{"id":230215,"date":"2025-10-21T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230215\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:14:09","slug":"hbo-max-raises-prices-across-all-plans-effective-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230215\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt\u2019s going to cost you more to watch HBO Max<\/a>, after the streaming platform last raised prices on its plans without ads a year ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros. Discovery<\/a> announced that as of Tuesday, Oct. 21, the cost of HBO Max plans will increase to the following prices:<\/p>\n

HBO Max Basic With Ads
Monthly: +$1\/month increase, now $10.99
Annually: +$10\/year increase, now $109.99<\/p>\n

HBO Max Standard
Monthly: +$1.50\/month increase, now $18.49
Annual: +$15\/year increase, now $184.99<\/p>\n

HBO Max Premium
Monthly: +$2\/month increase, $22.99
Annual: +$20\/year increase, now $229.99<\/p>\n

\n\tThe prices are effective immediately for new subscriptions. Existing monthly subscribers will be notified 30 days in advance of their plan renewing and see price increases starting from their next billing date on or after Nov. 20, 2025. Current yearly subscribers will not see an increase until their accounts are up for renewal and will be notified 30 days in advance of their plan renewing.<\/p>\n

\n\tWBD most recently raised prices for the ad-free\u00a0HBO Max\u00a0streaming plans in June 2024<\/a>. This past July, the company switched the name of the service<\/a> back to HBO Max \u2014 two years after having rebranded it as just \u201cMax.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tHBO Max\u2019s latest price hikes come as many other streamers have also raised their prices, as companies look to boost the profitability of their direct-to-consumer services. Disney+ and Hulu price increases also go into effect Oct. 21<\/a>, following increases by Peacock<\/a>, Apple TV<\/a> (which has dropped the \u201c+\u201d sign) and Netflix earlier in the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tHBO Max\u2019s content lineup includes series and films from HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, Turner Classic Movies, A24, Studio Ghibli and more. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe service includes all current and classic HBO original series including \u201cThe Sopranos,\u201d \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d \u201cSuccession,\u201d \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d \u201cThe Penguin,\u201d \u201cThe White Lotus,\u201d \u201cThe Last of Us,\u201d \u201cPeacemaker,\u201d \u201cHacks\u201d and \u201cTask.\u201d HBO Max includes TV shows like \u201cFriends,\u201d \u201cAbbott Elementary,\u201d \u201cRick and Morty\u201d and \u201cThe Big Bang Theory.\u201d On the movie front, the service is home to titles including \u201cSuperman,\u201d \u201cA Minecraft Movie\u201d and \u201cSinners.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIn announcing the price hikes, WBD also touted upcoming series coming to HBO Max, including \u201cIT: Welcome to Derry,\u201d \u201cThe Chair Company\u201d and \u201cI Love LA\u201d (each premiering later this year), plus \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d prequel series \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d and new seasons of \u201cThe Pitt\u201d and \u201cIndustry\u201d in January 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s going to cost you more to watch HBO Max, after the streaming platform last raised prices on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,17300,427,6142],"class_list":{"0":"post-230215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hbo-max","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-warner-bros-discovery"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}