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HBO is synonymous with great television -- and now HBO Max, the re-rechristened name of Warner Bros. Discovery's linchpin streaming service, is synonymous with major corporate reversals. There is little doubt about that,
"What do we think?" one of the streaming service's social media posts, which included a meme from the HBO show "Veep," said. In a separate X post, Max shared a GIF of another HBO
Guess who's back? Back again? The HBO in HBO Max will return this summer, two years after Warner Bros. Discovery dropped it from the streamer's name.
Warner Bros. Discovery ignited a wave of social media reactions when it announced it was renaming its streaming service HBO Max.
Warner Bros. Discovery executives are reinstating the name HBO Max for the popular streaming service. It’s the fourth name change for the app in the last decade.
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A little more than two years after lopping “HBO” off of the streamer’s name to create the breezily-named Max streamer, Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to reverse course. Max — the unloved mononymous identity, too cool or too anxious to acknowledge its origins — is HBO Max once more .
All I’m saying is if HBO Max really wanted to play that card, they should have gotten Jude Law to reprise his character from The New Pope to announce the news. Then again, wouldn’t that news sound better coming from The White Lotus Season 3 cast members Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, and Michelle Monaghan?
Discovery-owned streamer formerly known as HBO Max, and currently known as just Max, is changing its name to … HBO Max. No, really. After spending multiple years and many millions of dollars trying to convince consumers (and TV industry reporters) that using “HBO” in the name of its flagship TV service was too limiting and no longer ideal,
HBO Max launched in 2020, but Warner Bros. Discovery relaunched the service three years later, filling it with content from its other properties, like Discovery, TLC, and HGTV. As part of the relaunch, it renamed the service to just “Max” to signal that it’s suitable for kids and families.
Normally, Conan O'Brien and the "Inside the NBA" stars get the biggest laughs at a Warner Bros. Discovery (and before that, a Turner Networks) upfront. O'Brien wasn't there, instead appearing via a quick,