discussion Update: HBO Max Lays Off 70% of Developmental Staff, No More Scripted Shows

[orange22]

8 hours ago, Domination said:

Good lord. WBs entire back catalog going down the shitter for My 600 Lb Life and Guy Fieri.

It’s truly symbolic for how media consolidation is ruining entertainment 

[magazine]

4 hours ago, Badgalbriel said:

This is why we should have never gotten that many streaming services. Should've been only Netflix and that's it. 

We're now back to cable TV times again, where you need to sign up for every company channel otherwise you cant watch their content. 

If everything was unified, then that would've been much better from a consumer point of view. 

That's historically incorrect 

 

The more competition, the better for the consumer.

Netflix alone in the industry would completely inflate prices and cease investments 

[EnoughSaid]

They’re insane, hbo max is slaying and it’s only a couple years old

[Badgalbriel]

5 minutes ago, magazine said:

That's historically incorrect 

 

The more competition, the better for the consumer.

Netflix alone in the industry would completely inflate prices and cease investments 

On the other hand, I would rather pay more for one unified platform than to pay almost a hundred just so I can have Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime and Hulu just to watch some content from time to time. 

Edited August 3, 2022 by Badgalbriel

[harwee]

24 minutes ago, Repelex said:

Nah. Warner for movies ok, but not Discovery for series, Discovery is known for reality trash nowadays. Nobody would know HBO originals or those HBO Max/WB Television originals/Cartoon Network would be in a Discovery streaming service, that name might even pull people off. 

 

How are Paramout+ and Peacock doing?

 

Yeah cause quality is what men in suits care about.

 

Clearly they don’t care otherwise the merger wouldn’t have occurred.

Discovery+ have 25m subscribers and possibly 3x more of trash series they don’t want to produce is all they care about.

 

 

[orange22]

not y’all begging for a streaming monopoly???  competition pushes these companies to make better content & innovate

[Blood Magic]

 

 

[Guest]

It’s starting 

[Arcadius]

13 minutes ago, M André said:

It’s starting 

To be fair White Lotus has always aired originally on HBO. 

[scenekiller]

Hope Warner goes bankrupt

[Gwendolyn]

This is terrible and disrespectful, all that hard work from the producers, directors, writers and more going down the toliet for the 1076689 version of 90 day finace or whatever the hell it's called.

 

This will make wb and discovery lose so much money its crazy 

[Azulito]

That wouldn't make any sense

[Horizon Flame]

1 hour ago, Blood Magic said:

 

 

The Witches was an HBO Max original film?

[Xantalli]

We’ll know if HBOmax gets the axe officially by tomorrow  

[Schhh]

1 hour ago, Blood Magic said:

 

 

They also removed a bunch of their original content exactly a month ago

 

[BeenTheShit]

32 minutes ago, Xantalli said:

We’ll know if HBOmax gets the axe officially by tomorrow  

Omg what!? 

 

They better refund me if they do because I took their deal and paid for an entire year. 

Edited August 3, 2022 by BeenTheShit
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[Life Savers]

This is nonsensical 

 

Who cares about Discovery's stuff. HBOMax is the best service right now. 

[TaggedGalaxy]

I fail to see how this is a good idea

[vipanonymous]

I don't care about Discovery+, hope the merge is fake.

[Daddy]

Ummm, what does that mean? There won't be any HBOmax at all anymore. They won't come to Europe? I'm lost.

[Uncatena]

25 minutes ago, Daddy said:

Ummm, what does that mean? There won't be any HBOmax at all anymore. They won't come to Europe? I'm lost.

yes. basically, Discovery+ will become HBO Max and they will stop producing any scripted shows (like Hacks or Gossip Girl). HBO Max exclusive shows will still be on the Discovery+ service, but it will probably slowly drop any original scripted programming and focus on reality shows etc.

 

so basically the dumbest business move in streaming history apart from Quibi. 

[Lost In Paradise]

I'm sure you'll still be able to just pay like $12/month for regular HBO without cable.

[Relampago.]

If they don’t release their scripted original content on whatever HBO max becomes, I will be cancelling my subscription x

[Gwendolyn]

 expect a bloodbath in the next 24 hours.. 

[Guest]

That ugly ass boomer of discovery is ruining Warner