The Verge - All of the key updates for WarnerMedia’s HBO Max https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2023-04-12T14:31:32-04:00http://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/205126292023-04-12T14:31:32-04:002023-04-12T14:31:32-04:00Game of Thrones is getting another prequel, and its plot sounds very familiar
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<p id="oswoBR">The <em>Game of Thrones</em> franchise is getting a new entry on Warner Bros. Discovery’s newly-announced <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/12/23677909/hbo-discovery-combined-max-streaming-service-price-availability">Max streaming service</a>. The new prequel, called <em>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: the Hedge Knight</em>, has been rumored for some time, but it wasn’t clear which part of the ample <em>Game of Thrones</em> lore it would borrow from.</p>
<p id="sZ082i">At today’s HBO Max rebranding event, HBO head Casey Bloys confirmed that the new show has been ordered straight to series and would focus on Dunk and Egg. In the world of <em>Game of Thrones</em>, Dunk is a famous knight, and Egg is his squire, both of whom travel the land righting wrongs. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A century before <a href="https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GameofThrones</a>, there was Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, Egg.<br><br>Executive produced by George R. R. Martin, Ira Parker, Ryan...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/12/23680681/knight-of-seven-kingdoms-game-of-thrones-prequelAlex CranzEmma Roth2023-04-12T09:30:00-04:002023-04-12T09:30:00-04:00The one where we tried to pick all the best streaming services
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<p id="Yawdrr"><em>What’s the best streaming service?</em> It feels like a big and important question to answer. It’s also a completely impossible, completely subjective question that depends on everything from your budget to your favorite <em>Mission: Impossible </em>movie. The streaming market is a teeming mass of stuff, with various platforms rising and falling, and nothing ever stays the same for very long.</p>
<p id="HETQMA">But here at <em>The Verge, </em>we like answers. So, for this episode of <em>The Vergecast</em>, we decided to answer that big question the only way we know how: chaotically and at great length. So we held the first annual Vergecast Streaming Services Draft, in which our three co-hosts each drafted their top five streaming services. There were surprises from the very beginning,...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/12/23679323/best-streaming-services-draft-vergecast-podcastDavid Pierce2019-08-01T15:03:08-04:002019-08-01T15:03:08-04:00HBO Max will be the exclusive streaming home for Doctor Who
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<p id="vNRhXO">AT&T’s HBO Max <a href="http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/08/01/hbo-max-gains-exclusive-streaming-rights-to-the-current-doctor-who-series-in-new-deal-with-bbc-studios-911212/20190801warnermedia01/">is locking up the streaming rights</a> for a number of popular BBC television shows, most notably the science fiction series <em>Doctor Who</em>. </p>
<p id="8CseaK">The shows are part of a deal between the BBC and AT&T’s WarnerMedia, and will include all the current seasons of <em>Doctor Who </em>as well as classic shows such as <em>The Office, Top Gear, Luther</em>, and <em>The Honourable Woman </em>when it launches in the spring of 2020. HBO Max will also get a number of newer shows, like <em>Ghosts</em>,<em> Home</em>,<em> Pure</em>, <em>Stath Lets Flats</em>, and <em>Trigonometry</em>.<em> </em>The platform will also stream the upcoming 12th series of <em>Doctor Who</em> after it airs on BBC America in 2020. </p>
<p id="IsN8zm">Those shows will join a growing roster of existing and original content on the platform. HBO Max is <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/9/20687792/hbo-max-warnermedia-announcement-friends-streaming-details-subscription-service">slated to get</a> every episode of...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/1/20750546/hbo-max-doctor-who-exclusive-streaming-the-office-luther-top-gear-att-warnermediaAndrew Liptak2019-07-31T11:31:51-04:002019-07-31T11:31:51-04:00WarnerMedia greenlights a retelling of The Odyssey for HBO Max
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<p id="XmY0Ob">WarnerMedia is set to launch its forthcoming streaming service, <a href="http://voxmediapartner.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=2&aff_id=1&aff_sub=VergeWarnerMediaGreenlightsTheOdysseyHBOMax07312019&source=verge" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HBO Max</a>, later this year. While the service will feature major existing <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/14/18623082/att-streaming-warnermedia-netflix-hulu-friends-er-disney-comcast-nbc-universal">shows, like <em>Friends</em></a>, the company is also beginning to develop its roster of original content for subscribers. One of those new original projects is an adaptation of <em>Circe, </em>Madeline Miller’s take on <em>The Odyssey. </em></p>
<p id="pvne5b">HBO Max gave the project an eight-episode straight-to-series order, <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/07/circe-fantasy-drama-series-hbo-max-rick-jaffa-amanda-silver-based-on-novel-madeline-miller-1202657229/">according to <em>Deadline</em></a><em> </em>(via<em> </em><a href="https://www.tor.com/2019/07/31/madeline-millers-circe-is-getting-an-hbo-max-mini-series/?fbclid=IwAR06akpeiMzo-dQSQAlDtSdCwP09zVKEKf8JJn42w0eIYtSW4i2E_Soi-qs"><em>Tor.com</em></a><em>)</em>. <em>Rise of the Planet of the Apes </em>and<em> Jurassic World</em> writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver will write and produce the series. </p>
<p id="P984WK">WarnerMedia is lining up some big names for HBO Max. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/17/18682802/jj-abrams-bad-robot-warnermedia-att-apple-netflix-streaming-wars">J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot studio might be signing a huge exclusivity deal</a> with WarnerMedia. The <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/10/18660482/warnermedia-dune-series-denis-villeneuve-television-film-frank-herbert-bene-gesserit-sisterhood">platform has also...</a></p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/31/20748573/warnermedia-odyssey-hbo-max-greenlight-retellingAndrew Liptak2019-07-24T10:26:24-04:002019-07-24T10:26:24-04:00AT&T hopes to offer live sports and news through HBO Max streaming service
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<p id="4GNRnB">AT&T plans for its upcoming streaming service, HBO Max, to eventually include a live TV element. During a call with investors today, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that the company intends to offer live sports as part of the service, potentially including NBA, MLB, and soccer matches, and it could also include a news element. Stephenson said that the company plans to reveal HBO Max at an investor presentation on October 29th before its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/9/20687792/hbo-max-warnermedia-announcement-friends-streaming-details-subscription-service">planned release in 2020</a>. </p>
<p id="u9i43q">AT&T is pinning a lot of hope on HBO Max, as it again reported subscriber losses for its existing streaming service, DirecTV Now. This quarter, the service <a href="https://about.att.com/story/2019/att_second_quarter_earnings_2019.html">dropped another 168,000 subscribers</a>. That’s down from the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203546/directv-now-subscriber-loss-att-investors-call-streaming">267,000 net subscribers it lost</a> in the first quarter of 2019. The...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20708471/att-hbo-max-october-reveal-live-sports-newsJon Porter2019-07-21T09:57:23-04:002019-07-21T09:57:23-04:00Doom Patrol gets new season, and will stream simultaneously on HBO Max and DC Universe
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<p id="Z4SHpZ">At San Diego Comic-Con last night, DC Universe made a slew of programming announcements for its slate of original content, including that it was renewing its live-action TV series <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/13/18223454/doom-patrol-review-dc-universe-timothy-dalton-alan-tudyk-brendan-fraser-matt-bomer"><em>Doom Patrol</em></a> in a partnership with WarnerMedia’s forthcoming streaming service HBO Max. </p>
<p id="qIqJsM">WarnerMedia largely skipped San Diego Comic-Con this year, opting not to bring news or previews for some of its big projects, like <em>Wonder Woman 1984</em> or Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of <em>Dune</em>. Instead, DC Universe revealed that <em>Doom Patrol’s</em> second season will debut simultaneously on DC Universe and HBO Max sometime next year, and that HBO Max will carry the show’s first season when the platform launches next spring. </p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/21/20702639/dc-universe-hbo-max-doom-patrol-renewed-young-justice-harley-quinn-san-diego-comic-con-2019Andrew Liptak2019-07-09T13:32:18-04:002019-07-09T13:32:18-04:00WarnerMedia confirms its Netflix rival will be called HBO Max
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<p id="NVGV5C">There’s HBO Go, HBO Now, and soon, there will be HBO Max. For WarnerMedia and parent company AT&T, the latter is most important, as it will become the subscription video service that they position against Netflix, Hulu, the upcoming Disney+, and a range of other paid video offerings. </p>
<p id="JVup9W">“Anchored with and inspired by the legacy of HBO’s excellence and award-winning storytelling, the new service will be ‘<strong>Max</strong>imized’ with an extensive collection of exclusive original programming (Max Originals) and the best-of-the-best from WarnerMedia’s enormous portfolio of beloved brands and libraries,” the company wrote in a press release today. (The emphasis there is from WarnerMedia, of course.) So you'll get all the stuff you'd expect from having HBO —...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/9/20687792/hbo-max-warnermedia-announcement-friends-streaming-details-subscription-serviceChris Welch2019-06-17T19:02:26-04:002019-06-17T19:02:26-04:00J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot may sign an exclusive deal with AT&T for $500 million
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<p id="eNfuUW">AT&T’s WarnerMedia is reportedly close to securing J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Pictures in a $500 million exclusivity deal, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jj-abrams-bidding-war-won-by-warnermedia-as-bad-robot-nears-500m-partnership-1207800?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%20Breaking%20News_2019-06-17%2011:07:00_lgoldberg&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews">according to <em>The Hollywood Reporter</em></a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/business/media/jj-abrams-warnermedia.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytmedia"><em>The New York Times</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://deadline.com/2019/06/jj-abrams-bad-robot-warnermedia-closing-in-on-jj-abrams-megadeal-1202633661/"><em>Deadline</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-jj-abrams-bad-robot-deal-warner-media-20190617-story.html"><em>The Los Angeles Times</em></a><em>, </em>and others.</p>
<p id="RXw8Pw">Bad Robot Pictures and Abrams, which have produced television shows under the Warner Bros. TV label <a href="https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/bad-robot-productions-signs-far-reaching-production-deals-paramount-pictures-and-warner/">since 2006</a>, were being courted by nearly every major player in the entertainment space over the last six months. Apple, Comcast, Netflix, Sony Entertainment and Amazon all reportedly held deals with Abrams, according to the <em>Reporter.</em> Aspects of the deal are still uncertain — including whether or not Abrams will be allowed to direct films for competitors, which was a clause in his previous deal. That’s why he could return...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/17/18682802/jj-abrams-bad-robot-warnermedia-att-apple-netflix-streaming-warsJulia Alexander