{"id":455494,"date":"2026-03-03T15:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455494\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:05:08","slug":"hbo-max-u-k-launch-still-going-ahead-despite-paramount-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455494\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max U.K. Launch Still Going Ahead Despite Paramount Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHBO Max<\/a> is still going ahead with its U.K. launch, despite questions over its future as a standalone platform.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHBO Max will launch in the U.K. & Ireland as planned,\u201d a source tells Variety.<\/p>\n

\n\tHBO Max is set to launch in the U.K. on March 26<\/a> with subscription plans ranging from \u00a34.99 to \u00a314.99 per month. It will also offer TNT Sports as a standalone or bolt-on for \u00a330.99 per month.<\/p>\n

\n\tA major launch has been in the works for some time for the streaming platform, which is the last of the major studio streamers to launch in the U.K. That included bringing over talent associated with some of its biggest shows as well key execs such as president of global streaming at Warner Bros. Discovery, JB Perrette and HBO chief Casey Bloys.<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever on Monday Paramount<\/a> Skydance confirmed it plans to combine its own proprietary streamer<\/a>, Paramount+, with HBO Max into one streaming service, once Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger is complete.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong a number of deals that have been struck are a Sky streamer bundling deal, which will include HBO Max.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll of those plans now ostensibly hang in the balance.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the big British HBO original series coming to the streamer are Sharon Horgan series \u201cYouth\u201d and the upcoming \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series, which is currently in the middle of shooting its first season for release next year. (Richard Gadd\u2019s \u201cHalf Man,\u201d which is an HBO Original in the U.S., will be broadcast in the U.K. on the BBC).<\/p>\n

\n\tLast month Perrette called the series\u2019 launch \u201cthe streaming event of the decade.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tOther shows launching on HBO Max in the U.K. exclusively are \u201cThe Pitt\u201d as well as all three seasons of \u201cEuphoria\u201d (the third season will be shared with Sky under a previous content sharing deal.)<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to Ellison, HBO the brand will continue to \u201coperate with independence\u201d despite the merging of the platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HBO Max is still going ahead with its U.K. launch, despite questions over its future as a standalone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,11521,3770,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-455494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-hbo-max","tag-paramount","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}