HBO Max, Discovery+ Merger To Bring Combined Service Platform
The HBO Max and Discovery+ premium streaming services are to be combined into a high-value direct-to-consumer experience following the completion of Discovery’s $43 billion merger with AT&T’s WarnerMedia. Subscription streaming video platforms HBO Max and Discovery+ will be combined following Discovery gaining a $43 billion…
AT&T Video Services Get Rebadged `DirecTV Stream’ Thursday
AT&T TV streaming video services, including AT&T NOW, will be spun off and re-branded DirecTV Stream starting Aug. 26th as the company relaunches its restructured live subscription video services (excluding HBO Max) in tandem with new partner, private equity investor TPG Capital. The company has…
AT&T Reveals Pay-TV Subscriber Losses Slowed In Q2-2021
Due to release its Q2-2021 financial statement on July 22nd, media Goliath AT&T issued a preliminary SEC filing Friday showing the video subscriber count for the combined DirecTV, AT&T TV and AT&T U-verse divisions totaled 15.412 million, marking a 2.3 million subscriber loss year-on-year from…
HBO Max Reveals Ad-Supported Subscription Plan
Details of HBO Max’s promised ad-supported service tier were revealed Wednesday by WarnerMedia – which is owned by AT&T – listing a reduced $9.99 per month fee, amounting to a $5 per month savings off the regular $14.99 premium ad-free option. In the announcement, which…
AT&T, Discovery Unveil Plans To Merge Into Streaming Giant
The premium video streaming industry continued the trend toward consolidation Monday with word that AT&T and Discovery Communications have reach a definitive agreement to combine AT&T’s WarnerMedia with Discovery, to create an even larger streaming giant. Discovery’s CEO David Zaslav will become the head of…
`Wonder Woman 1984′ Coming To HBO Max In 4K/HDR
The next chapter in the Wonder Woman movie saga — Wonder Woman 1984 — will be the first title available on AT&T’s new HBO Max streaming service in 4K Ultra HD with HDR10 or Dolby Vision high dynamic range, when it premieres on Christmas Day…
HBO Max Comes To Fire TV Tuesday
AT&T’s popular premium streaming app HBO Max is adding Amazon’s Fire TV devices to the list of streaming media players and platforms capable of accessing the popular new service. Amazon and AT&T owned WarnerMedia recently worked out the agreement after a prolonged negotiation period. The…
Report: AT&T Trying To Sell Legacy Pay-TV Services
The future status of the DirecTV satellite TV and U-verse telco-TV services could be changing again following reports that AT&T is talking to private equity firms to sell portions of certain legacy pay-TV assets. A report by CNBC citing sources familiar with negotiations Tuesday said…
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