Paramount Skydance plans to merge Paramount+ and HBO Max platforms
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Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service after it officially takes over Warner Bros.
Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service after it officially takes over Warner Bros. Discovery, the company’s top executive announced Monday.
“We do plan to put the two services together, which today gives us a little over 200 million direct-to-consumer subscribers,” Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said during an investor call early Monday.
“We think the combined offering, given the amount of content and what we can do from the tech side, really will put us in a position to be able to compete with the most scaled players” in the direct-to-consumer streaming market, Ellison added.
Paramount+ is home to the “Star Trek” franchise and “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan’s popular television shows. HBO Max is the destination for “Game of Thrones,” the Batman saga and recent hits like “Sinners.”
The call came three days after WBD formally signed an agreement to be acquired in a blockbuster deal by Paramount Skydance. The deal was inked after Netflix abruptly pulled out of the bidding war for WBD’s studio and streaming assets, closing the curtains on a corporate battle that had riveted Hollywood and beyond.
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