The subscription video services are soon going to ditch the conventional cable connection, and shortly, people will be confused as to which subscription they should opt for, and which one they should leave, as after Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and a few other such services, WarnerMedia will be bringing HBO Max as the new streaming service for people.
The company revealed the name of its upcoming streaming service on Tuesday, along with the name of a few programs that the company will be streaming through the service, including Dune: The Sisterhood, Tokyo Vice, The Flight Attendant, Love Life, Made for Love, etc. And, the company will be producing new shows under the lineup of HBO Originals to stream through the service. It will also include the collection of movies (old and new) to it.
The company has already signed a contract of four movies with Director and writer Greg Berlanti, and Reese Witherspoon will be producing at least two movies for the Max Originals.
HBO Max will also be including almost all the HBO TV series, its films as well as documentaries to it. The company even revealed that content from CNN, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, truTV, TBS and TNT, will also be the part of the HBO Max video library.
WarnerMedia said the new service “is anticipated to premiere with 10,000 hours of premium content.” Among those new shows and movies, ‘Friends’, will also be a part of this service.
The company had been licensing Netflix for streaming Friends over it, and the former even paid $80 million to include the show into its library only for 2019. But the license will be over by the end of the year, and HBO Max will be among the few platforms that stream this iconic sitcom.
There are already a few streaming services operating in the name of HBO, including HBO Go and HBO Now. The AT&T acquired company, WarnerMedia, earlier wanted to launch a three-tiered service by the end of 2019. But the company dropped the idea, and now, will focus entirely on HBO Max, which the company will be introducing in the first quarter of 2020.
The company has not revealed on the prices of the packages it will be providing for the streaming service. Currently, HBO Now costs $14.99 for a month’s subscription, which is already expensive than its rivals Netflix and Hulu. So to bear with the competition, the WarnerMedia should keep the prices for the HBO Max subscription, a bit affordable.
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