WarnerMedia launching HBO Max Spring 2020
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Sanrith Descartes
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There is a financial aspect not being discussed. Part of the Discovery/ATT deal for Time Warner involved DISCA taking on a nice chunk of ATT debt. Theatrical releases when they hit can generate lots of alpha and cash flows while at the same time letting the company juggle the books with "costs" and let them show a taxable profit of close to zero. Hollywood cooking the books is legendary. I am not opposed to this strategy especially if they are going to be one of the few companies making movies for theaters while still having a very large streaming presence.
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Oldbased
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Speaking of ATT. Like almost everyone using ATT for phone, internet, TV and more gets HBO Max for free. These are the same people who would be most likely to subscribe otherwise. It's interesting the corners all the streams backed into. Paramount+ for example has been giving free ad free months out monthly for 2 years now back to when it was CBS+ and even then. They CAN'T stop doing it because that pumps the numbers up and no one other than GayTreks would ever pay for it and they need those numbers due to cord cutters hurting the bottom line on the broadcast/cable side of it all. Not the only one, Peacock at least never did endless free months but has less subs.
It's all just one giant clusterfuck of burning money when you think about it
It's all just one giant clusterfuck of burning money when you think about it
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I "believe" free HBO Max goes away for ATT end of this year or early next year since they sold it.
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IDK every time I switch my cable provider like every 2 yrs or so I get free HBO for 2 yrs. Shit its even been longer with the last one since im nearing 3 yrs with them right now. Thats the beauty of competition. Since I have like 3-4 cable providers I can choose from. They even come to your door offering deals. The last one being Spectrum they offered me the cable, the internet and I was like what about the HBO I get for free right now? They are like sure, hows 2 yrs? Well like I said its nearing 3 now and I still got it.
But the beauty of Netflix in its early days is that it hosted shit from everyone It was a sort of consolidation streaming service. And now that all the different companies are all splitting off making their own streaming services they all get fucked in the end. Because who the fuck is going to spend the $100-$150/month to sub to them all. Either you do like 1 or 2 and just cancel and get some other shit when you run out of shit to watch of you just say fuck it, cancel them all, and start pirating again like it was back in the early days of streaming.
But the beauty of Netflix in its early days is that it hosted shit from everyone It was a sort of consolidation streaming service. And now that all the different companies are all splitting off making their own streaming services they all get fucked in the end. Because who the fuck is going to spend the $100-$150/month to sub to them all. Either you do like 1 or 2 and just cancel and get some other shit when you run out of shit to watch of you just say fuck it, cancel them all, and start pirating again like it was back in the early days of streaming.
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Once all my promotional stuff expires( again ) and if I lose HBO Max I will go back to Spectrum for 3 months at $45 a month. ATT policy is 90 days as non customer to be considered for new customer promotions.
Sadly I can't use such Jedi tricks on insurances. 2 cars and renters went from 740 to 1320 this month for 6 months. State Farm rep told me Biden when I asked what in the living fuck.
Sadly I can't use such Jedi tricks on insurances. 2 cars and renters went from 740 to 1320 this month for 6 months. State Farm rep told me Biden when I asked what in the living fuck.
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Look at divisions on this link. They have a lot of channels but most of them are specialized.
Discovery, Inc. - Wikipedia
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Oh, didn't even notice. So that makes it even worse. DC, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman all as "separate" content? C'mon man.
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Get Woke Go Broke, this is the death knell of Hbo. They really have nothing worth watching anymore, such garbage programming. Max used to have fun shows to watch, it sucks as well, other than Warrior I cant name a show I would bother viewing.
I feel like almost all TV is going this route, they just dont seem to care about profits anymore. The only thing that matters is The Message.
I feel like almost all TV is going this route, they just dont seem to care about profits anymore. The only thing that matters is The Message.
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