When HBO Max launched in May 2020, the streaming platform offered the best handset of its predecessor, HBO, Warner Bros., and further incorporated hit TV shows, movies, and Max Originals. The service received by subscribers was exceptional in terms of content quality. In HBO Max’s two-year existence, it has made headlines for its groundbreaking viewership and lucrative original shows.
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HBO Max will remove several originals from the platform
The standalone streaming platform is known for its incredible host of favorite series. However, following AT&T’s merger with Discovery, the new Warner Bros. Discovery is taking the initiative to make several sweeping and unorthodox changes across all of its subsidiaries. And that includes production behemoths like Warner Bros. alongside streaming services like HBO Max.
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The CEO and Chairman of Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, under whose wing HBO Max now operates, set foot in the company with plans that set out its long-term vision. And as such, shows like Mao Mao, Infinity Train, Ellen’s Next Great Designer, and OK KO (to name a few) are leaving HBO Max this week, along with many other Max Originals.
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The internet is raining criticism on WBD chief David Zaslav
Chief honcho David Zaslav hasn’t made the decision to be CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery lightly. He arrived with guns and one of the very first decisions he executed was to shelve the $90 million DCEU movie, bat girl. The cancellation was not only met with an angry reception, but Zaslav was called out for making a decision in bad faith and was even called a jerk by a cast and crew member. Bat girl.
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Here’s how Twitter reacted to the recent announcement of Max Originals starting from its own platform.
HBO Max has truly gone from one of the most beloved streaming services to a broken mess in less than 2 years. pic.twitter.com/JfVINfZdlb
— Alberto Herrera #NewDeal4Animation (@Alberto9Herrera) August 18, 2022
Oh my God.
Shows leaving HBO Max THIS WEEK:
– Aquaman: King of Atlantis
– Close enough
– Sleep
– Elliott of Earth
– Esme & Roy
– Fungi
– Infinity Train
– Little Ellen
– Mao Mao
– Messy goes to Okido
– Mia’s Magical Playground
– Powerful Master Swords
-Odo
– OK KO— CN News/Schedules (@CNschedules) August 17, 2022
Considering David Zaslav filled Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel with reality shows and outright killed off Discovery Kids YEARS before the Warner Bros merger, and is now doing the same with their stuff, I’m not surprised , and I say he should be blacklisted
— This Mentally Exhausted Dino Nerd (@zilla1997) August 18, 2022
Give Netflix some credit, at least it took them a good 10 years to make some business-destroying decisions.
— KyProRen (@KyProRen) August 18, 2022
Tax waivers, not enough people watching, so they took them out. The service was never there for your convenience, it’s there to make money, they will continue to do so until the whole service starts to underperform financially, eventually disconnecting it. It’s super ugly
— rev (@Revomatic) August 18, 2022
It’s so sad pic.twitter.com/YSi8J8GyrO
— HDFrankenstein (@HDFrankenstein) August 18, 2022
What’s the point of having original series when half of them are leaving?
— LiamToonFan 🇺🇦 (@LiamToonFan1) August 18, 2022
Now Disney+/Hulu is the best streaming service. However, Netflix and HBOmax are falling apart.
— Nathaniel (he/they) ❤️🏳️🌈 (@duckadoodledooo) August 18, 2022
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Even before taking over WarnerMedia, the CEO was in charge of Discovery and that platform also received somewhat similar treatment. The TV channel that was originally known for its nature documentaries or children’s shows has filled up with reality and entertainment shows that have led to the downfall of one of the best TV channels. .
On the other hand, the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery was a business deal designed to be profitable and given the multitude of sweeping changes to the business, one can only wonder if these decisions are not made in keeping in mind the survival of the company. coming.
Source: Twitter
