mwynn

Wanted a thread for news coming out about the studios.

Discovery Shareholders Approve WarnerMedia Merger

AT&T shareholders do not need to vote on the combination, which is set to close in the second quarter.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...4c9ce9541f3e30

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mwynn

Rolled down to the consumer.

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Wolf359

Odd decision because I'm sure many HBOmax subscribers have no interest in the Discovery content. I subscribe to both so I'm guessing I'll see a savings for at least the short term

CyberpunkCentra

I'm interested! I haven't seen any of the Discovery channels since the cable days. So it's nice to see them again. Don't care if they increase the price. Would still be a better deal than cable.

Wolf359

No, I agree Discovery+ is great, I just don't know how many HBOmax subscribers will be happy with a price increase for a service they didn't ask for. A bundled discount format seems much smarter.

CyberpunkCentra

Yeah especially since HBO Max is still kinda behind in the streaming race, so they need to be very careful with the price. Win over people first, then do a price increase.

JayTL

I wonder if this means AT&T customers will stop getting HBO max for free

CyberpunkCentra

???

I'm an AT&T consumer, and I still pay for HBO Max.

Wolf359

It depends on which cell plan you have.

JayTL

I think the newer plans get HBO max included

GoldenJCJ

Part of me is for this. There seems to be too many individual streaming services that just won’t make it unless they bundle with a bigger service.

The other part of me thinks back to the heyday of cable when I was advocating for A la Carte cable channels. Now that steaming services are doing just that, it’s difficult to keep up (or care) about so many different packages available.

As long as the price of HBOmax doesn’t go up too much (or at all!) I’m ok with this.

DJariya

Supposedly the merger of these two streaming services will save Discovery a lot of money. Probably from an operating cost standpoint and there will be some overlapping with jobs and such.

I read it's not going to happen for awhile, so it's not really worth worrying about right now.

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JeffTheAlpaca

I will be pissed if whatever becomes of HBO Max is longer free if you subscribe to HBO

JayTL

Yay more jobs lost! It's unfortunate, at&t was way over their head on this.

Why not just subscribe to HBO Max if that's the case?

mwynn

Amazon Closes $8.5B MGM Acquisition

The deal was announced last May and was driven by Amazon's interest in MGM's intellectual property.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...4c9ce9541f3e30

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Decker

Why does this thread exist? Everything in it has been posted in other threads already.

mwynn

So the question now becomes who will get to 24 dollars first. Netflix or HBOMAX?

JayTL

I'm assuming Netflix, but who knows.

Wolf359

I love Netflix but $24 is out of the question. Maybe in 6-8 years, no sooner.

Why So Blu?

That's still only .80 cents a day. I bet there are people who buy a $5 dollar every day of the month without blinking an eye.

mwynn

Are you missing a word there?