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[Kevin Clancy]

In Streaming Milestone, Disney And Warner Bros. Discovery Team On Bundle Featuring Disney+, Hulu And Max

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are breaking ground in streaming with a bundled offering featuring Disney+, Hulu and Max in a single package.

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[SD_Brian]

You can add Max onto your Disney+/Hulu bundle today, so I'm not sure how this will be different?

 

[Kevin Clancy]

You can add Max onto your Disney+/Hulu bundle today, so I'm not sure how this will be different?

Doesn't that just allow you to watch HBO content through the Hulu app? Everything else (I think) is exclusive to the Max app.

 

[SD_Brian]

Doesn't that just allow you to watch HBO content through the Hulu app? Everything else (I think) is exclusive to the Max app.

No, my subscription has Max as a separate app, in addition to linking HBO content through Hulu.

 

[Kevin Clancy]

Paying one company to be able to watch all services under one umbrella - aren't we essentially bringing everything back full circle to what we had with cable TV? (albeit with programming on demand, rather than linear)

It's like how they're saying podcasts might offer versions live - which is essentially... radio.

 

[TonyD]

So they’re swapping out ESPN for HboMax I guess?

 

[TravisR]

It's hilarious that it took years for all the fancy MBAs and seven figure execs to realize that not every streaming company could successfully compete against all of the other streamers so the solution is to essentially make cable again.

 

[Garysb]

So they’re swapping out ESPN for HboMax I guess?

I think they are giving people choices in bundles of services and both bundles will be available, one including ESPN plus and one containing Max. You will also be able to order the services separately. I imagine other services with multiple owners will also be bundled . If Sony buys Paramount they will break it up selling CBS including its O &O TV stations and all the cable channels and just holding Paramount Pictures and all the film and TV series they own. At that point I imagine Paramount Plus will be bundled with some other streaming services

 

[Kevin Clancy]

WBD Chief David Zaslav On Streaming Bundle With Disney: “It Does Feel Like This Is A Moment”

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said the forthcoming bundle of Max, Hulu and Disney+, marks a "moment" for programmers in the streaming wars.

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[Ronald Epstein]

Paying one company to be able to watch all services under one umbrella - aren't we essentially bringing everything back full circle to what we had with cable TV? (albeit with programming on demand, rather than linear)

It's like how they're saying podcasts might offer versions live - which is essentially... radio.

Funny you say that.

I just watched an interview -- and I forgot where it was -- where it was predicted that cable TV will be replaced by streaming services that offer all the content channels you need. Essentially, cable TV will turn into broadband-only suppliers.

 

[mskaye]

Doesn't that just allow you to watch HBO content through the Hulu app? Everything else (I think) is exclusive to the Max app.

The very fact that there is so much confusion demonstrates clearly that there is a problem.