Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, including its film and television studios, as well as HBO Max and HBO.
News of the acquisition comes as MultiChoice notified customers on Monday that...
Harry Potter TV series confirmed — with JK Rowling as executive producer
Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed that it has ordered a TV series based on the Harry Potter books, which will be executive produced by author JK Rowling.
The announcement came during the company's unveiling of its Max...
HBO and Discovery unveil combined Max streaming service
Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled "Max" — a streaming service comprising Discovery Plus and HBO Max content — at a launch event on Wednesday, 13 April 2023, The Verge reported.
Pricing for the streaming service ranges from $9.99 (R184) to...
HBO Max adding thousands of new shows at no additional charge — but you still can't get it in South Africa
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. will add thousands of titles to its flagship streaming service HBO Max — pulling from its library of unscripted lifestyle shows — without raising the price...
Game of Thrones spinoff launch crashes streaming devices
The premiere of the Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon crashed HBO Max's streaming app for numerous users on Sunday, The Verge reports.
Complaints by users on Twitter, Reddit, and other online channels said the app would...
Streaming overtakes monthly TV viewing in the US
The amount of time US audiences spent watching online TV surpassed cable for the first time ever.
Subscribers to services like Netflix and Hulu accounted for 34.8% of all TV consumption in July, the research firm Nielsen said Thursday. That...
HBO Max surges past 73 million subscribers
AT&T Inc. booked growth in its key subscriber businesses, helping to deliver on a promise it made to investors to return to its core connectivity mission after abandoning a costly media strategy.
HBO and HBO Max subscribers reached about 73.8 million...
HBO Max launches to take on Netflix
HBO Max, the online streaming service owned by AT&T, has officially launched in the United States.
The service is priced at $14.99 per month and is set to compete with other major streaming platforms such as Netflix.