WBD to bring Max to Southeast Asia in November
Warner Bros Discovery will offer three plans when it launches in Southeast Asia next month, including a mobile-only plan that limits streaming to phones and tablets.
Max (formerly HBO Max) is a premium, subscription-based streaming television service owned and operated by Warner Bros Discovery. It was previously operated by the WarnerMedia subsidiary of AT&T.
Warner Bros Discovery will offer three plans when it launches in Southeast Asia next month, including a mobile-only plan that limits streaming to phones and tablets.
The agreement keeps AEW’s two shows on TBS and TNT for a few more years, and gives WBD the right to sell pay-per-view events on its streaming service Max.
Customers of Spectrum TV will get complementary access to the ad-supported tiers of Max and Discovery Plus, the companies announced.
Warner Bros Discovery is bringing the FanDuel online morning show to traditional cable TV.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will participate in a sit-down interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Thursday.
Warner Bros Discovery is bringing a streaming simulcast of CNN International through Max to more European countries this week.
The professional basketball league says WBD’s offer was not substantially the same as one made by Amazon for games on Prime Video.
Warner Bros Discovery saw more than 600 million minutes of Summer Olympic Games content streamed during the competition.
DoorDash is offering free access to a major streaming service as an incentive for its DashPass membership service.
The entertainment giant has explored possible ways to bundle Max with various telecom products, according to a report.
The company holds the pan-European rights to the games, available through Max, Discovery Plus and Eurosport.
Streaming continued to chip away at traditional TV’s market share in June, according to Nielsen’s latest The Gauge report.
The bundle costs $17 per month with ads across all three services, or $30 per month for uninterrupted streaming.
CEO David Zaslav is weighing that plan among others as the company works to address its massive debt load.
Warner Bros Discovery has five days to match an offer to keep pro basketball on TNT Sports.
WBD and Paramount have held discussions about possibly merging some or all of their streaming TV businesses, according to a report published on Monday.
Tru TV and Max will offer more than a dozen Mountain West Conference games this year, WBD said on Monday.
Warner Bros Discovery will air dozens of men’s and women’s college basketball games from the Big East Conference starting next year.
A spokesperson said the price adjustments on pay TV were necessitated by higher fees charged by programmers.
Netflix’s advertising revenue per ad-supported subscriber is expected to drop from $70 this year to around $59 in 2026.
Nearly 900 live matches will stream on Max, WBD said in a statement, while feature events will air live on the flagship TNT cable network.
WBD has inked a $650 million deal to bring the French Open tennis tournament to TNT Sports and Max in the United States.
The cost of Max without ads climbs to $17 per month, while the premium version of Max is now priced at $21 per month.
WBD’s TNT Sports will present two first-round CFP games during the 2024 and 2025 season as part of the agreement.
WBD has launched its cornerstone streaming service Max in 20 European countries.
The Commission on Presidential Debates is not involved in two scheduled TV events taking place in June and September.
Bango wants the world to bundle, and the company is working with telecoms and other providers to offer value-additive packages of services to satisfy customers and reduce churn.
An Echostar video executive said ongoing pressure from some of its programming partners has led to subscriber losses, specifically at Sling TV.
Disney Plus will also be included; details on pricing are expected to be announced at a later date.
Warner Bros Discovery is readying a fresh round of job cuts that could impact the company’s streaming divisions the hardest.
A takeover of some national NBA broadcast rights by NBC could make WBD’s streaming joint venture with ESPN and Fox less-attractive to basketball fans.
The documents show North Korean animators were able to circumvent U.S.-imposed sanctions in a number of cases.
The figure includes $23.1 million in stock awards and $22 million in cash bonuses tied to free cash flow targets.
A research analyst with Parks Associates said streamers are watching more free, ad-supported content — and that might lead to higher churn across subscription-based services.
“WBD House” will include studios and production facilities that will allow the media and entertainment brand to deliver thousands of hours of Olympics coverage this year.
The deal lowers the annual price of Max by as much as 40 percent, depending on the plan.
The app will roll out to users ahead of the Summer Olympic games, which are airing on co-owned Eurosport.
Streaming accounted for nearly 38 percent of all television watching in the United States last month, up from 34 percent last year.
Streaming’s revenue growth is attributed mainly to hybrid advertising-subscription models, according to Ampere.
Warner Bros Discovery becomes first major media company to earn full-year streaming profit.