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Originally Posted by Horizon
I expected the Discovery Sports name to be used too, considering there is a Discovery Sports website seperate from the main WBD one.
As for channels, no mention of channels in the press release. Looks like it maybe the the end of the BT and Eurosport channels as the whole lot is put on the streamer and talking of which...
WBD announced only a few weeks ago that Discovery+ would not be merged into HBO Max now and perhaps the pricing issue is the reason.
Who would pay possibly £40+ for a merged Discovery/warner service? Keeping the sports seperate means that those people (like me) who aren't that keen on sports and won't pay for them, may still pay for a sport free HBO Max service in the future.
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At least I wasn't the only one then!
If WBD did end up marketing an HBO Max app in the UK, I can envisage it providing options to subscribe to entertainment (HBO TV, Warner Bros Films) Sport (TNT) and Factual (Discovery). WBD may be interested in the money from also selling HBO content to Sky but I'm not sure they would be so keen to see it on Now TV, so perhaps not.
I think for the forseeable future, WBD will maintain the linear channels as the benefits outweigh the costs. Particularly as they will need them for the pubs and clubs market. But it's possible that some less popular content will be streamed only to reduce the channel portfolio when the Eurosport brand is dropped here.