Official:HBO Max Becomes Max

[Fiffy]

Originally Posted by trespoochies

I never stopped referring it as such. I guess I'm right again.

You and everyone else ... except Zaslav.

It seems they are also removing the Discovery reality TV crap.

[oneway23]

Well, at least they finally got it right.

People get paid millions for this level of genius.

[drb999]

Zaslav wasted how much money on this no brainer?!? Idiots!

[eiknarf]

Wow! What dunces. It’s like they don’t know anything about branding. Like KIA changing their logo to that NIN (nine Inch Nails logo). Ridiculous

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by Fiffy

It seems they are also removing the Discovery reality TV crap.

That was dumb to begin with. Discovery+ was still around, and only certain things were on Max. Either go all in or don't bother.

I didn't like the name "Max" (I'm glad it wasn't another + though) but honestly I don't think it should be called HBO Max either since it doesn't actually have anything to do with HBO. They just based it in that for clout to seem superior and to take advantage of HBO's licenses of movies from other studios before that became more common because it wasn't a WB-specific service.

[Fiffy]

Originally Posted by drb999

Zaslav wasted how much money on this no brainer?!? Idiots!

I don't know how much he wasted, but he got paid $51.9 million for this fiasco.

https://www.thewrap.com/david-zaslav...ros-discovery/

[Fiffy]

Originally Posted by kevin87

I didn't like the name "Max" (I'm glad it wasn't another + though) but honestly I don't think it should be called HBO Max either since it doesn't actually have anything to do with HBO. They just based it in that for clout to seem superior and to take advantage of HBO's licenses of movies from other studios before that became more common because it wasn't a WB-specific service.

I don't know. When I subscribe, I do it for the excellent HBO-branded TV content such as The Last of Us or their older shows.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by Fiffy

I don't know. When I subscribe, I do it for the excellent HBO-branded TV content such as The Last of Us or their older shows.

But that's because they shut down their actual HBO cable and standalone services. HBO would still be on a WB service because HBO is through WB, but HBO Max is it's own thing separate from HBO. It's only HBO in name.

[Fiffy]

Originally Posted by kevin87

But that's because they shut down their actual HBO cable and standalone services. HBO would still be on a WB service because HBO is through WB, but HBO Max is it's own thing separate from HBO. It's only HBO in name.

That seems like a distinction without a difference. I haven't had cable for well over a decade. HBO Max is the one and only way for me to access HBO content on a subscription basis. They carry HBO's content, so it seems appropriate that they carry the name.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by Fiffy

That seems like a distinction without a difference. I haven't had cable for well over a decade. HBO Max is the one and only way for me to access HBO content on a subscription basis. They carry HBO's content, so it seems appropriate that they carry the name.

They carry HBO content because WB owns HBO. It's no different than Disney+ having shows that didn't air on Disney Channel. It's all under the same thing. It has HBO's name but operates separately from HBO, and they're not even involved with production the way shows on HBO are except for maybe the Sex and the City show since that was an HBO show.

[mwynn]

Max’s HBO Rebrand Is Live
The company announced the name change in May, and officially flipped the switch July 9.

[Naiera]

The rebrand to “Max” was dumb AF. This retrobrand is a no-brainer. I guess someone finally pinned Zaslav and made him say uncle.

[Naiera]

Oh yeah and we’re still rocking 50% off the top tier for life over here

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by Naiera

Oh yeah and we’re still rocking 50% off the top tier for life over here

Naiera, do you get TNT/TBS sports and CNN Max in the top tier in your country?

I had the ad-supported tier (bottom tier) and it had TNT/TBS Sports and CNN Max, it was almost like a cable package for $7 a month. Then they got rid of live sports and CNN for the ad-supported tier, and its only in the mid/top tier now.

[Naiera]

I do if I spoof my location using my DNS service (Smart DNS Proxy). I only very rarely don’t, such as when I want to use our HBO Max to watch Rick’n Morty Otherwise, it’s always the US HBO Max I see, and it has sports and such.

The sports package over here is actually completely different and a separate add-on, regardless of subscription tier.

[eiknarf]

Title should now read:
HBO becomes MAX becomes HBO