{"id":506652,"date":"2022-11-04T17:19:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T14:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hbo-max-and-discovery-will-merge-sooner-than-expected\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T14:19:52","slug":"hbo-max-and-discovery-will-merge-sooner-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hbo-max-and-discovery-will-merge-sooner-than-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"#HBO Max and Discovery+ Will Merge Sooner Than Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27c190f2660\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27c190f2660\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hbo-max-and-discovery-will-merge-sooner-than-expected\/#%E2%80%9CHBO_Max_and_Discovery_Will_Merge_Sooner_Than_Expected%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;HBO Max and Discovery+ Will Merge Sooner Than Expected&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHBO_Max_and_Discovery_Will_Merge_Sooner_Than_Expected%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;HBO Max and Discovery+ Will Merge Sooner Than Expected&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-827113\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Friends-The-Reunion.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry in Friends: The Reunion\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pressroom.warnermedia.com\/us\/image\/david-schwimmer-matthew-perry\">Friends: The Reunion \/ Warner Bros Discovery<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this year, AT&amp;T sold its Warner Bros. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> division to Discovery Inc, and one of the combined company\u2019s goals is to merge their streaming services. Now it could h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en sooner than expected.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros Discovery said back in August that it planned to merge the HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming services into one combined service, starting in summer 2023 in the United States. However, that timeline has now been moved up to spring 2023, according to CEO David Zaslav on the latest earnings call.<\/p>\n<p>The new show\u00a0<em>Fixer Upper: The Castle<\/em> was a test to see how the \u201creality\u201d content that makes up most of the library of Discovery+ would do on HBO Max. Even though it was also available on the Magnolia Network and Discovery Plus, it quickly jumped into the top five most watched shows on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>The exact method of the merger is still unclear, such as which app will be automatically updated to the new unified service, or if it will require a new download. Pricing is also still not public, but Discovery Inc said earlier this year there would be \u201cad-free, ad-lite, and ad-only options.\u201d HBO Max is already one of the most expensive streaming services, at $14.99 per month without ads, though paying for an entire year at once is 16% cheaper. Discovery+ is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.discoveryplus.com%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360058773493-Cost-of-discovery-subscription-plans&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">much less expensive<\/a>, since it doesn\u2019t have much big-budget content \u2014 the base plan is $4.99\/mo, and the ad-free plan is $6.99\/mo.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming services are in a transition period right now, as many of them try to entice new subscribers while also raising prices during global economic inflation. Netflix just launched a new cheaper plan with advertisements, after years of slowly raising prices on its ad-free subscriptions. Disney+ and Hulu will raise prices next month, at the same time as Disney+ will introduce a cheaper plan with ads.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/11\/3\/23439491\/hbo-max-discovery-plus-streaming-app-spring-2023\">The Verge<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Note: The author of this article owns stock in Warner Bros. 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