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HBO Max enhances app

SVoD service HBO Max has completed the roll out of a new user experience on desktop, iOS and Android mobile devices, and Amazon Fire tablets, where available globally. The re-platformed app delivers highly requested new features from HBO Max fans and marks the conclusion of moving all HBO Max apps to a new, more performant […]

August 9, 2022

Combined HBO Max, Discovery+ to launch in 2023

Warner Bros Discovery has revealed further details about its plan to combine SVoD services HBO Max and Discovery+ into one offering. Speaking during the company’s Q2 analyst call, executives said a merged version of the two SVoD services would begin to roll out in the US in the summer of 2023 and expand to other […]

August 5, 2022

HBO receives record Emmy noms

HBO/HBO Max has received 140 Emmy nominations across 24 original programmes for the upcoming 74th annual Emmy Awards. HBO earned the most nominations for a single network or platform ever.  This marks the 20th time in history that the HBO brand has received the most Primetime Emmy nominations of any network/platform in a single year. […]

July 13, 2022By Nik Roseveare

HBO Max shelves European originals

HBO Max is halting original productions across most of Europe. The streaming platfom confirmed that it will no longer produce originals in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Turkey, Central Europe and the Netherlands, leaving just Spain and France unscathed. The movie is part of a plan from parent Warner Bros Discovery to cut some $3 billion […]

July 5, 2022

Whip Media Report: HBO Max, Disney+ lead in viewer satisfaction

HBO Max and Disney+ are the two streaming services that US viewers are most satisfied with according to a comprehensive new report from Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organisations. Whip Media’s new Streaming Satisfaction Report – which is based on survey results from nearly 2,500 […]

June 29, 2022

HBO Max brings House of the Dragon experience to SDCC

The world of Westeros is returning to San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC).  HBO Max announced the next major phase in the House of the Dragon global marketing campaign. To celebrate the new HBO Original drama in the Game of Thrones franchise ahead of its August 21st premiere, HBO Max will transport SDCC guests to a Targaryen-ruled […]

June 29, 2022By Nik Roseveare

The Bob’s Burgers Movie on HBO Max in July

The Bob’s Burgers Movie will debut on the HBO Max streaming service on July 12th. It will also be available to watch on Hulu in the US on the same day. The Bob’s Burgers Movie is an animated, musical comedy-adventure based on the long-running Emmy-winning series. The story begins when a ruptured water main creates […]

June 23, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Netflix tops US ‘must keep TV’ list

Netflix once again tops consumer research and insight consultancy SRG’s ‘Must Keep TV’ list in 2022 for the fourth year in a row, solidifying its presence as the leading ‘Must Keep TV’ brand in the US, despite reporting its first-ever loss of subscribers in its Q1 results earlier this year. SRG’s annual ‘Must Keep TV’ […]

June 16, 2022

Analysis: Netflix Euro content tops 30%

Netflix is now at or above 30 per cent European content in nearly all of its major European markets, according to research from Ampere Analysis. The notable exception is the UK and Ireland, where 27 per cent of titles are European. France is also slightly under, as are minor markets Belgium and Switzerland. With European […]

June 7, 2022

HBO, Cartoon Network order Scooby-Doo pre-school series

HBO Max and Cartoon Network have announced the first-ever Scooby-Doo preschool series, Scooby-Doo! And the Mystery Pups. Produced by Warner Bros Animation, the CGI-animated adventure comedy series finds the iconic best friends as camp counselors who lead a new crew on mystery-solving adventures at sleepaway camp. The series will join the Cartoonito preschool block in […]

May 24, 2022By Nik Roseveare