Both the HBO Max amd Discovery Plus are American subscription video-on-demand OTT (over-the-top) streaming services owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Both are quite popular and widely used streaming services across the globe with millions of subscribers. Now, reports are coming out that HBO Max is shutting down after Discovery Plus Merge soon and users are eager whether it’s true or not.
Well, Warner Bros. Discovery is a parent company of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, and other services. Though HBO Max did start as a standalone streaming platform to offer TV shows, movies, Max Originals, etc with HBO bundles, it looks like WBD has decided to merge both popular services into one. If you’re one of the HBO Max or Discovery Plus users then you can read this full article.
Is HBO Max Shutting Down After Discovery Plus Merge?
Yes! Warner Bros. Discovery did recently announce that HBO Max and Discovery Plus streaming services will be merged pretty soon. That means HBO Max is shutting down after the merge with Discovery Plus and it’ll be replaced by a joint streaming service called ‘Max’. As per Variety and CNBC reports, Warner Bros. Discovery has already started planning to shut down HBO Max.
The studio will be replaced with the new streaming service with all its previous content. Therefore, existing or new users won’t gonna lose any previous content for sure. Whereas the featured content will be the same from HBO, Discovery, DC Comics, and Warner Bros studios to entertain its subscribers. Shows like ‘Titans’ and ‘House of the Dragon’ or movies like ‘Black Adam’ and ‘The Batman’ will continue to stream on the upcoming service.