The future of HBO Max goes hand in hand with Discovery +: both will merge into a new service

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The boom of the platforms to watch movies and series at home has been increasing over the last few years, with an explosion that many predicted as bubble and that would end up exploding in the form of acquisitions later. Said and done. Recently, according to information published in the prestigious media outlet The Washington Postwe have known that Warner Bros will unite HBO Max with Discovery+ to mid 2023for the time being, in North American territory, while it will eventually reach Latin America a endings 2023. Unfortunately, in the rest of the world, including Europewe will have to wait until the year 2024 to check the benefits of this union.

Warner Bros will unite HBO Max and Discovery + for the joy of its subscribers

Discovery+ It is a service less known in Spain than in other latitudes, but it offers access to a Catalogue of, above all, series and documentaries which will be a great incentive for the next generation of those interested in accessing the content that will be offered from the new North American platform. The Warner Bros targetFor the year 2025is to have more than 130 million subscribers and for this they will add documentaries, series and an ambitious plan for dc superheroesin a move similar to that made by Disney with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Yes Netflixdespite the crisis in which it is immersed, has a total of 220 million viewers payment, Disney+ almost reaches the 140 million subscribersCurrently, the combination of HBO Max and Discovery + is not enough the 100 million users. Warner Bros’ move aims to have almost immediate results, since it seeks to be profitable as early as 2024 and generate 1,000 million dollars in 2025. Of course, still we do not know the name What will the future platform have? nor the price that it will cost, although it does seem to have leaked that it could include a subscription cheap with advertising.

Warner Brosat the press conference in which the merger between platforms was announced, also clarified that the latest cancellations of productions, with the film batgirl as the main protagonist, correspond to a strategy changefor enhance his bet on return to the great halls, before including their titles on their streaming platforms. By the way, speaking of HBO Max, from Urban Tecno we have already told you how to watch the content of the streaming service on a smart tv and how install HBO Max on a Fire TV.

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