Max (streaming service)

For other uses, see Max.

Max, formally known as HBO Max in the United States, is an American subscription video on demand streaming service from Warner Bros. Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched in the United States on May 27, 2020 as HBO Max, and on May 23, 2023 after its rebranding as Max.

The service is built around the libraries of Warner Bros., Discovery Channel, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Animal Planet, Eurosport, and their related brands. The service also carries first-run original programming under the "Max Originals" banner, programming from the HBO pay television service, and content acquired via third-party library deals (such as those with film studios for pay television rights) and co-production agreements (such as those with BBC Studios and Sesame Workshop among others). Looney Tunes Cartoons and Tiny Toons Looniversity are considered a "Max Originals."

Since the April 2022 merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery, Max is one of the combined company's two flagship streaming services, the other being Discovery+ (which primarily focuses on factual programming from the Discovery brands).

History

On April 12, 2023, it was announced that a new streaming service called Max will replace HBO Max on May 23, 2023 as a part of the merger between that service and Discovery+. The company ultimately chose to retain Discovery+, however, and went on with an associated revamp of HBO Max that launched first in the U.S. on May 23, 2023, simplifying the service name into Max and adding more Discovery content among other new series and films.

Programs

• Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip
• Bugs Bunny Builders
• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
• Looney Tunes Cartoons
• New Looney Tunes
• The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
• Tiny Toons Looniversity

Behind the scenes

• As of 2024, most shorts in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series from 1930-2004 are currently available. Shorts from 1950 onward were available until December 31, 2022, when they were removed from the service, reportedly for "maintenance check to fix the photoshop [sic] titles"; they made a return on March 2024.

External links

• Official website