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I think this reduces the prospect of HBO Max launching in the UK in 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery will keep Discovery+ platform

Warner Bros. Discovery is planning to maintain Discovery+ as a separate service after it emerged some consumers weren’t prepared to move to an enlarged platform including HBO Max.

It had been announced that WBD would combine both Discovery+ and HBO Max into a supersized service featuring content from both platforms and in the European market, Eurosport.

There is concern that forcing customers into taking out an HBO subscription might put a serious dent into the platform’s 20 million subscriber base. Some Discovery content, such as Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, would appear on both platforms.

Combining HBO Max with Discovery+ had been a major plank of the merged Warner Bros and Discovery offer with management arguing there were too man streaming services in the marketplace.

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2023...very-platform/