HBO Max attempts to fix its notoriously buggy app with oft-requested features
For years, HBO Max has been under fire for its buggy app. Today, the streaming service’s re-platformed app completed its global rollout on desktop, iOS, Android and Amazon Fire tablets. New features...
View ArticleLayoffs hit HBO Max as 70 employees lose their jobs
The rumored layoffs are coming true: Warner Bros. Discovery, the newly merged parent company to HBO, is cutting personnel costs. Fourteen percent of staff under HBO and HBO Max chief content officer...
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HBO Max is removing 36 titles and creators are not happy
HBO Max is continuing its content removal spree with 36 titles going off the service this week including 20 of its in-house productions. Other titles include originals from HBO and Cartoon Network...
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Daily Crunch: HBO Max is pulling 36 shows this week — Here’s the list
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View ArticleAfter CNN+ shutdown, Discovery+ adds a CNN Originals hub to its US service
Today, Discovery+ subscribers in the U.S. get access to more than 800 episodes of CNN content through a dedicated CNN Originals hub. The network’s three brands — CNN Original Series, CNN Films and HLN...
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Apple patches nasty security bugs, HBO Max suddenly removes content, and a16z...
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View ArticleIs Adam Neumann a new man? and other TC news
This week on The TechCrunch Podcast Anita Ramaswamy is back to talk about Adam Neumann’s latest Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup, and Amanda Silberling joins us to talk about teens flocking away from...
View Article‘House of the Dragon’ series premiere is the biggest in HBO’s history, with...
The premiere of the “Game of Thrones“ prequel “House of the Dragon” on Sunday made history for HBO and HBO Max and drew the largest audience for any new HBO original series, with 9.986 million viewers...
View ArticleHBO grows its ‘Game of Thrones’ franchise, gives spin-off ‘House of the...
Days after HBO’s “House of the Dragon” became the most-watched premiere for a new HBO original series, the “Game of Thrones” prequel series is renewed for a second season. Now that the rumor is...
View ArticleStudio Ghibli films just became available to rent on major digital platforms...
It’s an exciting day for Studio Ghibli fans — fans in the United States and Canada, that is. The majority of Studio Ghibli’s film catalog has just been released to major digital rental platforms, such...
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Roku’s latest update adds short-form video, a universal save list and...
Alongside its fall hardware update, which included new streaming and audio devices, Roku today unveiled the features it has in store for the next version of its media software, Roku OS 11.5. This time...
View ArticleHBO and HBO Max nabbed the most wins at this year’s Emmy Awards
HBO and its streaming service HBO Max cleaned up at last night’s Emmy awards, pulling in a dozen wins in the Primetime Emmys, compared with its next nearest rival, Netflix, which had just three....
View ArticleIt’s no surprise HBO canceled ‘Westworld’ after four seasons
In a series of cancellations, HBO has managed to disappoint many viewers as of late. Now, “Westworld” fans will be among them. The network announced today that it is canceling the sci-fi drama after...
View ArticleHBO Max’s ad-free monthly subscription is increasing by $1
HBO Max is raising the price of its ad-free monthly subscription in the U.S. from $14.99 to $15.99 plus applicable taxes, effective immediately for new subscribers. The change marks the first time that...
View ArticleSoon, not streaming on Disney+ Hotstar: HBO content
Hotstar will lose HBO content at the end of this month in the latest setback for the Disney-owned on-demand video streaming giant that recently also lost rights for a popular cricket tournament in the...
View ArticleMany canceled HBO shows, including ‘Westworld’ and ‘Raised by Wolves,’ are...
The Roku Channel has added 14 new free, ad-supported channels featuring TV shows and movies from Warner Bros.’s content library. Earlier this year, Warners Bros. Discovery announced that it reached a...
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Warner Bros. Discovery promises Max will be a more personalized, technically...
With next month’s arrival of the new streaming service “Max” from Warner Bros. Discovery, the company is also promising a revamped product experience with an expanded feature set, improved...
View ArticleAmbani and James Murdoch bring HBO content to India
Warner Bros. Discovery has partnered with Mukesh Ambani-backed Viacom18 to bring HBO and other movies and shows from the WB catalog to India in a major win for the Reliance joint venture’s service that...
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Max makes its US debut, giving subscribers 35K hours of content
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) launched Max to U.S. subscribers on Tuesday, giving them access to 35,000 hours of content — more than double the amount that HBO Max offered. Beginning today, a large...
View Article70% of HBO Max subs have moved over to rebranded Max service
In the first week of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) launching Max (formerly HBO Max), 70% of existing HBO Max subscribers transitioned to the new streaming service, which bundles Discovery+ content. Max...
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