MAX Changing Names Again...

[Scott Greczkowski]

I am getting word that MAX is changing names again...

The new name will be... the old Name.

HBO Max.

I wish I was kidding.

Look for the change this summer.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Warner Bros. Discovery Announces Max to Become HBO Max this Summer

May 14, 2025 – At the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront presentation in New York today, it was announced that Max, the company’s premier streaming platform,

press.wbd.com

 

[Ronnie-]

 

[telstar_1]

Is there still an HBO standalone premium service? Cinemax?

 

[Bruce]

I need to find one of my older posts, when I said the name change to MAX was incredibly stupid, since they were getting rid of a name that has been around since the 70's.

 

[b4pjoe]

And in another year or two they will rename it to just HBO. High level thinking on their part.

 

[Bruce]

And in another year or two they will rename it to just HBO. High level thinking on their part.

Probably will have to be, since they are spinning off the cable channels into a new company, except HBO.

Hearing rumors they are not signing any new deals from this point forward, regarding new content for their formerly Discovery owned channels, just letting current deals expire.

Already eliminated new scripted content for TNT and TBS, makes sense they would do so for the other channels, since they are going to lose about 7 Million more per sub fees this year, around the same next year.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Never should have changed the name to begin with!


View: https://youtu.be/Qc4cmZaWgIo

 

[Phil T]

Never should have changed the name to begin with!


View: https://youtu.be/Qc4cmZaWgIo

Always thought that was the coolest ID of any network.

 

[lakebum431]

Probably will have to be, since they are spinning off the cable channels into a new company, except HBO.

Hearing rumors they are not signing any new deals from this point forward, regarding new content for their formerly Discovery owned channels, just letting current deals expire.

Already eliminated new scripted content for TNT and TBS, makes sense they would do so for the other channels, since they are going to lose about 7 Million more per sub fees this year, around the same next year.

Neither of your last two paragraphs are accurate. I'm 100% certain. Nor does it make any sense as the majority of their cash comes from the linear networks and there would be no reason to cut off that cash flow stream. It also goes completely against what they said in their earnings call last week about the importance of the linear business and the slowing of losses there or their recently announced new linear carriage deals with both Comcast and Charter. Finally, they didn't eliminate their new scripted content as they showed multiple programs at their upfront presentation today (including the next iterations of the Librarians series).
The first paragraph is unlikely since 1) there is no actual announced spin off 2) most importantly, internationally HBO is being reported with the global linear networks segment as laid out in their Q1 10-Q.

 

[Bruce]

The first paragraph is unlikely since 1) there is no actual announced spin off 2) most importantly, internationally HBO is being reported with the global linear networks segment as laid out in their Q1 10-Q.

Dude, so far here, lately, thanks to my friend giving me insider info, I have posted here that Comcast/Universal will be spinning off their cable channels, a month before it was announced, I announced ESPN will be launching a streaming version a year before it was announced, which I also included some of the plans, like teaming up with gambling companies.

I also said that Fox was looking to team up with Disney, putting their sports content on ESPN, then talks feel apart.

All of the above, I backed up with links after they were announced, which I included my original post.

Everytime you post something about the entertainment industry, you have been wrong, the last time we interacted , you said I was incorrect on Hollywood's share of China's Box Office, I wrote it was 25%, then I backed it up with a link, then you went radio silent.

Here is where you are incorrect again-

On the earnings call, Zaslav declined to say whether a spinoff at his company was in the works.

"We can move quickly if we decide to change," Zaslav said.

The company posted a net loss of $453 million, which underscored continued struggles in key business units, including lower television advertising at its cable channels.

Warner Bros. Discovery breakup speculation ramps up after weak earnings report

The Warner Bros. studio struggled in the quarter, but the company's streaming unit grew by 5.3 million subscribers.

www.latimes.com

Sounds Like Warner Bros. Discovery Will Have Its Own SpinCo in the “Not-Too-Distant” Future

CNBC’s David Faber reports that a spinoff of Warners’ cable channels is imminent.

www.hollywoodreporter.com