HBO Max HBO Max (Official Thread) (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

Big details in October
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/hbo-max-investor-day-warnermedia-att-1203277816/

 

[Cranston37+]

"CEO Randall Stephenson also said live sports and CNN news will be elements in the streaming service. Turner Sports has carried NBA games as well as Major League Baseball, NCAA basketball and PGA golf."

 

[Robert Crawford]

"CEO Randall Stephenson also said live sports and CNN news will be elements in the streaming service. Turner Sports has carried NBA games as well as Major League Baseball, NCAA basketball and PGA golf."

Yup!

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/att-boss-hbo-max-to-offer-live-sports-news-in-the-future/

 

[MatthewA]

This is eventually going to encompass everything WarnerMedia owns, right? Or at least the vast majority of it?

 

[Johnny Angell]

The OP says older HBO content will be on this new HBO Max. Will the the older stuff still be available on HBO Go? If not that will suck. I’m on CBS AA, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. I’m maxed out.

 

[Cranston37+]

This is eventually going to encompass everything WarnerMedia owns, right? Or at least the vast majority of it?

There has been a tendency with these services for people to assume everything from that studio will be available to watch for one low low price, but I would definitely not go in thinking that...

 

[Jeff Adkins]

There has been a tendency with these services for people to assume everything from that studio will be available to watch for one low low price, but I would definitely not go in thinking that...

That's probably in part because of Disney CEO Robert Iger's quote back in March saying "at some point, fairly soon after launch, [Disney+] will house the entire Disney motion picture library."

If Disney is doing that, people are assuming that others will be doing the same.

 

[Cranston37+]

That's probably in part because of Disney CEO Robert Iger's quote back in March saying "at some point, fairly soon after launch, [Disney+] will house the entire Disney motion picture library."

If Disney is doing that, people are assuming that others will be doing the same.

But you can't leave out the context of what that quote is referring to, which is ending the Vault program.

The 2nd half of the quote is “So, movies that have traditionally been kept in the vault, and basically been brought out every few years, will be on the streaming service.”

I take that to mean he's saying that their entire library will be available to be included on the service, not that all titles will be available to watch at all times.

 

[Jeff Adkins]

But you can't leave out the context of what that quote is referring to, which is ending the Vault program.

The 2nd half of the quote is “So, movies that have traditionally been kept in the vault, and basically been brought out every few years, will be on the streaming service.”

I take that to mean he's saying that their entire library will be available to be included on the service, not that all titles will be available to watch at all times.

You might be right, but the word "permanently" was used time after time during the announcement presentation.

 

[Cranston37+]

You might be right, but the word "permanently" was used time after time during the announcement presentation.

And believe me I have no idea if I'm right about anything - we're all just guessing here.

But one other thing to point out is the presentation did give a number of 500 titles (I think), which is definitely below their entire library...

 

[Cranston37+]

A snippet from a larger article on the CEO of WarnerMedia:

"WarnerMedia raised the curtain July 9 on the launch plan for its global streaming platform HBO Max. The premium cabler will include a collection of separate non-HBO streaming channels and on-demand archives drawn from the WarnerMedia vault."

 

[Johnny Angell]

A snippet from a larger article on the CEO of WarnerMedia:

"WarnerMedia raised the curtain July 9 on the launch plan for its global streaming platform HBO Max. The premium cabler will include a collection of separate non-HBO streaming channels and on-demand archives drawn from the WarnerMedia vault."

If it doesn’t have HBO content, why is it HBO Max?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Maybe I've completely misunderstood, but from all that I've read about this:

-HBO MAX will include content from HBO and non-HBO content from Warner's extensive library
-Existing, paying customers of HBO will be provided with HBO MAX accounts at no extra cost

 

[Cranston37+]

If it doesn’t have HBO content, why is it HBO Max?

It does have HBO content. The quote is referring to what is offered in addition to that.

 

[Cranston37+]

Existing, paying customers of HBO will be provided with HBO MAX accounts at no extra cost

Just be careful about this point - we don't know for sure...

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Just be careful about this point - we don't know for sure...

Gotcha - thanks for clarifying! So much info flying around it’s hard to keep track of it all.

 

[Cranston37+]

Gotcha - thanks for clarifying! So much info flying around it’s hard to keep track of it all.

Oh, I know! These services, and I don't think we fully realize this, really are a different direction for the industry. I think we're all chomping at the bit to find out more about them...

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I agree. I think this industry is at a major crossroads. All of the old revenue sources, from paying audiences at movie theaters to commercial sponsors on broadcast television, are drying up, and it remains to be seen if viewers are going to commit to paying for content in these new ways, or if the industry will fall into an extended period of decline as a result of audiences choosing piracy over payment.

 

[Garysb]

Doctor Who to HBO Max. Also other BBC shows. I guess that means it will leave Amazon Prime.

https://deadline.com/2019/08/hbo-max-doctor-who-bbc-studios-1202658874/

 

[Johnny Angell]

Doctor Who to HBO Max. Also other BBC shows. I guess that means it will leave Amazon Prime.

https://deadline.com/2019/08/hbo-max-doctor-who-bbc-studios-1202658874/

There are going to be so many streaming services...all with exclusives.