It's HBO... not any longer. Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has finally concluded the merger of HBO Max and Discovery+ into a singular streaming platform, Max. Basically, HBO Max is now just Max. No HBO anymore.
Max is a unified service that is available only in the US (for now), and it aims to offer enhanced and 'engaging content' for subscribers. The app will have movies and television shows and originals, at a higher price, of course.
According to WBD, a large portion of HBO Max subscribers will get an automatic update on their HBO Max to the new Max.
However, the remaining users will have to download the new app after they have received a prompt to do so, starting in mid-June.
WBD expects the transfer from one app to the other to be seamless - the previous plan details, profiles, avatars, and settings, including their "Continue Watching" and "My List" selections.
It would be 2024 by the time the Max starts to stream in India.
On March 31 this year, HBO left Disney+ Hotstar in India. While there was no consensus on where all of that HBO content would be available, soon JioCinema entered the picture. The Reliance-owned JioCinema now hosts all HBO content for a price of Rs 999 per year.
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