It’s official, HBO Max and Discovery + announce the merger for a new streaming platform

After the revelation of Warner Bros and Discovery became one company, they announce that the same will happen with their streaming platforms: HBO Max and Discovery + will disappear and give way to a new digital service to merge the content that each had. previously .

A few days ago, it was revealed that Waner Bros and Discovery have merged, so they ceased to be individual companies to be one under the name of Warner Bros Discovery, with David Zaslav running the company. By then it was anticipated that there would be a restructuring not only in their production houses but also in their respective streaming platforms, and so it has been.

It has now been revealed that HBO Max and Discovery + join forces to create a new streaming platform where the two merge and their content coincides in the same digital catalog. Although, until now, there is no prefix name for this new service; yes there are several details about him.

David Zaslav revealed that the streaming service that will combine HBO Max with Discovery +, will have video on demand and live streaming, three types of “subscription” (without advertising, reduced advertising, with advertising); and it will also arrive in the United States at some point in 2023.

At the moment, it is unknown what will happen to HBO Max and Discovery + in the coming months and until the launch of the new streaming platform that unites these two companies. We will have to wait a while to know when they will stop working and what will happen to those who already subscribe to one of the two digital services.

After the merger of Warner Bros and Discovery, the HBO Max titles disappear

After it was announced that Warner Bros and Discovery would become one company, the disappearance of several productions within the HBO Max catalog was reported, as was the case with the most recent version of ‘The Witches’ starring Anne Hathaway.

Not to mention the cancellation of several projects that HBO Max and Warner Bros had in development, such as “Batgirl” with Leslie Grace and the popular “The Flash” series with Grant Austin, which has been running for eight years, has also been announced. seasons and is also part of The CW Universe.

Like these productions, it is possible that in the coming months there will be many more changes in the HBO Max catalog in what reveals what will happen to said streaming platform before we see the arrival of the new digital service that they will do in collaboration with Discovery +.