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They have shot themselves in the foot yet again.

So, they are basically adopting the Netflix price model.

I think what we are seeing here is the studios realizing the financial reality of running a streaming service. The studio-run subscription services were mostly in response to how much money Netflix had been making off content the studios had licensed out to the service for what ended up being at...

Quite surprised no one brought this up: https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/hbo-max-announces-price-increase-1235487428/

Atmos could be broken on HBO Max again.

What I'm seeing is WBD moving a lot of content that has not been getting a lot of views to other services to monetize on them further. Paramount, Universal, and even Disney have been licensing out content (not necessarily "original" content, though) to other streaming services. Hulu has a lot...

Seems to be hitting what's available on HBO Max more than anything else.

Not surprised. Although it did well, it did not meet or exceed the studio’s expectations.

Not likely. Most of the HBO Max series have been digital and *maybe* DVD, but no Blu-ray or UHD. The only exceptions are the HBO proper series Westworld and House of the Dragon.

I'll just wait for the season to conclude, then re-subscribe to binge that and the latest Westworld season.

https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/hbo-max-discount-offer-content-purge-1235344502/

It's official, coming next summer. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/hbo-max-discovery-will-combine-single-streaming-service-rcna41551?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR3t5iVNq7tOdRB64P35i3ULklki2-XLox8KHJb4cF5HshaXi1NDvkVy-yM

All six movies secretly became available to purchase on services like Vudu yesterday. Coincidence?

Six Max Original movies have now been removed from the service: The Witches (Zemeckis remake) Moonshot An American Pickle Charm City Kings Superintelligence Locked Down

I have a feeling the higher cost had more to do with making up for all of the free subscriptions AT&T was offering to their customers.

HBO Max is the second most expensive mainstream streaming service ($14.99/month) behind Netflix ($19.99/month).

I suspect that will be coming to an end sometime soon for AT&T internet and wireless phone customers, in the same way that Apple reduced the free trial period for Apple TV+ for their iPhone customers. Since AT&T used the term "lifetime" when they were offering these free subscriptions, many will...

Which would explain some of the recent cancellation decisions at Netflix, as well.

I don't think that was HBO/HBO Max, but TBS and TNT.

AT&T definitely has their share of the blame. AT&T is known for bogging down a company with bad business decisions. Look at the failure of U-Verse, the bleeding of long-time customers at DirecTV, etc. AT&T is one of the main internet providers in my area, and they have no desire to upgrade their...

Is Warner Media the new MGM (a studio that has been sold, pilfered, acquired, bankrupted, wash, rinse, repeat multiple times since the 1980s)?

The good news is that many of these licensing deals are getting ready to expire. The Fox deal at HBO is winding down at the end of this year (so many of those titles will be making their way to Disney+ and Hulu). I believe the Universal deal at HBO is also winding down, with much of that content...

Looks like HBO Max fixed the Dolby Vision issue on Roku. Roku OS v11.0.0 HBO Max v52.20 build 11

I went ahead and renewed, and it extended my next billing cycle out to 30 days from today. So, I guess they unwittingly gave me 2 free weeks since they supposedly gave me a full month refund earlier today? But still.... UPDATE: The supervisor I was speaking to just called me back and got...

So, what exactly are you saying?

Looks like the only option is for me to re-subscribe (again). This is the second time this same agent has done this to me in two weeks, and yet management will do nothing for me other than promise to "have a discussion" with the agent. :angry:

Trying to get this re-instated without having to pay again is a huge PITA. Apparently, HBO Max has no way of "undoing" a cancellation on their end.

Be careful how you word anything to HBO Max customer service. I responded to that e-mail basically saying that I was not really enjoying the service "as it is now" and that I was not satisfied with the HDR10 streams. Mark turned around and cancelled my subscription.

Latest update regarding Dolby Vision on capable Roku TVs and devices:

Yep, DV is no longer working on the Roku app for HBO Max on either Roku powered TVs or devices running Roku OS v11. The rep I spoke with at HBO Max said that they are aware of the issue and are working on it. He did suggest that anyone experiencing the issue to contact HBO Max support anyway so...