Rumor partly confirmed: Max and D+ merging, but will not have only unscripted content. At least premium scripted movie and TV content from Max will be on the merged stream. What is unclear (at least to me from this source), is if they will be developing any new scripted content for the new streamer, or will all of that kind of stuff just be on HBO?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/05/hbo-max-discovery-plus-warner/ “Warner Bros. Discovery will merge its HBO Max and Discovery Plus services into a single streaming platform, as part of a plan to hit 130 million paying subscribers by 2025 in the highly competitive market…. means Warner Bros. properties such as the Harry Potter series and the sitcom “Friends” would be available alongside Discovery shows like “Deadliest Catch” and “Worst Cooks in America.” Warner Bros. Discovery will also develop a 10-year plan for its DC Comics franchises that include Superman and Wonder Woman, similar to what Disney did with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Zaslav said. The HBO Max and Discovery Plus merger aims to cut subscriber losses with a broad offering that has “something for everyone in the household…” On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 8:04 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > The rumor is that HBO Max is being folded into Discovery+ and will only > have unscripted content. > Scripted content will go to HBO. > > > https://twitter.com/GraceRandolph/status/1554556706839052289?t=TJpeOcnkbH0FoPol79BqZg&s=19 > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2022, 3:00 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You'd think with everything going on with Ezra Miller & "The Flash", >> they'd want something to fall back on. Also, you'd think by now they'd >> have learned from Marvel that not everything has to be an outsized >> blockbuster to engage audiences. >> >> OH WAIT. This is WB we're talking about. >> >> As Emily Litella used to say, "Never mind!" >> >> On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 5:23:27 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: >> >>> Disappointing… I had high hopes for this one >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 2:14 PM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> https://tvline.com/2022/08/02/batgirl-movie-cancelled-leslie-grace-barbara-gordon-hbo-max/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dLVC3NZ%2B%3DFF1HaitpgUr9T1fYKWnfnUntrSS8yDWym%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dLVC3NZ%2B%3DFF1HaitpgUr9T1fYKWnfnUntrSS8yDWym%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a387fe0b-a012-4b5b-b9a3-b2898c4b11ean%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a387fe0b-a012-4b5b-b9a3-b2898c4b11ean%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywjFDU058ximy%2BB%3D1kbK6yz6uoXsonJ2VAEBZ%3DO3o2TdA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywjFDU058ximy%2BB%3D1kbK6yz6uoXsonJ2VAEBZ%3DO3o2TdA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKwf0op%2BZqdu7jhEegwX3cFkkr444nwtLZfc1EbPe3j2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
