Skydance plans to bundle HBO Max and Paramount+ next year
- On Monday, Skydance announced plans to launch an HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming bundle in early 2027, enabling consumers to subscribe to both world-class streaming services at an even greater value.
- Following the early October acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the company aims to compete with industry giants Netflix and Disney+ by unifying its direct-to-consumer streaming businesses into one integrated offering.
- Skydance CEO David Ellison aims to align backend systems for both streamers within a year of closing, creating a "unified product" while leveraging AI tools to accelerate the technical integration faster than prior efforts.
- Combined global reach now exceeds 203 million subscribers across both platforms, with Skydance reporting $7 billion in quarterly revenue during its third-quarter earnings announcement on Monday, exceeding Wall Street expectations.
- Skydance plans to share more details on its "its streaming roadmap" in the coming months, while promising a steady cadence of new theatrical releases arriving on the bundled services throughout the year.
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Skydance to Bundle Paramount+ and HBO Max in 2027
Southern California viewers will be among those able to subscribe to Paramount+ and HBO Max as a single offering in early 2027 under plans announced Monday by Skydance as it integrates its newly acquired Warner Bros. Discovery businesses. “Starting in early 2027, consumers will be able to subscribe to both world-class streaming services at an even greater value,” the company said in a letter to shareholders obtained by Variety. “We look forward …
Skydance plans to bundle HBO Max and Paramount+ next year
By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Skydance will start selling HBO Max and Paramount+ together in a streaming bundle early next year, the company said Monday.It’s part of an industrywide trend toward bundling — and a prelude to further integration between the two streaming services.“Long-term, the plan is basically to bring them together,” Skydance CEO
Skydance Growing But Has a Lot of Work to Do, Ross Gerber Says
Ross Gerber, co-founder, president and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, reacts to Skydance's plan to release a streaming bundle that includes both the Paramount+ and HBO Max services early next year. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
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