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HBO Max and Paramount Plus will merge into a single streamer under Skydance

HBO Max and Paramount Plus will merge into a single streamer under Skydance

HBO Max and Paramount Plus will become one streaming service under Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. In a press release announcing the completion of the deal, Skydance - the name of the combined companies - says both streamers will "unify into a single service over time...

HBO Max logo on a purple background.

HBO Max and Paramount Plus will become one streaming service under Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. In a press release announcing the completion of the deal, Skydance - the name of the combined companies - says both streamers will "unify into a single service over time."

Skydance CEO David Ellison hinted at this possibility in March, saying during a call with investors that merging Paramount Plus and HBO Max would give the combined companies "a little over 200 million direct-to-consumer subscribers." There are still no details about the timing of this change, or the name of the merged streamers, which HBO CEO …

Read the full story at The Verge.