Rumor: HBO Max may be folding into Discovery+

[AceDeuceTrey]

@ whatever exec approved shark week and 90 day fiancé sitting side by side with GOT, Batman, Superman and Harry Potter. As well as fixer upper and property brothers in the same sentence with friends, Big Bang and SATC

This is delusional and shows absolutely no value for quality content. Just wow

Looks like it was made by a uncouth middle age white woman who lives in rural Kansas..

They could have at least snuck in The Wire, Insecure or something that’s not so white as this shyt.

Hell, even their Turner sports properties like NBA ON TNT or March Madness have more prominence in society than that Discovery trash and could have been included but it shows you the “taste” of the new folks running things.

Multicultural, scripted content is probably pretty much a wrap going forward.

 

[pete clemenza]

I agree with him. Netflix’s only saving grace is it’s first move advantage and that for some reason it gets pumped in with tech instead of media. Their balance sheet and valuation would look…well like it’s looking this year…if they were correctly categorized as a media company. Their share price benefits from tech multiples which allows them to have more cash on hand, but more people are seeing they are not the same as high growth high margin SaaS and advertising companies.

Re: first mover advantage, that only gets you so far in an industry where studios are pulling content for their own platform or are licensing shows to multiple platforms so you’re no longer the only place to view it. It’s the total opposite of music streaming where all the labels are on all the platforms so there’s no reason to switch from a first mover like Spotify or native app like Apple.

A lot of y’all are content about Netflix’s position because of the subscriber lead they have, but that doesn’t futureproof your business. Facebook had that same lead (esp with IG under their umbrella) yet YouTube and TikTok have them sweating bullets cuz they have effectively lost the next generation of users. Netflix is feeling the pain too, otherwise they would be laying off masses of employees, freezing hiring and pay. They only win in this game if studios/networks decide it’s too costly to keep supplying these standalone apps and go back to putting shyt on Netflix. For Netflix, growth has plateaued and will likely decline and more and more this company is going to be seen as a media company which will annihilate its balance sheet.

Of course Netflix has to get back on its game and cut a lot of the trash as well. Loss of subs or not, they were long overdue for a down period and customer backlash. It never was going to be smooth sailing and endless new subs into infinity. Being first in the game will always their strong suit and foundation. "Netflix & Chill" became a real thing. In recovery, I will say at least they're on one page and a single entity that's all about streaming to try to make things right again. That is their strength. They would've more than likely been long gone or became Crackle status had they been 4-5 different companies or having cable channels and restaurants trying to get everything on the same page and figure out who's calling the shots and what direction they're headed in.

I toot their horn for fun but they definitely have work to do and to right the ship all over again which most companies have to do on more than one occasion. I just think they're in a better position streaming wise because that's all they do with not many cooks in the kitchen and tentacles reaching out in every direction across different platforms

 

[humminbird]

Looks like it was made by a uncouth middle age white woman who lives in rural Kansas..

They could have at least snuck in The Wire, Insecure or something that’s not so white as this shyt.

Hell, even their Turner sports properties like NBA ON TNT or March Madness have more prominence in society than that Discovery trash and could have been included but it shows you the “taste” of the new folks running things.

Multicultural, scripted content is probably pretty much a wrap going forward.

really telling us what time he's on with the iconic series list
he didn't even put sopranos up there

 

[PortCityProphet]

So whats the final word as of right now?
They cutting scripted shows or not?

 

[EzekelRAGE]

So whats the final word as of right now?
They cutting scripted shows or not?

We good on using Max til Summer 23, when they will have completed a new app to house all their content on one service.
HBO stuff is still safe in regards to House of the Dragon and prestige shows like that, because that was HBO proper(the channel). Zaslov wants to keep that quality and prestige in place.

HBO Max is where the problem is, and what is getting the brunt of the cutting back. Max had it's own division that did it's own thing separate from HBO. That division is what funded the 100M Batgirl movie just for streaming. They stuff is the one that's being cut. The House Party remake seems to have been pulled as well. No one knows if it will be made available to rent or what. So if you didnt watch a show that had the "Max Original" branding, nothing really changes for you til summer.

 

[Json]

We good on using Max til Summer 23, when they will have completed a new app to house all their content on one service.
HBO stuff is still safe in regards to House of the Dragon and prestige shows like that, because that was HBO proper(the channel). Zaslov wants to keep that quality and prestige in place.

HBO Max is where the problem is, and what is getting the brunt of the cutting back. Max had it's own division that did it's own thing separate from HBO. That division is what funded the 100M Batgirl movie just for streaming. They stuff is the one that's being cut. The House Party remake seems to have been pulled as well. No one knows if it will be made available to rent or what. So if you didnt watch a show that had the "Max Original" branding, nothing really changes for you til summer.

So they should start their launch titles announcements by the end of the year/top of 23 to start filming.

So if they are renewing stuff it should be by then.

 

[Wargames]

this guy in charge of HBO is the Trump of TV executives. He is fukking up a good thing to stroke his own ego.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

HGTV is the shyt tho.

Yeah, my mom watches that shyt

 

[wire28]

Wild that the 90 day fiancé universe is more of a staple for discovery than the dceu

WATTBA

 

[Wild self]

Neckbeards clamoring for Disney to buy WB/DC

As if they didn't destroy Fox and turn them into a Hulu streaming only company. Damn shame. Prey should be on the big screen. But hey you're getting a Fantastic 4 movie over 5 years after the purchase and maybe x-men a year or 2 after that

People who want Disney to buy WB want a future of no quality control or maturity

 

[Lootpack]

HGTV is the shyt tho.

nikkas better get ready. Swear I’m bout to bring a girl back to the crib expecting to smash and she gon be all like “Let’s watch Love It or List It.”

Me: “You ain’t trying to catch up on this House of the Dragon tho?”

Her: “Yeah we could, but after we finish Chopped.”

Me:

 

[abominable1]

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

this guy in charge of HBO is the Trump of TV executives. He is fukking up a good thing to stroke his own ego.

He’s doing to appease shareholders, which is what he’s supposed to in that situation. It’s a business at the end of the day that’s in the interest of making money especially when you have no way of knowing how much that content is bringing to the service.

People balked at the Disney strategy of certain releases being behind a paywall and wanting all the movies for a low amount a month, so this is your outcome.

 

[PortCityProphet]

Wild that the 90 day fiancé universe is more of a staple for discovery than the dceu

WATTBA

Yall really don't know how big the fandom of 90 day fiance marriage at 1st sight shyt is
Every woman I know....

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Yall really don't know how big the fandom of 90 day fiance marriage at 1st sight shyt is
Every woman I know....

People on these boards don't have women in their lives tho.. that's the problem. 90 Day Fiance is popular..it's trash... but it's popular and cheap to produce