Warner Bros Discovery exec hints at future price increases
Customers who are used to paying certain amounts for HBO Max and Discovery Plus may find themselves paying more for a new service next year.
Discovery, Inc. ($DISCA) is a multi-national operator of pay television networks based in the United States. The company operates 19 channels in the United States, including the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, the Science Channel, the Cooking Channel, Destination America, TLC, HGTV, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and MotorTrend. Internationally, the company operates global variants of its stateside networks as well as DMAX (Germany), EuroSports 1 and EuroSport 2 (Europe), Quest (United Kingdom) and 9Rush (Australia).
Customers who are used to paying certain amounts for HBO Max and Discovery Plus may find themselves paying more for a new service next year.
Discovery will close the streaming service CNN Plus on April 28, two days earlier than expected.
Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia have officially joined forces, consummating a merger that has been months in the making.
AT&T’s marriage of WarnerMedia with Discovery could happen by the end of the week, according to a report.
The $6 a month streaming news service is expected to be offered as a bundle with HBO Max down the road, Jason Kilar said.
The AT&T executive is expected to depart on Friday, according to a note sent to employees earlier this week.
A Discovery executive said it will take “months” to offer a combined HBO Max-Discovery Plus service.
Still, Discovery is leaning away from offering a totally-free, ad-supported version of its streaming services in the future.
An AT&T executive said this week the company did not get enough credit for the success of HBO Max.
Discovery Communications is reportedly exploring a potential bid for British broadcaster Channel 4, according to a report.