{"id":284856,"date":"2026-02-15T04:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/284856\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:57:08","slug":"warner-bros-issues-statement-on-hbos-future-after-cessation-on-astro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/284856\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros Issues Statement On HBO&#8217;s Future After Cessation On Astro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has issued a clarifying statement regarding the availability of HBO content in Malaysia, following reports of Astro announcing the end of offering the channel on its platform.from March  <\/p>\n<p>The global media giant confirmed that while its partnership model with certain providers is evolving, its core portfolio\u2014including HBO, Warner Bros., and Discovery\u2014remains fully accessible to Malaysian audiences through long-term partner Unifi TV and direct-to-consumer streaming.(HBO Max) <\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ddm\/trackclk\/N1041828.2198304BUSINESSTODAY\/B34060705.429271703;dc_trk_aid=622179584;dc_trk_cid=241505195;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;gdpr=$GDPR;gdpr_consent=$GDPR_CONSENT_755;ltd=;dc_tdv=1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"J7878.5_Regus_LM GIF_No_Images_SpringQ1_10s_English_300x250_ (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" style=\"opacity: 1 !important;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/J7878.5_Regus_LM-GIF_No_Images_SpringQ1_10s_English_300x250_-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WBD reaffirmed its strong ties with Unifi TV, confirming that the platform will continue to carry the full linear portfolio of HBO channels. This is to ensures that traditional TV viewers will not lose access to their favorite movie and family channels.<\/p>\n<p>This confirmation comes after Astro said it will cease broadcasting HBO linear channels and remove HBO Max entitlements from their movie bundles effective March 1, 2026, following a change in their commercial agreement with WBD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know and appreciate that there are many fans of our HBO channels in Malaysia,\u201d a WBD spokesperson stated. \u201cWe are pleased to confirm that the HBO portfolio can still be enjoyed through our long-term partner Unifi TV and via direct subscription.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has issued a clarifying statement regarding the availability of HBO content in Malaysia, following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-284856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}