Max has a new name. Again
- Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Wednesday during its upfront in New York that it will rename its streaming service Max back to HBO Max this summer.
- The rebranding follows a 2023 change that dropped the HBO name to highlight a broader content range after the 2022 WarnerMedia and Discovery merger.
- WBD aims to emphasize quality over quantity by focusing HBO Max on distinct adult and family programming to accelerate subscriber growth globally.
- CEO David Zaslav highlighted that the impressive expansion of their worldwide streaming platform is driven by high-quality content, noting an improvement in profitability of nearly $3 billion and the addition of 22 million subscribers over the past year.
- The restoration of the HBO Max name signals a strategic pivot aimed at reinforcing WBD’s competitive position in streaming amid ongoing industry challenges.
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Max streaming service to change name back to HBO Max
It’s not TV, it’s HBO Max. Again. Warner Bros. Discovery made a surprise announcement on Wednesday: it will re-re-brand its flagship streaming service as “HBO Max,” two years after controversially shortening the name to “Max.” The switchback was revealed at the company’s upfronts presentation in New York. The decision comes about two months after the Max logo was resigned to look more similar to the classic black-and-white HBO logo. WBD was infl…
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