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Lol we're just doing what we did with cable back in the day. Up until the early 90s there were thousands of local and regional cable providers. Cable was fairly inexpensive. Then, we(the government) allowed bigger companies to start buying up these smaller local companies. Giving us less, almost no, choice on cable providers. And, what do ya know, prices skyrocketed. Then streaming came along. Fairly cheap, lots of options. Then the government started allowing consolidation, removing choice for consumers and, what do ya know, prices skyrocketed. Time is a flat circle. Nothing changes. No one learns from past mistakes.
It would seem to me that two revenue streams is better than one, but who am I to wisdom of a country that just posted a $500 million loss and now a $111 billion offer they can't afford. Smart men.
I currently receive HBO and HBO Max through my cable carrier. HBO Max is free to me because of my monthly HBO subscription. I am pretty sure that quite a few subscribers of HBO are currently getting it for free through cable. Why would you force consumers to pay for something they are already entitled to HBO/HBO Max in order to receive something they don't want (Paramount+). It's stupid. In a six year span, they've had 3 buyers, gotten rid of individual on demand apps for HBO and Cinemax, all to waste money on an app they are about to shutter to force people to pay more money to watch on demand content they are rightfully entitled to because they are merging with a company that nobody is interested in or else they wouldn't need to do this shady crap. Talk about a waste of money. Why would you screw over your consumers?
I would have canceled Netflix if that deal went through so 2 each their own. Youre not gonna win over everyone ethier side. Netflix was the worst idea.
Lovely. Now everything will merge into the Paramount+ service I’m sure, which is frustrating because Paramount+ is literally the worst service out there. It’s slow and has a terrible user interface. The HBO Max service has been one of my favorites and it’s continuing to be ruined. First adding all Discovery content has bogged it down and now being merged with Paramount. We can’t have anything nice.
HBOMax has the bigger footprint and is profitable they might rename it but they’re not gonna keep the actual Paramount+ app. Why would they pull out of 60+ markets and re work on tech to launch when they already have the footprint. Especially when they have savings to make.
This is mumbo jumbo to say HBO Max will be rebranded with new Paramount content.
Just like what happened with HBO Now/Go to HBOMAX then HBO Max to Max then Max to HBOMAX .
Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service, upon the completion of the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. However, Paramount will want HBO as a brand to “operate with independence.”
If they stay on their present course, I would agree.
There's a reason I wouldn't subscribe to their streaming platform, in addition to my having had my fill of all the different streaming platforms people would need to subscribe to if they're crazy enough to want to see everything.
The CRTC will complicate things for paramount though. HBO didn't just give up the rights here to their most valuable IP to be nice, there are rules about Canadian content here so there's a good chance it's mutually beneficial for Paramount and Crave to get along.
Without knowing the details of the HBO deal with Crave, I feel Crave and Paramount will just do a deal for Crave to also get Paramount content for Canada. That way, they don't have to deal with Paramount+ in Canada.
I know it's been here. But it must take work and money to keep the thing on. It could cost them less to have their content in Canada through a deal with Crave instead of having to run it themselves up here.
So one thing I think people forget is that pretty sure the previous WBD HBO deal with Crave would have to be honored. So even if Paramount buys WBD and it somehow gets approved quickly. Crave will still probably have HBO rights for several more years. Several years to figure out the next play.
Now let’s say it’s several years from now, Crave’s WBD exclusivity deal is done. Paramount can now exclusively bring it into their platform in Canada finally and cut HBO from Crave. They most likely will. But I wouldn’t say it’s 100% chance. Paramount might feel like, you know what, it’s easier to just get a massive cheque from Bell for HBO content, rather than invest millions growing our sub base in Canada (that is after all the conclusion WBD made). But anyway by then who knows how many years it is, and how drastically different the media environment is. So you can’t predict anything really.
Also the Paramount deal might not even go through regulatory. Even if it does in America cause of the corrupt Trump administration, there is still the matter of the European Union approving it, and maybe even other countries.
Also a chance the money spent on production of HBO shows can be redirected to paramount shows. They may still have to license HBO, but may not have a responsibility to upkeep new series like they had been doing.
Yeah, existing content agreements will absolutely affect how soon WB content can come to Paramount Plus/leave Crave. When Disney bought 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox), they still had to honour an agreement that Fox had signed with HBO prior to the acquisition that gave them streaming rights to new Fox movies. So for a while, Fox movies released under Disney either went exclusively to HBO Max in the US/Crave in Canada, or were released simultaneously on HBO/Crave and Disney’s streaming services.
I don’t think Paramount will want to license its content since they already have their own platform available in Canada, as opposed to HBO Max, but we’ll see.
I could see some kind of co-licencing thing like what Rogers does with a bunch of Disney/Hulu content that’s advertised for Citytv+ but also just airs quietly on Disney+.
Paramount doesn't want that. They only let bell keep TV rights for Star Trek, the same would happen with WBD content. They only care about growing Paramount+ outside of the US.
Paramount already licenses out some of its originals to Netflix in Canada. 1883, 1923 S01, and Yellowstone S1-4 are on Netflix here. So they hook you on Netflix then make you sub for the latest seasons.
Crave is already useless. It's by far the worst platform for performance, pricing and original content. Most Canadians use it because it's the only way to access HBO content. No idea why you feel any loyalty towards Bell Media 🙄
Paramount quit working for us last year - we were running it on our PS5 and using Starlink, never did figure out what sent wrong with it. Your results may vary.
Personally I think streaming platforms of a certain size should have to operate in Canada for any streaming in Canada. That should resolve the issue. And protect Canadian jobs.
That said even with this it’s far too soon to know what will happen. The deal is only just now being negotiated. There’s plenty of experts stating that there’s many parts of it that may cause for the deal to fall through and that’s not even addressing the international regulatory mess they’re going to have to wade through which itself could cause it to be upended. Many deals of this size fail spectacularly. But even when they don’t the outcome is often very different.
Only time will tell on what will be the result. And this is going to take years.
Yeah it should be canadian app. We need to be less dependant from the US. I know people come on this sub to hate on crave but it is not an half bad app
It’s litteraly the worst streaming service… they don’t even care to show us what’s playing in which format….in 2026 while every other apps does it?! Don’t get me started on the playback experience, switching french with english and vice versa or when the season finale won’t even stream until next day because their servers crashout.
I’d say it used to be. It’s a lot better now as they made massive improvements to it. A lot of the old bugs and issues are now gone and it looks much more polished. I’m a developer myself so would have criticized it before but to me it looks like they listened and redeveloped it.
Either way whether you like it or not doesn’t mean we should give all of our money to the US. Our government dos need to be pushing for more protection for Canadian jobs and industry.
This horrible, paramount already has one of the worst streaming services out there, forever load screens, freezes, UI staying up, sometimes can't even remember where you left off or what was being watched
Congrats Ellisons - you just heavily went into debt to overpay for dead IP who's time is over. Netflix got paid 2.8 billion to walk away and make their competition go risk on into a hot mess.
Not only will I not watch, HBO, CNN, CBS, or any other abortion of a streaming service with any ties to Paramount, I will not see any movie from Paramount. I will miss TV but I will miss free and fair elections more. Get bent, Ellisons.
That's cool. There's this other service that's been around for decades though that has every movie, show, and game in existence free to download and you own it forever. Can't remember what it's called exactly but you guys should check it out.
Has anyone ever tried watching live on the Paramount app on android?
It's the single most frustrating experience I've had in years. I straight up refuse to watch Wrexham play, because I can't flinch without it closing the player.
So, Paramount screwed everybody that could sign into Showtime with their cable subscriber, now, they will surely force people to have to pay even more for their service just to watch HBO/MAX when they already pay for it through cable
My apts has cable included with rent, including Peacock, Paramount, several HBOs and Cinemax...I just would rather watch the apps, now I'll have to watch cable when I want to see a show
1.I want HBO/Cinemax/Encore. That will be $8.99! 2.I want Showtime/The Movie Channel/Flix. That will be $7.99! 3. I want neither, I just want basic cable. That will be $19.99!
Not really. You’ll want to be blame Netflix for most of this. Once they made their standalone app, everyone else followed. No brand wanted to be left behind sitting alone on cable.
Literally the only reason I haven’t cancelled Netflix is because of the deal that I am just now finding out is now going to Paramount a.k.a. Satan. Why does everything suck so much now?
Should add Paramount+ content into HBO Max, since it's a vastly superior app that can actually manage synching audio with the video, UNLIKE PARAMOUNT+ where everyone's lips become unsynched easily, and never corrects without fast-forwarding or rewinding to force it to start playback from another place. That said, this entire deal should be rejected by regulators as it'll result in redundancies and probably a TON of layoffs as compared to if they had instead moved forward with Netflix's deal. :-\
ParaMax BO++ Ultra. Whatever, as long as they bring back all the marquee HBO shows and good TV content like Adult Swim they cut from Max. If they’re going to drop anything, how about all the Discovery reality TV trash? … and bring back Warrior, what were they thinking?
So if I am remembering history correctly, there was cable, and then there came streaming services. So everybody ditched cable and started signing up for these individual services. Then companies started losing money because there were so many different streaming services to choose from, so the services started combining. So now we have....cable again?
Just don't fuckin move all of HBO contents and subscribers over to Paramount+ app
Have it like what happen with Discovery. A bunch of Discovery content just went to HBO Max.
All the same for them anyway. They will get the sub money in the end no matter if you are on Paramount+ or HBO Max or whatever they wanna call the app.
HBO is the much bigger and prestigious brand name so it would be wise for them to not mess with that too much.
I'm looking to scalp artists from HBO, Warner Bros, and Hanna Barbera who don't want to be state run media, under Trump or any other. Join at flightline.top for UBI/UHC plans using a municipal sovereign fund for an alternative to the shitshow.
Let’s face it- most people don’t want endless apps. I would rather have a $34 ad free subscription for paramount and hbo than pay $38 for both each month. And for people complaining about the price, get ads - it’s like basic cable.
We are paying so much less than cable/basic cable used to be. How are people so mad about being able to selectively choose how and what they watch as opposed to cable?
Do you not remember like 6-8years ago when having anything at all required a “basic package” of 89.95 - 149.95? PER MONTH!? I cannot believe that you are unable to understand that if you only want to pay xx amount then you are free to cycle around with only two or three apps. There’s also YouTube.
And don’t get me started on regional sports fees. I don’t have an interest in sports but I was subsidizing that hobby for $6.95 up to $9.95 a month. Yeah, I shouldn’t have to pay for your sports for $120 per year.
I hope HBO isn't screwed up, because it was the last decent streaming platform out there, with multilingual dubs for almost everything, few technical hiccups unless using VPN, no forced commercials even for paid customers, and a good lineup of original series and movies.
Ok but with all this money and mergers can paramount maybe get their app working where it doesnt freeze and crash all the time or lock up or get stuck on commercial break that loops 2-3 times .
I like their stuff but bar far the worse user experience of all the other apps. lets hope this merger brings the tech talent from HBO over
I forget paid streaming services even exist most of the time, I genuinely cannot believe people pay these companies. HBO is the only TV studio that I expect good quality projects from though, so I am saddened to know that quality will likely decline.
Bring back cable and commercials lol. I’m done with having to navigate the politics of what streaming platform I’m allowed to pay for without guilty conscience
Funny considering all the HBOmax name-change shenanigans
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Lol we're just doing what we did with cable back in the day. Up until the early 90s there were thousands of local and regional cable providers. Cable was fairly inexpensive. Then, we(the government) allowed bigger companies to start buying up these smaller local companies. Giving us less, almost no, choice on cable providers. And, what do ya know, prices skyrocketed. Then streaming came along. Fairly cheap, lots of options. Then the government started allowing consolidation, removing choice for consumers and, what do ya know, prices skyrocketed. Time is a flat circle. Nothing changes. No one learns from past mistakes.
ReplyDeleteWould love to think this would translate into some savings but somehow I doubt it.
ReplyDeletegoodbye hbo.
ReplyDeleteIt would seem to me that two revenue streams is better than one, but who am I to wisdom of a country that just posted a $500 million loss and now a $111 billion offer they can't afford. Smart men.
ReplyDeleteI currently receive HBO and HBO Max through my cable carrier. HBO Max is free to me because of my monthly HBO subscription. I am pretty sure that quite a few subscribers of HBO are currently getting it for free through cable. Why would you force consumers to pay for something they are already entitled to HBO/HBO Max in order to receive something they don't want (Paramount+). It's stupid. In a six year span, they've had 3 buyers, gotten rid of individual on demand apps for HBO and Cinemax, all to waste money on an app they are about to shutter to force people to pay more money to watch on demand content they are rightfully entitled to because they are merging with a company that nobody is interested in or else they wouldn't need to do this shady crap. Talk about a waste of money. Why would you screw over your consumers?
ReplyDeleteMakes it easier to cancel both if you happen to have them.
ReplyDeleteI would have canceled Netflix if that deal went through so 2 each their own. Youre not gonna win over everyone ethier side. Netflix was the worst idea.
DeleteNetflix was by far the lesser of 2 evils and it’s not even close
Deletelmao sure dude my Letterboxd says I went to the treaters 78 times last year I promise I did more to support theaters last year than you have
Deletenetflix had said they would keep hbo seperate
DeleteI already cancelled Paramount ages ago.
DeleteUgggh.
ReplyDeleteYikers
ReplyDeleteEvery day I see more compelling reasons to cancel all streaming service subscriptions and just collect physical media.
ReplyDeleteIs it gonna be one of those deals where you have to upgrade to watch movies, like Peacock? Fuck it, im going back to physical media
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! I also will combine them in one app, Plex!
ReplyDeleteLovely. Now everything will merge into the Paramount+ service I’m sure, which is frustrating because Paramount+ is literally the worst service out there. It’s slow and has a terrible user interface. The HBO Max service has been one of my favorites and it’s continuing to be ruined. First adding all Discovery content has bogged it down and now being merged with Paramount. We can’t have anything nice.
ReplyDeleteHBOMax has the bigger footprint and is profitable they might rename it but they’re not gonna keep the actual Paramount+ app. Why would they pull out of 60+ markets and re work on tech to launch when they already have the footprint. Especially when they have savings to make.
DeleteThis is mumbo jumbo to say HBO Max will be rebranded with new Paramount content.
Just like what happened with HBO Now/Go to HBOMAX then HBO Max to Max then Max to HBOMAX .
Also this will take years by the way.
The canceling of shows happened instantly with the discovery merger. Consumers have seen this shitshow before.
DeleteAnd it will only cost $80 a month!
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Deleteanyone who believes this.
ReplyDeleteshould never be allowed to be near a child unsuperevised as their stupidty is a danger to the child.
Well I believe you
ReplyDeleteI don’t believe them
ReplyDeleteThey didn’t care about HBO they want to own and control CNN
ReplyDeleteThe platform will be called HBO Go and then they’ll rename it to HBO Max in a few years
ReplyDeleteGee I sure love consolidation
ReplyDeleteCancel subscriptions, they can't afford the price tag. Half of the employees will lose their jobs.
ReplyDeleteParamount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service, upon the completion of the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. However, Paramount will want HBO as a brand to “operate with independence.”
ReplyDeleteTell that to Showtime
DeleteJust don’t get rid of Ghibli movies or sell them to someone who will make them pay-per-view.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?si=im3yduK08DIS8bfd
DeleteCut your profit in half. Lolz
ReplyDeleteParmount Go Max+
ReplyDeleteThe moment this happens is the moment I stop watching HBO content.
ReplyDeletepity to cancel my max sub...it was kinda good.
ReplyDeleteThey out of ideas and need to put their ideas together?
ReplyDeleteGive them another excuse to raise their rates
ReplyDeleteFreaking lol
ReplyDeleteI'll save you a click. Here's everything you need to know:
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I hope Paramount doesn't give me a reason to get rid of HBO Max now.
DeleteLOL
Paramount *is* the reason to get rid of HBO Max.
DeleteIf they stay on their present course, I would agree.
DeleteThere's a reason I wouldn't subscribe to their streaming platform, in addition to my having had my fill of all the different streaming platforms people would need to subscribe to if they're crazy enough to want to see everything.
But I still have to click.
Deletelol... I know. But all the cool kids say it, and I wanted in on that.
DeleteHard to see Crave surviving this unless they buy up the Canadian rights to some other libraries.
ReplyDeleteThe CRTC will complicate things for paramount though. HBO didn't just give up the rights here to their most valuable IP to be nice, there are rules about Canadian content here so there's a good chance it's mutually beneficial for Paramount and Crave to get along.
DeleteWithout knowing the details of the HBO deal with Crave, I feel Crave and Paramount will just do a deal for Crave to also get Paramount content for Canada. That way, they don't have to deal with Paramount+ in Canada.
DeleteParamount+ is and has been in Canada for years. I'm confused by your comment.
DeleteI know it's been here. But it must take work and money to keep the thing on. It could cost them less to have their content in Canada through a deal with Crave instead of having to run it themselves up here.
DeleteAs someone that subscribes to both I hope not. Paramount+ offers HDR on a lot of their content, crave does not.
DeletePerhaps that could change, but for now I prefer the separation.
That said if it is a cheaper option, then yes I wholeheartedly agree it'll likely happen eventually.
And it sucks . It's a terrible platform with limited content. Crave is also a terrible platform though so I'm not sure what is best
DeleteSo one thing I think people forget is that pretty sure the previous WBD HBO deal with Crave would have to be honored. So even if Paramount buys WBD and it somehow gets approved quickly. Crave will still probably have HBO rights for several more years. Several years to figure out the next play.
ReplyDeleteNow let’s say it’s several years from now, Crave’s WBD exclusivity deal is done. Paramount can now exclusively bring it into their platform in Canada finally and cut HBO from Crave. They most likely will. But I wouldn’t say it’s 100% chance. Paramount might feel like, you know what, it’s easier to just get a massive cheque from Bell for HBO content, rather than invest millions growing our sub base in Canada (that is after all the conclusion WBD made). But anyway by then who knows how many years it is, and how drastically different the media environment is. So you can’t predict anything really.
Also the Paramount deal might not even go through regulatory. Even if it does in America cause of the corrupt Trump administration, there is still the matter of the European Union approving it, and maybe even other countries.
Exactly. Being bought out by another company doesn’t void any past agreements. They have to honour the commitments or face potential litigation.
DeleteIt could be years or even decades until that agreement is done.
Also a chance the money spent on production of HBO shows can be redirected to paramount shows. They may still have to license HBO, but may not have a responsibility to upkeep new series like they had been doing.
DeleteYeah, existing content agreements will absolutely affect how soon WB content can come to Paramount Plus/leave Crave. When Disney bought 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox), they still had to honour an agreement that Fox had signed with HBO prior to the acquisition that gave them streaming rights to new Fox movies. So for a while, Fox movies released under Disney either went exclusively to HBO Max in the US/Crave in Canada, or were released simultaneously on HBO/Crave and Disney’s streaming services.
DeleteBased on how much debt the company will be in I'm sure they'd prefer a guaranteed cheque from Bell
DeleteI do wonder if Bell has enough money to continue to licence what they have from WBD for Crave if this massive merger goes through.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think Paramount will want to license its content since they already have their own platform available in Canada, as opposed to HBO Max, but we’ll see.
DeleteI could see some kind of co-licencing thing like what Rogers does with a bunch of Disney/Hulu content that’s advertised for Citytv+ but also just airs quietly on Disney+.
DeleteParamount doesn't want that. They only let bell keep TV rights for Star Trek, the same would happen with WBD content. They only care about growing Paramount+ outside of the US.
DeleteParamount already licenses out some of its originals to Netflix in Canada. 1883, 1923 S01, and Yellowstone S1-4 are on Netflix here. So they hook you on Netflix then make you sub for the latest seasons.
DeleteMax has been launching in other markets, primarily across Europe. Even without the deal, I’d imagine they bring their content to Canada directly.
DeleteReally hard to continue to avoid U.S. streaming services.
ReplyDeleteIf Crave becomes useless I'll give up streaming and buy DVD's of old stuff to watch I guess.
The library is also an option.
DeleteWhat if we just made a place that was dedicated to renting out dvds...
DeleteI lol’d! That’s how I started with Netflix of course !
DeleteCome, join us collectors. I have over 2000 movies on blu ray and not being held down by streaming services is amazing
DeleteThis is a great option for people who mostly watch movies but the people who mostly watch shows are SOL
DeleteCrave is already useless. It's by far the worst platform for performance, pricing and original content. Most Canadians use it because it's the only way to access HBO content. No idea why you feel any loyalty towards Bell Media 🙄
DeleteI only choose them because they are cheap and Canadian. Bell sucks, in general, for sure.
DeleteI wish this would happen, then I'd actually get decent video and audio quality from HBO shows, Crave is ugh.
ReplyDeleteGood, I can ditch Crave for a functional option that stolen all my Star Trek
ReplyDeleteParamount quit working for us last year - we were running it on our PS5 and using Starlink, never did figure out what sent wrong with it. Your results may vary.
DeleteThis is assuming the merger will go through. They still have a few legal hurdles.
ReplyDeletePersonally I think streaming platforms of a certain size should have to operate in Canada for any streaming in Canada. That should resolve the issue. And protect Canadian jobs.
ReplyDeleteThat said even with this it’s far too soon to know what will happen. The deal is only just now being negotiated. There’s plenty of experts stating that there’s many parts of it that may cause for the deal to fall through and that’s not even addressing the international regulatory mess they’re going to have to wade through which itself could cause it to be upended. Many deals of this size fail spectacularly. But even when they don’t the outcome is often very different.
Only time will tell on what will be the result. And this is going to take years.
Yeah it should be canadian app. We need to be less dependant from the US. I know people come on this sub to hate on crave but it is not an half bad app
DeleteIt's an entirely dog shit app that just carries some Canadian content which makes it palatable
DeleteIts a more than okay app. Been using it forever and never had the problem people are complaining about
DeleteIt’s litteraly the worst streaming service… they don’t even care to show us what’s playing in which format….in 2026 while every other apps does it?! Don’t get me started on the playback experience, switching french with english and vice versa or when the season finale won’t even stream until next day because their servers crashout.
DeleteLike i said never had problem
DeleteI’d say it used to be. It’s a lot better now as they made massive improvements to it. A lot of the old bugs and issues are now gone and it looks much more polished. I’m a developer myself so would have criticized it before but to me it looks like they listened and redeveloped it.
DeleteEither way whether you like it or not doesn’t mean we should give all of our money to the US. Our government dos need to be pushing for more protection for Canadian jobs and industry.
I mean, even the title of the real article says "Paramount Says HBO Brand Will ‘Operate With Independence’". How did you get to your conclusion?
ReplyDeleteI’m confused so will Para+ and Crave be combined in Canada then???? Or what’s gonna happen?
ReplyDeleteThe honest truth is that we currently have no clue what will happen in Canada as a result of the merger, or when
DeleteParamount is such a garbage app! I really hope they get a complete overhaul.
ReplyDeleteWith independence until it doesn't...I suspect that will change gradually as people are "replaced".
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to monopolies being illegal in the US?
ReplyDeleteBye, Magamount. No money for you and assigns.
ReplyDeleteThis horrible, paramount already has one of the worst streaming services out there, forever load screens, freezes, UI staying up, sometimes can't even remember where you left off or what was being watched
ReplyDeleteCongrats Ellisons - you just heavily went into debt to overpay for dead IP who's time is over. Netflix got paid 2.8 billion to walk away and make their competition go risk on into a hot mess.
ReplyDeleteHow do you say? Mischief Managed.
$40 a month? Interesting as to what happens with my Hulu bundle now.
ReplyDeleteAnother example of the shitification of everything
ReplyDelete50$ a month
ReplyDeleteCan’t wait to pay even more for this.
ReplyDeleteHmm
ReplyDeletethe great merge begins
ReplyDeleteMan, it really simplify things to pirate shows from one streaming service rather than a whole bunch of them.
ReplyDeleteThe Anti Netflix squad
ReplyDeleteFunny coincidence, I was just about to start binging everything on my HBO account so I can cancel it.
ReplyDeleteOMG. New Trek and Ghost Adventures together on one service.
ReplyDeleteIs the world ready for such a concentration of pure crap in one place?
As much as I hate this.
ReplyDeleteI hope they keep the UI from HBO MAX. Because Paramount + UI is crap.
Not only will I not watch, HBO, CNN, CBS, or any other abortion of a streaming service with any ties to Paramount, I will not see any movie from Paramount. I will miss TV but I will miss free and fair elections more. Get bent, Ellisons.
ReplyDelete$65/month
ReplyDeleteNope nope nope. I'm fucking noping OUT. Fuck HBO. Especially fuck Paramount. I'll pirate all their shit if I must.
ReplyDeleteCancelled HBO yesterday. I’ll pass
ReplyDeleteHBO is dead
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DeleteDoes this mean I can watch parks and rec on hbo?
ReplyDeleteThis sucks
ReplyDeleteI find that the HBO Max app is much better programmed than Paramount+. The latter is kind of a pain to operate.
ReplyDeleteInstead of having to deal with two apps crashing, the consumer will only have to restart one.
ReplyDeleteNobody tell John Oliver
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ReplyDeleteI have a gut feeling that HBO operating with independence will be dependent upon John Oliver not pissing off the Ellisons.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool. There's this other service that's been around for decades though that has every movie, show, and game in existence free to download and you own it forever. Can't remember what it's called exactly but you guys should check it out.
ReplyDeleteThis will go splendidly. What could go wrong!
ReplyDeleteWhatever they call it, I'll sure as shit bet it's slogan will be something like "America's Streaming Service".
ReplyDeleteAssuming that means a price hike. I was already going to cancel hbo if paramount ended up winning this, but that makes it that much easier.
ReplyDeleteFuck paramount
ReplyDeleteLmao “independence”….riiiiiiightttt
ReplyDeleteI’ll buy that for a dollar!
ReplyDeleteAn HBO Star Trek show is going to be super weird.
ReplyDeletethe paramount+ app is genuinely HORRENDOUS
ReplyDeleteSo does my hbo max subscription give me paramount now?
ReplyDelete🤮🤮🤮
ReplyDeleteI wonder what this means for those of us who have hbo max through youtube tv.
ReplyDeleteHBO a Warner Brothers company by Paramount a Skydance Corporation, wonder how many logo intros the movies will have
ReplyDelete$20 for Netflix, $20 for HBO/Paramount, $15 for Disney+ , $15 for Prime, etc… I’m sure glad we got rid of cable tv! /s
ReplyDeleteGood shit. Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen. *cackles*
ReplyDeleteWB ruined HBO when they mixed in all that Discovery bullshit.
ReplyDeleteIsn’t HBO on Disney?
ReplyDeleteThe Paramount+ app is so trash
ReplyDeleteI wonder what’ll happen to the Hulu/Disney+/HBOMax bundle. Hulu and Disney+ were already merging this year
Stremio.
ReplyDeleteSaves me money. I won’t subscribe sadly
ReplyDeleteSure.
ReplyDeleteUntil it doesnt
Wtf is this going to do to my Disney bundle?
ReplyDeleteI guess I won't be watching HBO anymore since Paramount is under boycott. Back to piracy.
ReplyDeleteHellooooo price increase!
ReplyDeleteSo now I have to cancel HBO Max or whatever we're calling it these days. Great.
ReplyDeleteNoooooooo
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean Showtime & HBO will combine?
ReplyDeleteNo. Separate hubs on the app.
DeleteHBO will operate with independence after we fire a bunch of people.
ReplyDeleteThey can't really afford to not let HBO have quite a bit of autonomy.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever tried watching live on the Paramount app on android?
ReplyDeleteIt's the single most frustrating experience I've had in years. I straight up refuse to watch Wrexham play, because I can't flinch without it closing the player.
Close enough. Welcome back, cable.
ReplyDeleteI don’t want paramount plus or the doubled subscription price
ReplyDeleteComing soon, OMNI! The app that does everything! Poorly!
ReplyDeleteJust like CBS News operates with "independence."
ReplyDeleteSo, Paramount screwed everybody that could sign into Showtime with their cable subscriber, now, they will surely force people to have to pay even more for their service just to watch HBO/MAX when they already pay for it through cable
ReplyDeleteMy apts has cable included with rent, including Peacock, Paramount, several HBOs and Cinemax...I just would rather watch the apps, now I'll have to watch cable when I want to see a show
I miss the days when you had the choice:
Delete1.I want HBO/Cinemax/Encore. That will be $8.99!
2.I want Showtime/The Movie Channel/Flix. That will be $7.99!
3. I want neither, I just want basic cable. That will be $19.99!
Life was so simple.
It was, Paramount is an asshole
DeleteNot really. You’ll want to be blame Netflix for most of this. Once they made their standalone app, everyone else followed. No brand wanted to be left behind sitting alone on cable.
DeleteLiterally the only reason I haven’t cancelled Netflix is because of the deal that I am just now finding out is now going to Paramount a.k.a. Satan. Why does everything suck so much now?
ReplyDeleteCanceled already
ReplyDeleteParamount's app is such dogshit. I hope they leave HBO's alone
ReplyDeleteI have paramount+ through prime video. Does this mean I’ll get access to HBO programming on there?
ReplyDeleteAnd increase the prices ughh
ReplyDeleteShould add Paramount+ content into HBO Max, since it's a vastly superior app that can actually manage synching audio with the video, UNLIKE PARAMOUNT+ where everyone's lips become unsynched easily, and never corrects without fast-forwarding or rewinding to force it to start playback from another place. That said, this entire deal should be rejected by regulators as it'll result in redundancies and probably a TON of layoffs as compared to if they had instead moved forward with Netflix's deal. :-\
ReplyDeleteCancel and steal it
ReplyDeleteParaMax BO++ Ultra. Whatever, as long as they bring back all the marquee HBO shows and good TV content like Adult Swim they cut from Max. If they’re going to drop anything, how about all the Discovery reality TV trash? … and bring back Warrior, what were they thinking?
ReplyDeleteParamax
ReplyDeleteThey haven’t merged, they plan on it if the merger is approved.
ReplyDeleteThe two services I can never get a good feed with. Match made in heaven!
ReplyDeletelet me guess - they are also merging the prices together too so you are still paying for both
ReplyDeleteSo does that mean Puerto Rico will finally stop being region locked for Paramount + ?
ReplyDeleteLet’s just bring blockbuster back st this point with all the extra costs to see shit
ReplyDeletePARHBO MAXXX+
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this will still honor the ATT Fiber free HBO Max deal my parents still use.
ReplyDeletethe FBI is going to put ALL resources into protecting US citizens, esp children now… from pirated streaming content
ReplyDeletebc f-ellison & f-trump - subscription cancelled
HBMounto+
ReplyDeleteSo if I am remembering history correctly, there was cable, and then there came streaming services. So everybody ditched cable and started signing up for these individual services. Then companies started losing money because there were so many different streaming services to choose from, so the services started combining. So now we have....cable again?
ReplyDeleteThank fuck for piracy
ReplyDeleteI look forward to canceling.
ReplyDeleteI predict...
ReplyDeleteI predict......
ENSHITIFICATIONNNNNNNN and ON and ON and ONNNNNNNNN
Just don't fuckin move all of HBO contents and subscribers over to Paramount+ app
ReplyDeleteHave it like what happen with Discovery. A bunch of Discovery content just went to HBO Max.
All the same for them anyway. They will get the sub money in the end no matter if you are on Paramount+ or HBO Max or whatever they wanna call the app.
HBO is the much bigger and prestigious brand name so it would be wise for them to not mess with that too much.
I'm looking to scalp artists from HBO, Warner Bros, and Hanna Barbera who don't want to be state run media, under Trump or any other. Join at flightline.top for UBI/UHC plans using a municipal sovereign fund for an alternative to the shitshow.
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ReplyDeleteLet’s face it- most people don’t want endless apps. I would rather have a $34 ad free subscription for paramount and hbo than pay $38 for both each month. And for people complaining about the price, get ads - it’s like basic cable.
We are paying so much less than cable/basic cable used to be. How are people so mad about being able to selectively choose how and what they watch as opposed to cable?
Do you not remember like 6-8years ago when having anything at all required a “basic package” of 89.95 - 149.95? PER MONTH!? I cannot believe that you are unable to understand that if you only want to pay xx amount then you are free to cycle around with only two or three apps. There’s also YouTube.
And don’t get me started on regional sports fees. I don’t have an interest in sports but I was subsidizing that hobby for $6.95 up to $9.95 a month. Yeah, I shouldn’t have to pay for your sports for $120 per year.
WHAT ABOUT NATHAN FIELDER!?
ReplyDeleteI feel like only a rich shareholder would be happy with this.
ReplyDeleteI hope HBO isn't screwed up, because it was the last decent streaming platform out there, with multilingual dubs for almost everything, few technical hiccups unless using VPN, no forced commercials even for paid customers, and a good lineup of original series and movies.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has both in good with this.
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ReplyDeleteOk but with all this money and mergers can paramount maybe get their app working where it doesnt freeze and crash all the time or lock up or get stuck on commercial break that loops 2-3 times .
I like their stuff but bar far the worse user experience of all the other apps. lets hope this merger brings the tech talent from HBO over
I forget paid streaming services even exist most of the time, I genuinely cannot believe people pay these companies. HBO is the only TV studio that I expect good quality projects from though, so I am saddened to know that quality will likely decline.
ReplyDeleteSo HBO will be championing extreme right wing maga content from now on?
ReplyDeleteWe are doomed
ReplyDelete😭😭😭 this is gonna end with me canceling HBO Max, I’m so sad
ReplyDeleteUnless Trump says otherwise right?
ReplyDeleteLOL no one believes anything Ellison says anymore
ReplyDeleteDamn. I actually liked having a subscription to Max. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteBring back cable and commercials lol. I’m done with having to navigate the politics of what streaming platform I’m allowed to pay for without guilty conscience
ReplyDeleteSo will this be part of the "free" Paramount+ subscription I get with my Walmart+ membership?
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