO Max did not support 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision, or Dolby Atmos, but support for these technologies were planned as "part of the HBO Max product roadmap".[122][123] Support for 4K, HDR, and Atmos was added starting with the release of Wonder Woman 1984,[124] with WarnerMedia promising to add more content in these formats throughout 2021 and beyond.[125]

The service provided closed captioning support at launch, but initially lacked support for audio description (AD) for those with visual impairments.[126] In October 2020, the American Council of the Blind announced it had reached a settlement with WarnerMedia whereby at least 1,500 hours of HBO Max content will be available with AD by the end of March 2021, increasing to at least 6,000 hours by March 2023, along with other accessibility enhancements to the website and apps by September 2021.[127] HBO Max later began rolling out AD on select titles on March 26, 2021.[128]

Distribution

United States

The majority of active subscribers to the HBO pay TV service (which previously included HBO Go), and most customers that were subscribed to HBO Now at time of launch, can access HBO Max for no extra charge, with all three services generally sharing the same price point of $14.99 per month. However, this transition is contingent on the customer's current provider or biller having signed a new distribution agreement for HBO Max with WarnerMedia.[55][129]

On May 27, 2020, as part of an agreement with Time Warner that renewed its carriage contract for the Turner Broadcasting System networks and gave its over-the-top television service Sling TV distribution rights to the linear HBO channel, Dish Network secured an option to become a distribution partner for HBO Max following the exclusivity period with Apple.[130][131] HBO content is also available as a premium add-on for DirecTV Stream and Hulu for the same $14.99 price as HBO Max.[132]

In announcing HBO Max, WarnerMedia immediately confirmed that HBO subscribers on AT&T-owned platforms (including AT&T TV, DirecTV, U-verse, and AT&T Mobility) will receive HBO Max on-launch at no additional charge.[133][134] AT&T customers who are subscribed to their highest-tiered internet, TV and wireless plans will also receive HBO Max for free, while those on lower-tiered plans will get a free trial ranging from one month to one year.[135] Existing HBO Now subscribers billed directly by HBO were also migrated to HBO Max on-launch at no additional charge. On April 27, 2020, an agreement was announced for HBO Now subscribers via Apple (both in-app subscriptions and Apple TV Channels) to be migrated to HBO Max. Content from HBO Max will be listed in the Apple TV app along with there being a dedicated HBO Max hub in the app.[136][137] On Apple TV devices, HBO Max is available to the regular fourth generation Apple TV and fifth and sixth generation Apple TV 4K; earlier versions which do not support third-party app download are not supported.

At launch, HBO Max was only available to customers in the United States and certain territories of the same country. Due to regional rights restrictions, HBO cannot offer the service outside of the country, and its terms of use explicitly forbid the service from being used outside the United States. Users from outside the U.S. that are detected to have used services such as virtual private networks (VPN) to evade the geo-blocking to use HBO Max are subject to have their services terminated with no refund.[138][139]

WarnerMedia subsequently negotiated with other pay TV providers for similar arrangements.[129] On February 20, 2020, WarnerMedia announced a distribution deal with YouTube TV that would allow members to add HBO and Cinemax, while also being able to include HBO Max as an add-on.[140] On April 15, 2020, WarnerMedia announced a similar deal with Charter Spectrum (which acquired Warner's former cable division after it was spun off in 2009, in May 2016) to give access to HBO Max for HBO subscribers via their TV Everywhere credentials.[141] A similar agreement was announced with Hulu on May 1 for most existing subscribers via Hulu + Live TV, as well as being available as an add-on to all other plans on the service.[142] On May 20, 2020, it was announced that WarnerMedia had made distribution deals with Altice USA, Cox Communications, Xbox, Samsung, PlayStation, Verizon Communications and the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC).[143] An agreement with Comcast (Xfinity) was announced a few hours after the platform's launch.[144] HBO Max is also available on Xfinity Flex and Cox Contour Stream Player.[145][146]

The most prominent platforms without agreements to carry HBO Max at the launch were Amazon (maker of the Fire TV and Fire HD devices) and Roku, which together are estimated to control 70% of the U.S. streaming player market.[144] With both platforms, non-Max HBO content remained available as usual through the companies' respective channels platforms and/or through HBO Now (which was rebranded to just "HBO" on July 31, 2020) while deals for HBO Max were being worked out. On May 13, 2020, John Stankey, CEO of AT&T, revealed to Variety that Amazon was very unlikely to become a launch partner for HBO Max; the parties have remained at an impasse following the launch, reportedly due to a disagreement about whether Amazon can host the additional Max programming directly on its Amazon Prime Video Channels platform as it does for HBO currently.[147][144] On November 16, 2020, it was announced that WarnerMedia and Amazon had reached an agreement to make HBO Max available on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices beginning the following day, while also allowing subscribers of HBO via Prime Video Channels access to the HBO Max app at no extra cost (although the additional Max programming will still not be hosted on the Prime Video Channels platform).[148] The dispute with Roku was reported to hinge on carriage commissions and advertising sales on the future ad-supported tier.[144] On December 16, 2020, it was announced that WarnerMedia and Roku had reached an agreement to make HBO Max available on Roku devices beginning the following day, while also allowing subscribers of HBO via Roku Channels access to the HBO Max app at no extra cost (although the additional Max programming will still not be hosted on the Roku Channels platform); conversely, Roku remote controls from the past five years which included an HBO Now app shortcut button now route viewers directly to the HBO Max app instead.[149] Dish Network was also erroneously mentioned as a holdout in some media reports; HBO has not been available at all from Dish since late 2018 due to a separate dispute.[150] On July 29, 2021, WarnerMedia and Dish announced that they had reached an agreement to resolve the dispute and restore HBO to Dish's satellite service, along with offering access to HBO Max to HBO subscribers via Dish at no extra cost.[151]

There were plans for HBO Max to introduce an ad-supported tier by 2021,[152] with AT&T later announcing during their Investor Day event on March 12, 2021, that the tier would launch in June of the same year.[153] HBO original programming will continue to be ad-free for subscribers of the tier, but the tier will not allow access to Same-Day Premieres.[154] WarnerMedia later announced during their 2021 upfront presentation on May 19 that the ad-supported tier would launch during the first week of June at a price point of $9.99 a month.[155] The tier would end up launching on June 3, while also adding a yearly option for both tiers (priced at $99.99 a year for the ad-supported tier and $149.99 a year for the ad-free tier).[156]

International expansion

See also: List of HBO international channels

Localized versions of HBO Max launched on June 29, 2021, in Latin America and the Caribbean,[157] on October 26, 2021, in Andorra, Spain and the Nordics (excluding Iceland), and on March 8, 2022, in Central & Eastern Europe and Portugal, in part by converting existing streaming services operated by HBO in some of those markets to the HBO Max platform.[158][159] In the interim, some HBO Max original programs have been made available on WarnerMedia's existing international platforms, also including HBO Asia.[160][161]

In other countries, HBO and/or HBO Max original programs are licensed to third-party networks and streaming services under long-term deals. In these cases, HBO Max has left it up to individual rightsholders to decide whether to offer its programming on an over-the-top basis. The extent and lengths of the deals vary by country; not all networks that carry HBO programs also carry HBO Max programs, and in some cases individual programs are carried by different services.[162][163][164]

WarnerMedia said in late 2019 that it planned to continue HBO's existing international licensing partnerships for the time being.[165] However, as part of the WarnerMedia further restructuring announced in August 2020, WarnerMedia president Jason Kilar said HBO Max would be expanding its scope globally.[45] Operations chief Andy Forssell indicated later that year that the company ultimately plans to have HBO Max active in 190 countries, but that a timeline for most of the remaining countries had not been decided.[159]

Following the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc. in April 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to instead halt international expansion of HBO Max, and instead continuing to license its content to other international distributors such as Sky Europe and Foxtel in markets where HBO Max isn't available, in an attempt to reach financial stability for the company.[166]

Latin America and the Caribbean

HBO Max was launched on June 29, 2021, in the 39 territories of Latin America and the Caribbean, where HBO already operated directly its streaming service HBO Go, and premium television channels.[167][168]

Canada

Before the launch of HBO Max, Canadian rights to HBO-owned-and-distributed programming were held by Bell Media, the mass-media unit of telecom company Bell Canada.[b] Programming is offered through the hybrid Crave pay television and streaming service, which includes an HBO-branded multiplex channel that launched in 2008, and Bell's French-language pay service Super Écran.

In 2019, Bell Media announced an expanded partnership with WarnerMedia for the rights to scripted programming produced by Warner Bros. and its affiliates for HBO Max. The deal does not include the rights to series produced for the service by third-party studios.[162] In addition, several youth and family-oriented shows produced for HBO Max were acquired by rival broadcaster Corus Entertainment for their specialty channels.[169][170][171]

As of August 2022, the merger of HBO Max and Discovery+ is not planned to release in Canada. Bell Media has also stated it does not plan to change its deal for rights to programming for HBO Max.[172]

Europe

United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy

Under a long-term agreement until 2024 between HBO and Sky Group (Comcast), Sky operates Sky Atlantic which broadcasts the majority of HBO's programming. Sky Atlantic is available in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. In February 2011, Sky Atlantic launched on the Sky platforms in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which maintains a distribution deal with HBO to offer the majority of its programming on the channel. Under the five-year agreement between HBO and Sky, newer HBO programs will air on Sky Atlantic before airing on other television channels within the United Kingdom and Ireland. Before 2011, TG4 in Ireland had a long-term agreement to broadcast HBO programming free-to-air, this ceased following the creation of Sky Atlantic. In many other countries, HBO Max has licensed exclusive rights to its programming to television networks owned by third parties, including Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom. In March 2021, WarnerMedia confirmed that HBO Max would not launch in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy before 2025 due to an existing deal for HBO programming with Sky Group which was renewed in 2019 but does not automatically include HBO Max programs produced by third-party companies or Warner Bros.[173][174][175]

Nordic countries and Spain

On August 15, 2012, HBO announced plans to launch HBO Nordic, a multiplatform video distribution service serving Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland that was created through a joint venture with Parsifal International.[176][177] The video on demand service launched in December 2012.[178] HBO programming also airs in Iceland on Stöð 2.[179] In Spain, HBO programs were previously broadcast on pay television service Canal+, since 2011.[180] In 2016, during the discontinuation of the Canal+ branding in Spain, HBO launched a standalone streaming service called HBO España, which is the Spanish equivalent of HBO Now and HBO Nordic. HBO Europe had announced on multiple occasions that they were not aware that they were going to replace their current service with HBO Max, nor would their rates be increased.[181] However, in December 2020, the head of HBO Max, Andy Forssell, revealed that all HBO services in Europe, including HBO España and HBO Nordic, will be replaced by HBO Max. On October 26, 2021, HBO Max was launched in the Nordics (excluding Iceland) and Spain and Andorra.[182][183]

Central and Eastern Europe countries and Portugal

In the 2010s HBO Europe launched streaming service HBO Go in 13 Central and Eastern European countries. HBO programs in Portugal were previously broadcast on the premium television channel TVSéries from the services of TVCine, since 2015. In 2019, less than a year before the discontinuation of TVSeries, HBO Europe launched a standalone streaming service called HBO Portugal. Similarly to the Nordics and Spain, HBO Max was launched in Portugal[184] and Central and Eastern Europe on March 8, 2022,[185] replacing HBO Portugal and HBO Go.

Plans to also introduce HBO Max in certain Eastern European countries where HBO Go was absent, such as Turkey and Greece were announced on October 2021,[186] but these plans were later halted, with Vodafone TV in Greece and various TV operators in Turkey, including Digiturk, instead getting the rights for various HBO and HBO Max programming.[187][188]

France

On November 13, 2008, Orange launched Orange Cinéma Séries (renamed OCS in 2012), a five-channel package, dedicated to movie and series. The same year, OCS signed a long-term agreement with HBO. On October 10, 2013, they launched the channel OCS City (initially nicknamed Génération HBO) to broadcast only HBO productions. The HBO catalog is also available to stream on their streaming service. Since 2019, OCS has the complete exclusivity on the HBO catalog in France. Before that, other channels like Canal+, Canal+ Séries or NT1 could aired reruns of selected HBO series after their original run on OCS.[189] However, OCS do not have the rights on the HBO Max catalogue. The deal ended in December 2022, with HBO productions leaving OCS from January 2023 onwards.[190]

In October 2021, former Canal+ executive Vera Peltekian was appointed as VP and commissioning editor of original HBO Max programming for France. HBO Max launch in France was set for 2023, but was cancelled after the Warner Bros. Discovery merge which stopped the global rollout of HBO Max in order to launch later the combined platform with Discovery+.[191] Meanwhile, Canal+, the TF1 Group, and Warner TV broadcast a selection of the Warner Bros.-produced scripted live-action Max Original series, certain films and reunion specials. Programs not owned by Warner Bros. (like Lionsgate's Love Life) have been licensed separately to other French broadcasters. In October 2022, Amazon Prime Video signed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to distribute the HBO Max programs owned by Warner Bros. in France.[192] In January 2023, it was announced that the deal was extended to all HBO productions, following the expiration of the deals with OCS for HBO productions and with Canal+ for carriage of Warner Bros. Discovery's TV channels in France, with the launch of Le Pass Warner ("Warner Pass"), a subscription-based channel. Selected programs (like The Last of Us and Peacemaker) will be given a release without a subscription to the channel.[193]

Netherlands

On February 9, 2012, HBO Netherlands started as a joint venture between HBO and Dutch cable operator Ziggo. HBO Netherlands aired as a three-channel multiplex service in addition to offering a localized version of HBO Go to subscribers. HBO Netherlands was not limited to subscribers of Ziggo, instead, many Dutch cable operators offered HBO Netherlands. However, on September 28, 2016, HBO Netherlands announced that it would cease operations on December 31, 2016. That same day, it was announced that Ziggo had bought exclusive rights to HBO programming.[194] On November 1, 2016, it was announced that Ziggo will offer HBO programming exclusively as part of their new Movies & Series service starting from January 2017.[195] In September 2021, it was reported that Ziggo's rights to HBO programming is set to expire at the end of the year.[196] Ziggo confirmed that its HBO programming rights are set to expire on January 1, 2022, as a result of WarnerMedia launching HBO Max in The Netherlands in 2022. However, some recently aired seasons will remain on the Movies & Series service.[197]

On February 1, 2022, the launch date was officially announced for March 8, 2022.[198]

Australia and New Zealand

Fox Showcase, an Australian premium television service, began airing HBO original programming in 2012, through a licensed distribution arrangement with subscription television provider Foxtel. Before this, limited HBO content was broadcast through the now-defunct Movie Network, which was founded by HBO (through Time Warner), Village Roadshow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Disney–ABC International Television. HBO Originals are also available on-demand via Foxtel services Foxtel Now and Binge. Sky Movies in New Zealand originally operated as a joint venture between HBO and Sky Network Television. The channel was renamed HBO in 1993; Time Warner later sold its share in the service to Sky in 1998, and it was renamed back to Sky Movies. HBO programming is currently shown by Sky channel SoHo, and its subscription streaming service Neon, in New Zealand. Deals with some other partners including Foxtel in Australia and Sky in New Zealand which includes a significant portion of HBO Max's original programming were agreed or renewed between 2019 and 2021.[163][199] Foxtel and Warner Bros Discovery renewed their partnership in February 2023, making HBO and Warner Bros. content available across Foxtel's pay-TV channels as well as its Foxtel Now and Binge streaming services.[166] However, in a press release, Warner Bros. Discovery President and Managing Director for Western Pacific, James Gibbons, said the renewed deal with Foxtel "also provides optionality for future collaboration, including for our future streaming service", perhaps hinting at plans to launch HBO Max or a successor in Australia in the future.[200]

Asia-Pacific

Southeast Asia, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan

In June 2021, WarnerMedia appointed a managing director for the launch of HBO Max in eight territories across Southeast Asia and the exploration of the possibilities to launch HBO Max in the Indian market.[201]

Warner Bros. Discovery India decided to premiere their HBO Max original programming, including their original films, on Amazon Prime Video,[202] and on Disney+ Hotstar due to a previously established deal in 2016.[203]

The plans to launch HBO Max in Southeast Asia were later halted.[citation needed]

Japan

In Japan, U-Next reached a deal to carry HBO and HBO Max original programs in Japan beginning on April 1, 2021. This replaced a previous deal between HBO and Amazon Prime Video Japan.[204] This deal between Warner Bros. Discovery and U-Next was renewed in March 2023, making the streaming service the home of HBO content in the country in a "multi-year" deal between the two.

Middle East and North Africa

OSN currently carries HBO content across 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region on its linear channels as well as its OSN+ streaming service. An exclusive, multi-year licensing deal was renewed in March 2023, meaning an HBO Max launch is unlikely in this region in the near future.

Launch

  Available
  Distribution deal with local partner for Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Max Originals
  Content currently available through HBO Go
Launch rollout timeline
Release date Country/Territory
May 27, 2020[50] United States[c]
June 29, 2021[205][206] Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Croatia
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
October 26, 2021[207] Andorra
Denmark[d]
Finland[e]
Norway[f]
Spain
Sweden
March 8, 2022[198]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Current distribution partners for Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Max Originals
Country/Territory Partner (main services) Expiry Refs.
Australia Foxtel (Fox Showcase / Binge) Unknown [163]
Belgium BeTV [208]
Telenet (Streamz / Yelo TV) [209]
Canada Bell Media (HBO Canada / Crave)[g] 2024 [162][211]
China Tencent Video Unknown [212][213]
CIS Amediateka / Okko / More.TV [214]
France Canal+ 2024 [215]
OCS [190]
Salto 2023[216] [217]
Amazon Prime Video 2024 [218]
Germany
Austria
Switzerland 		Sky Deutschland 2025 [219]
RTL+ 2026 [220]
Greece Vodafone Greece Unknown [187]
India Amazon Prime Video [221]
Disney+ Hotstar 2023[222] [203]
Italy Sky Italia 2025 [219]
Japan U-Next Unknown [204]
Middle East
North Africa 		OSN [223]
New Zealand Sky (SoHo / Neon) [199]
South Korea SK Telecom (Wavve) [224]
Sub-Saharan Africa Showmax [225]
Turkey Digiturk (beIN connect) [188]
Doğan Holding (BluTV) [226]
United Kingdom
Ireland 		Sky UK[h] 2025 [219]

Reception

HBO Max received mixed reception from media observers on launch. The range of available content was generally well received, but many commented on the likelihood of confusion with HBO's other since-deprecated streaming platforms, HBO Go and HBO Now, and the service's higher subscription price compared to other newly launched streaming platforms like Disney+.[55][227][228] Television critics also expressed frustration that the library of original series (not including its former late night adult content) for sister network Cinemax was not originally available on HBO Max, though much of its output had arrived on the service by the end of 2021.[229]

AT&T announced in July 2020 that HBO Max had nominally achieved 26.6 million subscribers after its first month of operation, including 23.6 million wholesale customers, primarily legacy HBO pay TV subscribers that were covered by new agreements that added access to HBO Max at no extra charge.[230] However, only 4.1 million customers had activated their HBO Max accounts by the same date.[230] The latter figure was seen by many observers as a disappointment, particularly in light of Disney+ having reached 10 million subscribers within a day of launch; The New York Times's media critic Ben Smith wrote that WarnerMedia had "badly botched" the launch.[231]

However, AT&T executives contended that it had been a "flawless launch" citing increased customer engagement compared to HBO Now and overall growth in total subscriptions to either HBO or HBO Max (36.3 million, vs. 34.6 million HBO or HBO Now subscribers at the end of 2019), while acknowledging that there was more to do to persuade existing HBO subscribers to start using the HBO Max apps.[232] Executives had previously noted that HBO Max was starting from a different place than other streaming services as it was building on the existing HBO subscriber base, and had to work within the constraints of many of HBO's pre-existing deals (such as those with Amazon and Roku).[233]

In October 2020, AT&T revealed that the number of activated HBO Max subscribers had reached 8.6 million by the end of September, while the number of nominal (eligible) subscribers reached 28.7 million. The total number of HBO / HBO Max subscriptions in the U.S. also increased to 28 million.[234] With an agreement being reached the following month with Amazon (which is reported to have had 5 million HBO subscribers through Prime Video Channels), the number of HBO Max-eligible subscribers is understood to have increased to over 33 million.[148] In September 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery was sued by a shareholder, alleging that WarnerMedia had overstated the number of HBO Max subscribers by including unactivated subscriptions bundled with AT&T services.[235][236]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Only in few countries from around the world.
  2. ^ By coincidence, Bell Canada was formerly part-owned by WarnerMedia's 2018–2022 parent company AT&T until 1975; however Bell's relationship with HBO predated AT&T's acquisition of WarnerMedia. Bell Media and its predecessors had also had a separate partnership with Discovery, Inc. covering Discovery Channel Canada and related services, dating back to 1995, prior to the merger that formed WBD.
  3. ^ including the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
  4. ^ including the territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
  5. ^ including Åland.
  6. ^ including the territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
  7. ^ Bell's partnership covers Canadian rights to Warner Bros.-produced scripted live-action Max Original series and certain films. Selected programs have been licensed separately to other Canadian broadcasters, including most animated programs to Corus Entertainment.[210]
  8. ^ Except three Warner Bros. owned Max originals Gossip Girl, The Sex Lives of College Girls and Close Enough, which are licensed to BBC, ITV2 and Netflix. Most Max originals not owned by Warner Bros. are licensed separately to other UK broadcasters and platforms.

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HBO Max is an American subscription video on demand over the top streaming service which is the property of parent subsidiary WarnerMedia Direct LLC a unit owned by Warner Bros Discovery Global Streaming amp Interactive Entertainment a division of Warner Bros Discovery WBD 1 Launched in the United States on May 27 2020 the service is built around the libraries of HBO Warner Bros Cartoon Network Adult Swim and their related brands The service also carries first run programming from the HBO pay television service original programming under the Max Originals banner and content acquired via third party library deals such as those with film studios for pay television rights and co production agreements such as those with BBC Studios and Sesame Workshop among others HBO MaxLogo used since 2019Type of siteOTT streaming platformAvailable inList English Anglo American Spanish European and Latin American Portuguese European and Brazilian BosnianBulgarianCatalanCroatianCzechDanishDutchFinnishHungarianMacedonianMoldovanMontenegrinNorwegian Bokmal PolishRomanianSerbianSlovakSloveneSwedishPredecessor s List HBO Go HBO Now Cinemax Go CNN DC Universe FilmStruck DramaFever HBO Nordic HBO Espana HBO Europe HBO PortugalHeadquartersNew York City New York USCountry of originUnited StatesArea servedUnited States Latin America Caribbean and parts of Europe see full list of countries OwnerWarner Bros DiscoveryKey peopleDavid Zaslav President and CEO Warner Bros Discovery Casey Bloys CEO Chairman ParentWarner Bros Discovery Global Streaming and Interactive EntertainmentURLhbomax comRegistrationRequiredUsers96 1 million as of February 23 2023 update citation needed LaunchedMay 27 2020 2 years ago 2020 05 27 Current statusActiveThe service succeeds both HBO Now a previous HBO SVOD service and HBO Go the on demand streaming platform for HBO pay television subscribers In the U S HBO Now subscribers and HBO pay television subscribers were migrated to HBO Max at no additional charge subject to availability and device support HBO Max also supplanted the streaming component of DC Entertainment s DC Universe service with its original series being migrated to HBO Max as Max Originals The HBO Max service began to expand into international markets in 2021 According to AT amp T HBO and HBO Max had a combined total of 69 4 million paying subscribers globally on June 30 2021 including 43 5 million HBO Max subscribers in the U S 3 5 million HBO only U S subscribers primarily commercial customers like hotels and 20 5 million subscribers to either HBO Max or HBO by itself in other countries 2 By the end of 2021 HBO and HBO Max had a combined total of 73 8 million paying global subscribers 3 4 At the end of Q1 2022 HBO and HBO Max had 76 8 million global subscribers 5 Since the April 2022 merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery Inc to form Warner Bros Discovery HBO Max is one of the combined company s two flagship streaming services the other being Discovery which primarily focuses on factual programming from the Discovery brands A relaunch of the service incorporating Discovery content is expected to be unveiled on April 12 2023 while WBD originally intended the relaunched service to subsume and replace Discovery CEO David Zaslav later revealed that the company no longer planned to do so Contents 1 History 1 1 Establishment and launch 1 2 Warner Bros Discovery era 2 Management 3 Programming 3 1 Content providers 3 2 Max Originals 3 3 Syndication 3 4 Acquired rights 3 5 Animation 3 6 Post launch 3 6 1 Project Popcorn Warner Bros same day premieres 3 7 Sports 4 Technologies and accessibility 5 Distribution 5 1 United States 5 2 International expansion 5 3 Latin America and the Caribbean 5 4 Canada 5 5 Europe 5 5 1 United Kingdom Ireland Germany Switzerland Austria and Italy 5 5 2 Nordic countries and Spain 5 5 3 Central and Eastern Europe countries and Portugal 5 5 4 France 5 5 5 Netherlands 5 6 Australia and New Zealand 5 7 Asia Pacific 5 7 1 Southeast Asia India Hong Kong and Taiwan 5 7 2 Japan 5 8 Middle East and North Africa 6 Launch 7 Reception 8 See also 9 Footnotes 10 References 11 External linksHistory Edit Pre launch logo of HBO Max from July 9 2019 to October 29 2019 Establishment and launch Edit On October 10 2018 WarnerMedia announced that it would launch an over the top streaming service in late 2019 featuring content from its entertainment brands 6 The original plan for the service called for three tiers with a late 2019 launch 7 Randall L Stephenson chairman and CEO of WarnerMedia s parent AT amp T indicated in mid May 2019 that it would use the HBO brand and would tie into cable operators as HBO cable subscribers would have access to the streaming service A beta was expected in the fourth quarter of 2019 and a full launch in the first quarter of 2020 at the time 8 Otter Media was transferred in May 2019 to WarnerMedia Entertainment from Warner Bros to take over the streaming service as Brad Bentley executive vice president and general manager of the direct to consumer development exited the post after six months Andy Forssell transferred from being the chief operating officer of Otter to replace Bentley as executive vice president and general manager while still reporting to Otter CEO Tony Goncalves who would lead development 9 On July 9 2019 WarnerMedia announced that the service would be known as HBO Max and would launch in spring 2020 while Reese Witherspoon s Hello Sunshine and Greg Berlanti were signed to production deals for the service The Max moniker is shared with HBO s sister linear pay television service Cinemax which has alternately identified by its suffix name since the mid 1980s and used it prominently in its branding from 2008 to 2011 10 On October 29 2019 it was announced that HBO Max would officially launch in May 2020 11 On January 8 2020 AT amp T announced that Audience a channel exclusive to subscribers of AT amp T owned television providers such as DirecTV with some original programming would be sunset on May 22 eventually transitioning to a barker channel for HBO Max 12 Warner Bros and HBO Max announced the Warner Max film label on February 5 2020 which would produce eight to ten mid budget movies per year for the streaming service starting in 2020 13 On April 20 2020 WarnerMedia announced HBO Max s launch date as May 27 14 Later that year on October 23 it was announced that WarnerMedia decided to consolidate the Warner Max label into the Warner Bros Pictures Group after its chairman Toby Emmerich and his development and production team led by Courtenay Valenti of Warner Bros Pictures Richard Brener of New Line and Walter Hamada who oversees DC based films was put to manage the company s entire film output both theatrical and streaming releases 15 16 17 Warner Bros Discovery era Edit On March 14 2022 after Discovery Inc shareholders approved its merger with a divestiture of WarnerMedia by AT amp T to form Warner Bros Discovery Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels stated that the company planned to pursue an eventual merger of HBO Max with its own streaming service Discovery Wiedenfels stated that this process would most likely begin with a bundle of the two services as a short term option with a long term goal to eventually merge the services into one platform 18 President and CEO of Discovery Streaming and International JB Perrette first identified this as a possibility in November 2021 stating that the company could pursue such a unified service in markets where Discovery has yet to launch such as other parts of Asia Pacific 19 In July 2022 as a part of a post merger money saving and strategic move it was reported that HBO Max had ceased new original series development in Central Europe Nordic Europe the Netherlands and Turkey as well as removed selected international series from the platform worldwide It was reported that France and Spain had been largely excluded from these cuts due to French regulations requiring streaming services to produce domestic content and Spanish language content appealing to a wide range of markets served by HBO Max 20 21 22 With the cancellation of Gordita Chronicles later that month it was reported that the service was also abandoning development of live action children s and family programming 23 On August 3 2022 it was reported that multiple Max Original films and HBO series had been quietly removed from the service without prior notice as part of cuts to direct to streaming films as well as to write off films and series that have underperformed as tax losses 24 25 It was also thought that avoiding payment for residuals played a part 26 This followed news that had broken the previous day that then upcoming Max Original films Batgirl and Scoob Holiday Haunt had been both abruptly cancelled despite being nearly complete 27 28 During an earnings call the next day WBD CEO David Zaslav stated that the company would cut children s programming and emphasize theatrical films over direct to streaming releases 29 30 Perrette also revealed that Discovery and HBO Max would merge next Summer with the unified service launching first in the United States and rolled out to other markets beginning in late 2023 30 Later that month more programs were removed from the streaming service including animated and unscripted series such as The Not Too Late Show with Elmo Final Space Summer Camp Island Infinity Train and Close Enough 31 which was met with heavy backlash from fans critics actors and creators alike 32 33 34 On August 24 2022 the HBO Max original films House Party which was pulled from its slate just 17 days before its release and Evil Dead Rise were both shifted to theatrical releases 35 WBD later reached licensing deals with the free ad supported streaming television FAST providers Roku and Fox Corp s Tubi in 2023 the deal covers over 2 000 hours of library programming some of which being shows that had been pulled from HBO Max 36 37 In November 2022 during its third quarter earnings report WBD stated that the merged service was now targeting a Spring 2023 launch in the U S ahead of the original schedule Perrette also stated of a potential price increase for HBO Max s ad free tier in 2023 explaining that it was an opportunity particularly in this environment 38 A price hike for the ad free tier in the U S was later announced on January 12 2023 which saw the price raised by 1 to 15 99 a month the yearly plan would be unaffected by this move effective immediately for new subscribers while current subscribers would see the price hike starting on February 11 2023 39 When announcing the merged service Zaslav did not immediately indicate whether it would continue to carry the HBO brand he stated that HBO was one of the great crown jewels of the company and would always be the beacon and the ultimate brand that stands for the best of television quality 40 In early December 2022 it was reported by CNBC via inside sources that the unified platform was being developed under the codename BEAM and that multiple names were being considered including simply Max 41 42 The service is expected to be revealed in an event on April 12 2023 43 In February 2023 Zaslav stated that WBD no longer planned to shut down Discovery stating that it was profitable and that its subscribers were very happy with the product offering 44 Management EditHBO Max was formed under WarnerMedia s Entertainment division then headed by Robert Greenblatt Kevin Reilly president of WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks which includes most of the company s ad supported entertainment channels such as TBS TNT and TruTV was also given the role of as chief content officer of HBO Max with responsibility for HBO Max exclusive original programming and library content Andy Forssell was named the service s executive vice president and general manager while still reporting to Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves who leads development 10 Casey Bloys programming president of HBO retained oversight of the core HBO service but was not initially involved with Max exclusive programming On August 7 2020 WarnerMedia announced a significant restructuring under new president Jason Kilar which he described as leaning into this great moment of change towards direct to consumer services As a result Greenblatt and Reilly both left the company WarnerMedia Entertainment was dissolved with programming operations combined with Warner Bros in a new Studios and Networks group under that studio s CEO Ann Sarnoff Bloys was given complete programming oversight of HBO and HBO Max as well as Reilly s other previous responsibilities reporting to Sarnoff Forssell became the head of a new HBO Max operating business unit reporting directly to Kilar 45 On April 23 2021 Adult Swim and HBO Max s adult animation development teams merged under the leadership of Suzanna Makkos 46 On August 15 2022 HBO was reorganized by Warner Bros Discovery resulting in layoffs within HBO Max s non scripted originals live action family originals international originals and casting units HBO itself never had an in house casting department Makkos also began reporting to HBO s head of comedy Amy Gravitt 47 48 Programming EditHBO Max features first run and library content from the namesake HBO and other Warner Bros film and television studios and brands 49 50 51 The service also includes films available through HBO s existing pay television rights that are sourced from Warner Bros Pictures and third party studios such as Summit Entertainment Universal Pictures and 20th Century Studios the latter three have respective output deals with HBO until 2022 50 52 53 54 As with HBO s other streaming platforms HBO Go and HBO Now but as opposed to its platforms on Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels HBO Max does not include feeds of HBO s linear cable channels 55 nor any content from Cinemax 56 Though Cinemax shares its film content with the linear HBO channel and therefore the majority of films in the combined library will be on both services in different windows these films will not necessarily be available on both HBO Max and Cinemax at the same time 57 Content providers Edit First and third party content providers for HBO Max Asterisk denotes third parties while cross denotes former providers Adult Swim All3Media Bad Robot Productions 49 Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito 51 58 Mattel Television Americas and Europe only Sesame Workshop Americas only a 59 60 CNN 51 Comedy Central 51 The Criterion Collection Crunchyroll 51 The CW 51 DC Entertainment 51 GKIDS 51 61 HBO 51 Hello Sunshine HLN New Line Cinema 51 Rooster Teeth 51 Sky 62 Sony Pictures Central and Eastern Europe only 63 Studio Ghibli through GKIDS 51 TBS 51 TNT 51 TruTV 51 Turner Classic Movies 51 Turner Entertainment Co 51 TV Globo Latin America and the Caribbean only except Brazil 64 Warner Bros except Warner Bros Japan and Taiwan content which currently releases through Netflix and Disney 51 Max Originals Edit Further information List of HBO Max original programming List of HBO Max original films and List of HBO Max exclusive international distribution programming Original content produced will be under the banner Max Originals including series films and specials Original episodic content is released weekly eschewing the binge format made popular by Netflix Kevin Reilly stated this was to ensure that originals would remain in the spotlight for extended periods by letting said shows breathe as opposed to fading quickly after a binge and burn He also noted that the weekly schedule helped to drive the success of past HBO shows like Succession and Chernobyl which they co produced with Sky UK and became hits precisely due to their staying power 62 A slate of 31 original series were planned for its first year with plans to expand to 50 for its next year but production timelines may have been interrupted by the COVID 19 pandemic 50 HBO Max also has podcasts about the films and TV series on the service 65 It also produces original podcasts exclusively for HBO Max with Batman The Audio Adventures being the first 66 Syndication Edit New Warner Bros Television Studios produced series that have premiered on The CW since the 2019 20 season beginning with Batwoman Nancy Drew and Katy Keene which was cancelled in July 2020 will have their past seasons placed on HBO Max about a month after the season finale airs on television streaming rights to existing series remains with Netflix under an existing deal 10 Although the All American spin off All American Homecoming which premiered on the CW in 2022 was placed on Netflix with its parent show On July 9 2019 HBO Max acquired the U S streaming rights to Friends in a 425 million deal 10 50 and on September 17 2019 acquired the U S streaming rights to The Big Bang Theory as part of a deal that also extends TBS s off network rights to the series through 2028 67 Acquired rights Edit Outside of WarnerMedia the service also offers titles from The Criterion Collection 68 and has a long term partnership with BBC Studios which HBO had previously partnered with to create His Dark Materials Over 700 episodes of BBC content were available on the service at launch including the first 11 seasons of the 2005 Doctor Who revival as well as future seasons twelve through fourteen and a variety of other shows including The Honourable Woman Luther Top Gear and the original British version of The Office Additionally future shows by BBC Studios will be co produced with HBO Max 69 HBO also extended their existing partnership with Sesame Workshop while moving said content to the front of the HBO Max brand Select episodes from all fifty seasons of Sesame Street dating back to 1969 are available to stream on the service for the first time ever 70 Additionally future seasons of Sesame Street will stream exclusively on HBO Max alongside Esme amp Roy and several new spin offs starting with The Not Too Late Show with Elmo Sesame Street Mecha Builders and The Monster at the End of This Story 71 On March 8 2022 WarnerMedia and Sesame Workshop announced they will plan new shows for Cartoon Network for the new original series run and a second run acquisition rights HBO Max including Charlotte s Web and Bea s Block as well as the animation special Sesame Street The Nutcracker In addition new episodes to start of the 53rd season of Sesame Street and spin offs will be available to stream on HBO Max in selecting Asian territories while holding the second run acquisition rights to replace PBS more than a new first run for Cartoon Network 72 HBO Max has acquired the streaming rights to several Comedy Central series including South Park Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens South Side and The Other Two with the latter two becoming Max Original series 73 In November 2021 HBO Max acquired the rights to Globo s telenovelas and series for Latin America and the Caribbean outside of Brazil 64 In February 2022 Sony Pictures and WarnerMedia announced that they will extend their agreement to carry films from its subsidiary companies in its Central and Eastern Europe pay television window rights window along with the library of television series produced by its sister company Sony Pictures Television Studios the deal will also include the rights to its releases beginning in 2022 for broadcasting on its channels and will be streaming it on HBO Max throughout Central and Eastern Europe 63 Animation Edit The service also features many hubs for animated programming drawing largely from the libraries of Warner Bros Animation including the Looney Tunes franchise and Hanna Barbera productions such as Scooby Doo Tom and Jerry and Tex Avery s cartoons as well and Cartoon Network along with Adult Swim Original animated series including the Adventure Time epilogue specials Adventure Time Distant Lands Jellystone Looney Tunes Cartoons continuations of Infinity Train and Summer Camp Island and a reboot of The Boondocks produced by Sony Pictures Animation for both network sections were also announced for HBO Max 74 75 50 and the service beat out competitors to acquire exclusive domestic streaming rights to South Park and its next three seasons for 500 million with first run episodes being added 24 hours after their premiere on Comedy Central 76 Fellow Otter Media company Rooster Teeth also contributes content with season two of Gen Lock to be a timed exclusive for HBO Max 77 Post launch Edit All eight films in the Harry Potter series were available to stream on the service on launch day despite earlier reports indicating that the films although produced by Warner Bros would not be available due to a prior broadcast rights agreement with NBCUniversal 78 It was later announced that the films would be removed on August 25 and made available on NBCUniversal s streaming service Peacock 79 However it officially brought them back on September 1 2021 after an adjustment in the agreement 80 81 On May 29 2020 HBO Max acquired the exclusive streaming rights to The Big Bang Theory spin off Young Sheldon 82 On June 9 2020 Gone with the Wind was temporarily removed from HBO Max s library amid the George Floyd protests following an op ed in the Los Angeles Times by 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley 83 84 On June 25 the film returned in its original form with as suggested by Ridley a new introduction by Turner Classic Movies host Jacqueline Stewart discussing the film s treatments of the American Civil War the Reconstruction era and American slavery of African people 85 86 87 On June 27 2020 it was revealed that DC Universe original Harley Quinn will stream its first two seasons on HBO Max 88 On June 29 2020 HBO Max secured the exclusive streaming rights of the Oprah Winfrey Network series David Makes Man 89 On September 18 2020 it was announced that all DC Universe content would be migrating to HBO Max including original shows like Titans and Young Justice which will have their newest seasons air exclusively on the service In addition both Doom Patrol and Harley Quinn have been renewed for third seasons exclusively for the service 90 91 On October 28 2020 it was announced that the 1990s series Tiny Toon Adventures would be rebooted for Cartoon Network and HBO Max as Tiny Toons Looniversity featuring older versions of the characters Steven Spielberg is expected to return as executive producer The show was given a two season order 92 In February 2021 it was announced that WarnerMedia s international preschool brand Cartoonito would launch in the United States via Cartoon Network and HBO Max later in the year with a slate of 50 series by 2023 93 94 In renewing his contract with WarnerMedia Conan O Brien announced plans to move to a weekly variety format on HBO Max from his nightly TBS show ending a 28 year run on late night television between NBC and TBS in June 2021 95 In August 2021 Funimation a subsidiary of Sony purchased Crunchyroll from AT amp T for 1 175 billion with the intent to create a combined service that caters to anime entertainment 96 On January 1 2022 HBO Max removed the Crunchyroll hub instead redirecting subscribers to a global animation page that combines selected anime with other international animated films Since then the service has slowly started to remove anime from Crunchyroll s line up 97 On November 22 2021 Disney and WarnerMedia reached a deal to amend the pre existing contract HBO had with 20th Century Studios to allow Disney or Hulu and HBO Max to share the streaming rights to half of 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures 2022 theatrical slate in the United States during the pay one window with Ron s Gone Wrong being the first film under the deal becoming available on both Disney and HBO Max on December 15 2021 98 Disney will still have full streaming rights to any 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures films produced for Disney or Hulu while the Disney deal with WarnerMedia for streaming 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures films on HBO Max will end in 2022 with Disney and Hulu assuming the full pay one rights to those films in the future On February 15 2022 it was announced that first run episodes of South Park would move to Paramount beginning with season 27 in 2024 and the series library would move from HBO Max to the service in the United States in 2025 99 On August 4 2022 it was announced that selected Magnolia Network programs would become available on HBO Max in September 2022 Discovery will remain the main streaming home of its programming 100 101 On October 7 2022 it was announced that the HBO Max original series Harley Quinn will have a Valentine s Day Special titled Harley Quinn A Very Problematic Valentine s Day Special on February 23 2023 102 Project Popcorn Warner Bros same day premieres Edit In late 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic WarnerMedia moved two Warner Bros films originally intended as major theatrical releases to either exclusive or simultaneous releases on HBO Max The Witches was released exclusively on HBO Max in the U S on October 22 103 and Wonder Woman 1984 debuted simultaneously in North American theaters and on HBO Max on December 25 although the latter was initially only available on the service for a month 104 Week long free trials were discontinued in December 2020 105 On December 3 2020 it was announced that the studio s entire 2021 film lineup would see a simultaneous theatrical release and a one month limited release on the streaming service starting with The Little Things on January 29 106 Subsequent films released under the same day theatrical streaming window to date were Judas and the Black Messiah February 12 107 108 Tom and Jerry February 26 Godzilla vs Kong March 31 Mortal Kombat April 23 Those Who Wish Me Dead May 14 The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It June 4 In the Heights June 10 Space Jam A New Legacy July 16 The Suicide Squad August 5 Reminiscence August 20 Malignant September 10 Cry Macho September 17 The Many Saints of Newark October 1 Dune October 22 King Richard November 19 and The Matrix Resurrections December 22 Standard release windows applied to each film after their initial limited run streaming release on the service HBO Max would then reassume streaming rights to the aforementioned Warner Bros films upon their respective pay television premieres on the linear HBO service in mid to late 2021 or 2022 depending on the scheduled start of their individual HBO exhibition agreements 109 110 This decision called Project Popcorn within Warner Bros 111 was met with backlash from filmmakers production companies the Directors Guild of America the Creative Artists Agency and movie theater owners as Warner Bros had not informed anyone about their plan ahead of the announcement 112 113 114 115 116 Viewership of the films varied with Mortal Kombat reaching 3 8 million The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It totaling 1 6 million and In the Heights totaling 693 000 according to Samba TV as WarnerMedia does not report viewership numbers for HBO Max 117 Warner Bros spent over 200 million alone compensating talent for the shift to streaming Deadline reported in January 2022 that such a business move will never occur again given its high cost 111 In March 2021 it was announced that Warner Bros would discontinue same day releases in 2022 as part of an agreement the studio reached with Cineworld who operates Regal Cinemas and will instead use a 45 day exclusive release window for theaters 118 The Matrix Resurrections was the final film released in 2021 as part of Project Popcorn The 45 day release window for HBO Max was only used for two films The Batman and Fantastic Beasts The Secrets of Dumbledore before it was reported in August 2022 that as part of a restructuring of Warner Bros film distribution strategy following the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc the length of the window would now be decided for each film on a case by case basis 119 Sports Edit AT amp T chairman and CEO Randall L Stephenson did not rule out adding live sporting events from Turner Sports to HBO Max in the future 57 Turner Sports broadcast rights to the National Hockey League as of the 2021 22 season includes an option for HBO Max to hold over the top streaming rights including simulcasts of games aired on TNT and games exclusive to the service WarnerMedia executives stated upon the announcement of the contract that they were still exploring options for these rights 120 On March 1 2022 Turner Sports announced an eight year deal to hold rights to United States men s and women s national soccer team home matches such as FIFA World Cup qualifying and international friendlies This excludes FIFA and CONCACAF events whose rights are held by Fox and away matches whose rights are held by whoever holds the rights to the home team s matches It was stated that at least half the matches per season will be exclusive to HBO Max 121 Technologies and accessibility EditAt launch HBO Max did not support 4K HDR Dolby Vision or Dolby Atmos but support for these technologies were planned as part of the HBO Max product roadmap 122 123 Support for 4K HDR and Atmos was added starting with the release of Wonder Woman 1984 124 with WarnerMedia promising to add more content in these formats throughout 2021 and beyond 125 The service provided closed captioning support at launch but initially lacked support for audio description AD for those with visual impairments 126 In October 2020 the American Council of the Blind announced it had reached a settlement with WarnerMedia whereby at least 1 500 hours of HBO Max content will be available with AD by the end of March 2021 increasing to at least 6 000 hours by March 2023 along with other accessibility enhancements to the website and apps by September 2021 127 HBO Max later began rolling out AD on select titles on March 26 2021 128 Distribution EditUnited States Edit The majority of active subscribers to the HBO pay TV service which previously included HBO Go and most customers that were subscribed to HBO Now at time of launch can access HBO Max for no extra charge with all three services generally sharing the same price point of 14 99 per month However this transition is contingent on the customer s current provider or biller having signed a new distribution agreement for HBO Max with WarnerMedia 55 129 On May 27 2020 as part of an agreement with Time Warner that renewed its carriage contract for the Turner Broadcasting System networks and gave its over the top television service Sling TV distribution rights to the linear HBO channel Dish Network secured an option to become a distribution partner for HBO Max following the exclusivity period with Apple 130 131 HBO content is also available as a premium add on for DirecTV Stream and Hulu for the same 14 99 price as HBO Max 132 In announcing HBO Max WarnerMedia immediately confirmed that HBO subscribers on AT amp T owned platforms including AT amp T TV DirecTV U verse and AT amp T Mobility will receive HBO Max on launch at no additional charge 133 134 AT amp T customers who are subscribed to their highest tiered internet TV and wireless plans will also receive HBO Max for free while those on lower tiered plans will get a free trial ranging from one month to one year 135 Existing HBO Now subscribers billed directly by HBO were also migrated to HBO Max on launch at no additional charge On April 27 2020 an agreement was announced for HBO Now subscribers via Apple both in app subscriptions and Apple TV Channels to be migrated to HBO Max Content from HBO Max will be listed in the Apple TV app along with there being a dedicated HBO Max hub in the app 136 137 On Apple TV devices HBO Max is available to the regular fourth generation Apple TV and fifth and sixth generation Apple TV 4K earlier versions which do not support third party app download are not supported At launch HBO Max was only available to customers in the United States and certain territories of the same country Due to regional rights restrictions HBO cannot offer the service outside of the country and its terms of use explicitly forbid the service from being used outside the United States Users from outside the U S that are detected to have used services such as virtual private networks VPN to evade the geo blocking to use HBO Max are subject to have their services terminated with no refund 138 139 WarnerMedia subsequently negotiated with other pay TV providers for similar arrangements 129 On February 20 2020 WarnerMedia announced a distribution deal with YouTube TV that would allow members to add HBO and Cinemax while also being able to include HBO Max as an add on 140 On April 15 2020 WarnerMedia announced a similar deal with Charter Spectrum which acquired Warner s former cable division after it was spun off in 2009 in May 2016 to give access to HBO Max for HBO subscribers via their TV Everywhere credentials 141 A similar agreement was announced with Hulu on May 1 for most existing subscribers via Hulu Live TV as well as being available as an add on to all other plans on the service 142 On May 20 2020 it was announced that WarnerMedia had made distribution deals with Altice USA Cox Communications Xbox Samsung PlayStation Verizon Communications and the National Cable Television Cooperative NCTC 143 An agreement with Comcast Xfinity was announced a few hours after the platform s launch 144 HBO Max is also available on Xfinity Flex and Cox Contour Stream Player 145 146 The most prominent platforms without agreements to carry HBO Max at the launch were Amazon maker of the Fire TV and Fire HD devices and Roku which together are estimated to control 70 of the U S streaming player market 144 With both platforms non Max HBO content remained available as usual through the companies respective channels platforms and or through HBO Now which was rebranded to just HBO on July 31 2020 while deals for HBO Max were being worked out On May 13 2020 John Stankey CEO of AT amp T revealed to Variety that Amazon was very unlikely to become a launch partner for HBO Max the parties have remained at an impasse following the launch reportedly due to a disagreement about whether Amazon can host the additional Max programming directly on its Amazon Prime Video Channels platform as it does for HBO currently 147 144 On November 16 2020 it was announced that WarnerMedia and Amazon had reached an agreement to make HBO Max available on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices beginning the following day while also allowing subscribers of HBO via Prime Video Channels access to the HBO Max app at no extra cost although the additional Max programming will still not be hosted on the Prime Video Channels platform 148 The dispute with Roku was reported to hinge on carriage commissions and advertising sales on the future ad supported tier 144 On December 16 2020 it was announced that WarnerMedia and Roku had reached an agreement to make HBO Max available on Roku devices beginning the following day while also allowing subscribers of HBO via Roku Channels access to the HBO Max app at no extra cost although the additional Max programming will still not be hosted on the Roku Channels platform conversely Roku remote controls from the past five years which included an HBO Now app shortcut button now route viewers directly to the HBO Max app instead 149 Dish Network was also erroneously mentioned as a holdout in some media reports HBO has not been available at all from Dish since late 2018 due to a separate dispute 150 On July 29 2021 WarnerMedia and Dish announced that they had reached an agreement to resolve the dispute and restore HBO to Dish s satellite service along with offering access to HBO Max to HBO subscribers via Dish at no extra cost 151 There were plans for HBO Max to introduce an ad supported tier by 2021 152 with AT amp T later announcing during their Investor Day event on March 12 2021 that the tier would launch in June of the same year 153 HBO original programming will continue to be ad free for subscribers of the tier but the tier will not allow access to Same Day Premieres 154 WarnerMedia later announced during their 2021 upfront presentation on May 19 that the ad supported tier would launch during the first week of June at a price point of 9 99 a month 155 The tier would end up launching on June 3 while also adding a yearly option for both tiers priced at 99 99 a year for the ad supported tier and 149 99 a year for the ad free tier 156 International expansion Edit See also List of HBO international channels Localized versions of HBO Max launched on June 29 2021 in Latin America and the Caribbean 157 on October 26 2021 in Andorra Spain and the Nordics excluding Iceland and on March 8 2022 in Central amp Eastern Europe and Portugal in part by converting existing streaming services operated by HBO in some of those markets to the HBO Max platform 158 159 In the interim some HBO Max original programs have been made available on WarnerMedia s existing international platforms also including HBO Asia 160 161 In other countries HBO and or HBO Max original programs are licensed to third party networks and streaming services under long term deals In these cases HBO Max has left it up to individual rightsholders to decide whether to offer its programming on an over the top basis The extent and lengths of the deals vary by country not all networks that carry HBO programs also carry HBO Max programs and in some cases individual programs are carried by different services 162 163 164 WarnerMedia said in late 2019 that it planned to continue HBO s existing international licensing partnerships for the time being 165 However as part of the WarnerMedia further restructuring announced in August 2020 WarnerMedia president Jason Kilar said HBO Max would be expanding its scope globally 45 Operations chief Andy Forssell indicated later that year that the company ultimately plans to have HBO Max active in 190 countries but that a timeline for most of the remaining countries had not been decided 159 Following the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery Inc in April 2022 Warner Bros Discovery has decided to instead halt international expansion of HBO Max and instead continuing to license its content to other international distributors such as Sky Europe and Foxtel in markets where HBO Max isn t available in an attempt to reach financial stability for the company 166 Latin America and the Caribbean Edit HBO Max was launched on June 29 2021 in the 39 territories of Latin America and the Caribbean where HBO already operated directly its streaming service HBO Go and premium television channels 167 168 Canada Edit Before the launch of HBO Max Canadian rights to HBO owned and distributed programming were held by Bell Media the mass media unit of telecom company Bell Canada b Programming is offered through the hybrid Crave pay television and streaming service which includes an HBO branded multiplex channel that launched in 2008 and Bell s French language pay service Super Ecran In 2019 Bell Media announced an expanded partnership with WarnerMedia for the rights to scripted programming produced by Warner Bros and its affiliates for HBO Max The deal does not include the rights to series produced for the service by third party studios 162 In addition several youth and family oriented shows produced for HBO Max were acquired by rival broadcaster Corus Entertainment for their specialty channels 169 170 171 As of August 2022 the merger of HBO Max and Discovery is not planned to release in Canada Bell Media has also stated it does not plan to change its deal for rights to programming for HBO Max 172 Europe Edit United Kingdom Ireland Germany Switzerland Austria and Italy Edit Under a long term agreement until 2024 between HBO and Sky Group Comcast Sky operates Sky Atlantic which broadcasts the majority of HBO s programming Sky Atlantic is available in the UK Ireland Germany Switzerland Austria and Italy In February 2011 Sky Atlantic launched on the Sky platforms in the United Kingdom and Ireland which maintains a distribution deal with HBO to offer the majority of its programming on the channel Under the five year agreement between HBO and Sky newer HBO programs will air on Sky Atlantic before airing on other television channels within the United Kingdom and Ireland Before 2011 TG4 in Ireland had a long term agreement to broadcast HBO programming free to air this ceased following the creation of Sky Atlantic In many other countries HBO Max has licensed exclusive rights to its programming to television networks owned by third parties including Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom In March 2021 WarnerMedia confirmed that HBO Max would not launch in the UK Ireland Germany Switzerland Austria and Italy before 2025 due to an existing deal for HBO programming with Sky Group which was renewed in 2019 but does not automatically include HBO Max programs produced by third party companies or Warner Bros 173 174 175 Nordic countries and Spain Edit On August 15 2012 HBO announced plans to launch HBO Nordic a multiplatform video distribution service serving Norway Denmark Sweden and Finland that was created through a joint venture with Parsifal International 176 177 The video on demand service launched in December 2012 178 HBO programming also airs in Iceland on Stod 2 179 In Spain HBO programs were previously broadcast on pay television service Canal since 2011 180 In 2016 during the discontinuation of the Canal branding in Spain HBO launched a standalone streaming service called HBO Espana which is the Spanish equivalent of HBO Now and HBO Nordic HBO Europe had announced on multiple occasions that they were not aware that they were going to replace their current service with HBO Max nor would their rates be increased 181 However in December 2020 the head of HBO Max Andy Forssell revealed that all HBO services in Europe including HBO Espana and HBO Nordic will be replaced by HBO Max On October 26 2021 HBO Max was launched in the Nordics excluding Iceland and Spain and Andorra 182 183 Central and Eastern Europe countries and Portugal Edit In the 2010s HBO Europe launched streaming service HBO Go in 13 Central and Eastern European countries HBO programs in Portugal were previously broadcast on the premium television channel TVSeries from the services of TVCine since 2015 In 2019 less than a year before the discontinuation of TVSeries HBO Europe launched a standalone streaming service called HBO Portugal Similarly to the Nordics and Spain HBO Max was launched in Portugal 184 and Central and Eastern Europe on March 8 2022 185 replacing HBO Portugal and HBO Go Plans to also introduce HBO Max in certain Eastern European countries where HBO Go was absent such as Turkey and Greece were announced on October 2021 186 but these plans were later halted with Vodafone TV in Greece and various TV operators in Turkey including Digiturk instead getting the rights for various HBO and HBO Max programming 187 188 France Edit On November 13 2008 Orange launched Orange Cinema Series renamed OCS in 2012 a five channel package dedicated to movie and series The same year OCS signed a long term agreement with HBO On October 10 2013 they launched the channel OCS City initially nicknamed Generation HBO to broadcast only HBO productions The HBO catalog is also available to stream on their streaming service Since 2019 OCS has the complete exclusivity on the HBO catalog in France Before that other channels like Canal Canal Series or NT1 could aired reruns of selected HBO series after their original run on OCS 189 However OCS do not have the rights on the HBO Max catalogue The deal ended in December 2022 with HBO productions leaving OCS from January 2023 onwards 190 In October 2021 former Canal executive Vera Peltekian was appointed as VP and commissioning editor of original HBO Max programming for France HBO Max launch in France was set for 2023 but was cancelled after the Warner Bros Discovery merge which stopped the global rollout of HBO Max in order to launch later the combined platform with Discovery 191 Meanwhile Canal the TF1 Group and Warner TV broadcast a selection of the Warner Bros produced scripted live action Max Original series certain films and reunion specials Programs not owned by Warner Bros like Lionsgate s Love Life have been licensed separately to other French broadcasters In October 2022 Amazon Prime Video signed a deal with Warner Bros Discovery to distribute the HBO Max programs owned by Warner Bros in France 192 In January 2023 it was announced that the deal was extended to all HBO productions following the expiration of the deals with OCS for HBO productions and with Canal for carriage of Warner Bros Discovery s TV channels in France with the launch of Le Pass Warner Warner Pass a subscription based channel Selected programs like The Last of Us and Peacemaker will be given a release without a subscription to the channel 193 Netherlands Edit On February 9 2012 HBO Netherlands started as a joint venture between HBO and Dutch cable operator Ziggo HBO Netherlands aired as a three channel multiplex service in addition to offering a localized version of HBO Go to subscribers HBO Netherlands was not limited to subscribers of Ziggo instead many Dutch cable operators offered HBO Netherlands However on September 28 2016 HBO Netherlands announced that it would cease operations on December 31 2016 That same day it was announced that Ziggo had bought exclusive rights to HBO programming 194 On November 1 2016 it was announced that Ziggo will offer HBO programming exclusively as part of their new Movies amp Series service starting from January 2017 195 In September 2021 it was reported that Ziggo s rights to HBO programming is set to expire at the end of the year 196 Ziggo confirmed that its HBO programming rights are set to expire on January 1 2022 as a result of WarnerMedia launching HBO Max in The Netherlands in 2022 However some recently aired seasons will remain on the Movies amp Series service 197 On February 1 2022 the launch date was officially announced for March 8 2022 198 Australia and New Zealand Edit Fox Showcase an Australian premium television service began airing HBO original programming in 2012 through a licensed distribution arrangement with subscription television provider Foxtel Before this limited HBO content was broadcast through the now defunct Movie Network which was founded by HBO through Time Warner Village Roadshow Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Disney ABC International Television HBO Originals are also available on demand via Foxtel services Foxtel Now and Binge Sky Movies in New Zealand originally operated as a joint venture between HBO and Sky Network Television The channel was renamed HBO in 1993 Time Warner later sold its share in the service to Sky in 1998 and it was renamed back to Sky Movies HBO programming is currently shown by Sky channel SoHo and its subscription streaming service Neon in New Zealand Deals with some other partners including Foxtel in Australia and Sky in New Zealand which includes a significant portion of HBO Max s original programming were agreed or renewed between 2019 and 2021 163 199 Foxtel and Warner Bros Discovery renewed their partnership in February 2023 making HBO and Warner Bros content available across Foxtel s pay TV channels as well as its Foxtel Now and Binge streaming services 166 However in a press release Warner Bros Discovery President and Managing Director for Western Pacific James Gibbons said the renewed deal with Foxtel also provides optionality for future collaboration including for our future streaming service perhaps hinting at plans to launch HBO Max or a successor in Australia in the future 200 Asia Pacific Edit Southeast Asia India Hong Kong and Taiwan Edit In June 2021 WarnerMedia appointed a managing director for the launch of HBO Max in eight territories across Southeast Asia and the exploration of the possibilities to launch HBO Max in the Indian market 201 Warner Bros Discovery India decided to premiere their HBO Max original programming including their original films on Amazon Prime Video 202 and on Disney Hotstar due to a previously established deal in 2016 203 The plans to launch HBO Max in Southeast Asia were later halted citation needed Japan Edit In Japan U Next reached a deal to carry HBO and HBO Max original programs in Japan beginning on April 1 2021 This replaced a previous deal between HBO and Amazon Prime Video Japan 204 This deal between Warner Bros Discovery and U Next was renewed in March 2023 making the streaming service the home of HBO content in the country in a multi year deal between the two Middle East and North Africa Edit OSN currently carries HBO content across 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region on its linear channels as well as its OSN streaming service An exclusive multi year licensing deal was renewed in March 2023 meaning an HBO Max launch is unlikely in this region in the near future Launch Edit Available Distribution deal with local partner for Warner Bros Discovery owned Max Originals Content currently available through HBO Go Launch rollout timeline Release date Country TerritoryMay 27 2020 50 United States c June 29 2021 205 206 AnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArubaThe BahamasBarbadosBelizeBoliviaBrazilBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsCroatiaChileColombiaCosta RicaCuracaoDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGrenadaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaMexicoMontserratNicaraguaPanamaParaguayPeruSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSurinameTrinidad and TobagoTurks and Caicos IslandsUruguayVenezuelaOctober 26 2021 207 AndorraDenmark d Finland e Norway f SpainSwedenMarch 8 2022 198 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCzech RepublicHungaryMoldovaMontenegroNetherlandsNorth MacedoniaPolandPortugalRomaniaSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaCurrent distribution partners for Warner Bros Discovery owned Max Originals Country Territory Partner main services Expiry Refs Australia Foxtel Fox Showcase Binge Unknown 163 Belgium BeTV 208 Telenet Streamz Yelo TV 209 Canada Bell Media HBO Canada Crave g 2024 162 211 China Tencent Video Unknown 212 213 CIS Amediateka Okko More TV 214 France Canal 2024 215 OCS 190 Salto 2023 216 217 Amazon Prime Video 2024 218 GermanyAustriaSwitzerland Sky Deutschland 2025 219 RTL 2026 220 Greece Vodafone Greece Unknown 187 India Amazon Prime Video 221 Disney Hotstar 2023 222 203 Italy Sky Italia 2025 219 Japan U Next Unknown 204 Middle EastNorth Africa OSN 223 New Zealand Sky SoHo Neon 199 South Korea SK Telecom Wavve 224 Sub Saharan Africa Showmax 225 Turkey Digiturk beIN connect 188 Dogan Holding BluTV 226 United KingdomIreland Sky UK h 2025 219 Reception EditHBO Max received mixed reception from media observers on launch The range of available content was generally well received but many commented on the likelihood of confusion with HBO s other since deprecated streaming platforms HBO Go and HBO Now and the service s higher subscription price compared to other newly launched streaming platforms like Disney 55 227 228 Television critics also expressed frustration that the library of original series not including its former late night adult content for sister network Cinemax was not originally available on HBO Max though much of its output had arrived on the service by the end of 2021 229 AT amp T announced in July 2020 that HBO Max had nominally achieved 26 6 million subscribers after its first month of operation including 23 6 million wholesale customers primarily legacy HBO pay TV subscribers that were covered by new agreements that added access to HBO Max at no extra charge 230 However only 4 1 million customers had activated their HBO Max accounts by the same date 230 The latter figure was seen by many observers as a disappointment particularly in light of Disney having reached 10 million subscribers within a day of launch The New York Times s media critic Ben Smith wrote that WarnerMedia had badly botched the launch 231 However AT amp T executives contended that it had been a flawless launch citing increased customer engagement compared to HBO Now and overall growth in total subscriptions to either HBO or HBO Max 36 3 million vs 34 6 million HBO or HBO Now subscribers at the end of 2019 while acknowledging that there was more to do to persuade existing HBO subscribers to start using the HBO Max apps 232 Executives had previously noted that HBO Max was starting from a different place than other streaming services as it was building on the existing HBO subscriber base and had to work within the constraints of many of HBO s pre existing deals such as those with Amazon and Roku 233 In October 2020 AT amp T revealed that the number of activated HBO Max subscribers had reached 8 6 million by the end of September while the number of nominal eligible subscribers reached 28 7 million The total number of HBO HBO Max subscriptions in the U S also increased to 28 million 234 With an agreement being reached the following month with Amazon which is reported to have had 5 million HBO subscribers through Prime Video Channels the number of HBO Max eligible subscribers is understood to have increased to over 33 million 148 In September 2022 Warner Bros Discovery was sued by a shareholder alleging that WarnerMedia had overstated the number of HBO Max subscribers by including unactivated subscriptions bundled with AT amp T services 235 236 See also EditList of streaming media servicesFootnotes Edit Only in few countries from around the world By coincidence Bell Canada was formerly part owned by WarnerMedia s 2018 2022 parent company AT amp T until 1975 however Bell s relationship with HBO predated AT amp T s acquisition of WarnerMedia Bell Media and its predecessors had also had a separate partnership with Discovery Inc covering Discovery Channel Canada and related services 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