I'm with you, HBO Max is just adding a bunch of stuff I don't want or care about with Discovery. Hope I don't end up having to pay extra for it.

@dathyr1

Жыл бұрын

you probably will be paying something when all combined. We shall see.

@sticky59

Жыл бұрын

Get a Kodi build and they will miraculously become free !

Craig nailed most of my feelings about this,Thanks for the update

To combine these apps seems like a bad fit. They have two completely different audiences that will likely drop the app altogether if the price goes up too much, or at all. It would be best to keep the apps separate, but offer a bundle price where you could save a few bucks if you decide to go with both.

Likely HBO will become a hub within Discovery plus; pricing can be a wild variable, but eventually paramount plus is adding showtime as a hub as well(currently just a bundle). The bundle price for ad-free on the Paramount bundle is $15 a month or $150 a year, which is basically what Showtime was by itself. I think based off this, Discovery plus will remain the same, but will be an extra 8-10 bucks to add HBO.

@TruuJones

Жыл бұрын

It should be the other way around. It makes more sense for Discovery to be a hub in HBO Max app. They are going to screw up doing it the other way

@poppy87

Жыл бұрын

@@TruuJones I agree but they won't; keep in mind many HBO Max subs are from pay tv companies. Discovery Plus would cut them out.

@poppy87

Жыл бұрын

That’s why it may be the wrong move. I get the logic though. Curious what numbers they project to merge over to Discovery Plus.

Hi Craig! Thanks for the update. See you on Friday!

@ReviewsOrg

Жыл бұрын

See you there!

Would love to get Discovery with HBO Max, specifically for Battlebots. Currently get HBO Max for free with my AT&T internet and I fear that's about to go away.

@chriskuczynskimusic34

Жыл бұрын

I’m right there with you on getting HBO with AT&T & worried

@danielland3767

Жыл бұрын

See that's the same issue I have, I get $5 Discovery+ through Verizon and I want to keep that

Given that apparently, a show that would have likely ended up on Discovery Plus is now slated for HBO Max, that seems to signaling that HBO will probably be the dominant brand going forward. The only downside as far as I’m concerned is that if Discovery Plus would become the dominant brand, HBO would likely get cheaper as a result, but that was unlikely to happen anyway.

Thanks!

Hi Craig, do you have any info on the HBO Max/ Discovery+ merger and a possible expansion of language options? We subscribed to HBO via cable 10+ years ago, and enjoyed the HBO East being mirrored on HBO Latino. It allowed us to watch nearly all HBO Originals say "The Sopranos" or "Six Feet Under" in English or Spanish. Having been "off the grid" for so long, when HBO-Now came out, we were excited about possibly having access to HBO again w/o needing to subscribe to cable, however they relegated Latino offerings to only programs intended for a Spanish speaking audience. I called in years ago, and they said, "When HBO Max launches, we're going to offer so much more. Check back then." I did, however it still didn't allow us to watch "Barry" or "The White Lotus" among nearly all of their originals in Spanish. So, fast forward several years later.... Netflix was first, however now MOST Amazon Originals, and even Peacock Originals offer multiple languages. There's so much to watch, on way too many platforms, however we'd love to catch up on some of the HBO we've missed out on over the years. If you have any insight as to whether the merger with Discovery will likely bring back a relatively consistent at minimum bi-lingual (English and Spanish) audio and subtitle toggle option, we'd be thrilled to hear your news. What it comes down to, is we're a multi-lingual family, and based upon the language strengths of who's in the room, we need the flexibility to have these options. Hang in there, Delfino

And what about those of us who have AT&T wireless? HBO Max comes free with our cell phone service.

@boku-no-pico

Жыл бұрын

Nothing should change its basically the same company they will probably upgrade you

I’d hope they’d find a nice price in the middle and that we get some good stuff from both services. I’ve heard stuff like the planned Green Lantern Corps show is safe and Peacemaker season two is safe as well. Titans, Doom Patrol, Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler as well as the new upcoming animated series My Adventures With Superman are all safe as well. Ty for the video man and keep the fantastic content coming pleaae!

@sebaszwarc

Жыл бұрын

This is more complicated than you think as Discovery has a LOT of sports

@cjkatz393

Жыл бұрын

Do you believe that Harley Quinn series is safe as well when the merge happens? I saw of what you say about the other shows

Will HBO Max still be included with a cellular plan?

The Wife and I enjoy discovery+ for the Food Network / HGTV content. We will drop it if the price goes up because we just don't watch enough tv to justify more than $7 for a couple of cooking and home design shows. set our DVR and fast forward thru commercials.

Absolutely hate the idea of a merger of all content onto one platform, like most I get HBO free and have never felt the need to get Discovery for any content so of course I'm not gonna pay to get half stuff I don't want and half stuff I don't pay for now...

***YES*** Fridays with Craig ***

I’m thinking eventually, I’ll stick with only 3 “must have” streaming services: Amazon Prime, b/c they have a lot of good shit, Disney+ b/c of Star Wars, and Paramount+ b/c of Avatar TLA.

Hopefully they move existing customers over to whatever the new service is if not they will lose a lot of customers like WWE Network did which I have both Discovery plus and HBO Max but I love HBO Max better so I'm hoping they keep the HBO Max interface and just move Discovery plus into it

I have youtube tv with HBO max add on Hopefully nothing like that changes and I can still sign in using my KZread tv sign in

I agree with the commentator- we left cable/Xfinity last year because it was priced ridiculous and too many shows/channels that we would never watch! I wanted to sign up for HBO/Max but now I am second thinking it because we would NOT was discovery channel!😡

It is kinda worrying as no one seems to know much about it - I am like u in that I don’t want discovery stuff. Leave my hbo max service alone please

My biggest worry is that some of my favorite shows especially my superhero shows (Titans and Doom patrol)will get canceled.

What does this mean for countries without HBO? Max hasn't released in Ireland, UK and Germany because of a deal with Sky.

i agree with you about the forced cable feel. i get hbomax for free with my internet from at&t right now but if that changes i wont pay for it

We don’t have HBO Max in the UK so far the time it actually comes around will it even exist???

@stephenalden605

Жыл бұрын

Are discovery+ UK, going to add the hbo and wb entertainment content? If so, when? We don't get hbo max or warner bros here in the UK!

I get HBO Max as part of my AT&t phone plan, and it was not a small factor in making the decision to buy my phone through them. What will happen there I wonder? I hate every part of this so far.

Unofficial price guessing here my guess is 18-25 a month (add free) remember hbo has popular adult and kids shoes and don’t forget about the ton of hubs/channels from discovery+ best guesses and good luck

it does seem like discovery is going to be the more dominant brand. As the cuts are disportiantly affecting the hbo max side of things.

I like to know what content is leaving since some of it has left already just wondering how much more will dissapear and if the price increases to much peace out I am gone

I am just wondering if AT&T internet customers can get the new service for free since I get HBO Max free from an internet plan

I think the price will be where HBO Max is at now. Maybe a couple of dollars more. It’s going to be the discovery+ customers that will see the price increase. That is how they will offset the cost because discovery+ subscribers are hardcore into reality TV. They’re more likely to pay the increase. HBO Max has close to 75M and Discovery+ has 25M subscribers. They can’t afford to make 75M customers mad.

I wonder if they'll keep some of the HBO tv series

@leroyvermilion7708

Жыл бұрын

Yes they will

Maybe they'll do something like Disney and Hulu. Each separate service with a different price and a combo price for both together 🤷‍♂️ It would be the most reasonable

@Nicole-yy9cl

Жыл бұрын

This is my hope too. BC I have discovery+. And I have disney+. I don't want hbo max and hulu lol or I would get them🤦🏽‍♀

I want Warner Bros to regret this merger and hope HBO will pull out of this nonsense. I don't care, nor want to watch Discovery+. All these platforms want to kill Netflix, but the way they are acting will be a silver lining for it. I think if Netflix gets its act together only Disney+ will be a threat. If they had a $9.99 plan for one screen at 1080p (HD) that would save their asses. They also need to invest in better content.

Wonder how much it will cost because I'm paying for both of them right now

It will be named, "Discover Max" !? 👍

Maybe it will be called Disc-Max or HBovery.

@denizcancolak5969

Жыл бұрын

HBovery indeed but or maybe Hbo discovery

I'm on the other side of the fence I want HBO Max to leave discovery plus alone I don't want to pay more than $7 a month for it or pay more for other things I don't watch. But it seems that these companies will chase most subscribers away just like they did with cable. And free with ads is never an option. Greed has no end

They are doing it wrong. HBO Max is, for me, the best streaming service on the market followed by Apple TV+. This change of politics, with bundles and price increase, will have 2 consequences: 1 - people will stop having 2,3 or even 4 streaming services, on a monthly basis. They will probably have one service and cancel all the others. Eventually, once or twice a year, they will subscribe for a month to watch some shows available on the other streaming services and that’s it. 2- Streaming services made piracy numbers go down, because people didn’t mind paying a little bit of money to have the show that they wanted to watch. With these policies from the streaming services companies, people will start, again, looking into piracy to watch their shows.

@NeroLeMorte

Жыл бұрын

What shows and movies are there to watch on apple tv?

@Nicole-yy9cl

Жыл бұрын

I really wanted to like appletv and just couldn't get into any of it.

@Nicole-yy9cl

Жыл бұрын

And yup I prefer discovery+ but I already do that just download some of the other apps when ik the new season of the show I want to see is on or a movie. Then I unsubscribe

Buy disc and make digital versions and put it on your Plex That's the best way not to be held hostage by the media corporations

I am like you. Being a movie goer, I purchased HBOMax for the movie contents, not to watch the Food Channel. So Discovery channels, like yourself, I would never watch unless I am very very very bored. Plus I get allot of this discovery type content on my OTA antenna. So why pay for the same thing when I get similar for free. But everyone has their own likes and that is great. My likes are movies. Thanks for the great review videos and about this merger.

What about those who have Discovery + but not HBOMAX. Imagine the price increase they're looking at. As a long time subscriber of HBO on cable, I get HBOMAX for free. What's going to happen to that?

@Nicole-yy9cl

Жыл бұрын

Thissss. I have discovery+. I tried hbomax and never used it. I am not a movie typa person.

On your Netflix point - wasn't 700,000 of those 1M lost numbers due to them pulling out of Russia?

@ReviewsOrg

Жыл бұрын

Good memory! Yes, that was a big hit, but those numbers counted in Q1, if I recall correctly.

So, like the most important question anyone subscribed should be asking, “amid all the cuts, what’s being added to keep us interested and subscribed?” I’m not renewing my subscription when it expires around January 4th. They are only taking stuff away, not replacing it with anything, or giving us anything to look forward to… oh a fixer upper reality tv show straight from Discovery+ coming to HBO MAX in September? HARD PASS!!!

I have HBOMax through my internet provider (AT&T). Since I have 1G service I get it for free. How will that merger affect me?

@onur7755

Жыл бұрын

It won't effect you wbd and at&t have a deal prolly nothing will change.

Philo TV and friendly TV has a lot of those same channels on their platforms friendly it’s only like seven dollars a month

Will Discovery + stay as a Prime Video channel

My biggest worry is that HBO Max will get the Discovery treatment with all of that garbage TV that they produce. HBO is known for having quality programming especially those documentaries while Discovery has garbage reality shows. I just don’t want to happen to HBO Max what they did to the Food Network & HGTV, two networks I used to love but don’t watch anymore.

@Nicole-yy9cl

Жыл бұрын

Okay not all discovery+ is garbage. ID channel and the CNN one is good AF. And if ur into documentaries like I am tubi has a LOT of good ones on some real.random stuff too lol but for free

@kenyattaclay7666

Жыл бұрын

@@Nicole-yy9cl ID network programs are 99% trash and on the rare occasion they have a good one like A Crime to Remember they cancel them. There are probably 3 decent shows on ID & the rest are empty calories. Sorry but when the overwhelming majority of the shows are about people getting married under ridiculous circumstances, getting dropped off in the middle of nowhere & exploiting over weight people then it’s garbage. I even recently saw a commercial for a show about popping pimples. Your right, CNN & HBO have good documentaries & what I’m afraid of is that Discovery will cheapen that. For example, ID used to be a network owned by the New York Times & they had really good shows. Then Discovery bought the network & for a while it was still called Discovery Times & they still had good shows. Then they got the discovery treatment & 99% of the shows became crap like Wife’s with Knives or about twins who kill. I know they don’t own them but History Channel, A&E, Food Network & HGTV have already been ruined using the same concept & HBO was one of the last networks that you could actually get quality documentaries & Discovery’s hands are already starting to effect quality programs that are being cut.

if it wasn't $5 or $7 with VZN service I might leave it. But I love Discovery+ more then HBOMax but I'm a outlier

@ReviewsOrg

Жыл бұрын

Outliers still count!

Thanks for the video. Good to hear others opinions. I must say, however; my thinking is just the opposite regarding HBOMax. I happen subscribe to Discovery+ plus because of the channels that I seem to gravitate toward. And programs without commercials is only way to consume video. HBOMax has been dated movies and series and will continue to be that for me. HBOMax and or Discovery+ with commercials is just tv. So I guess I'm from the school of don't mess with my commercial free Discovery+. Don't need HBOMax to sully the video consumption.

@ReviewsOrg

Жыл бұрын

lol fair enough! I actually respect Discovery+ quite a bit, it's just not for me. And if it messes up what I DO love (HBO Max), it'll be really tough not to resent it.

@cjkatz393

Жыл бұрын

@@ReviewsOrg I saw what you were talking about still do you believe that dc universe shows and movies like Harley Quinn or Wonder Woman bloodlines will still be on this new streaming app

Maybe they will run it like Hulu Disney+and ESPN?

@Nicole-yy9cl

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully🤞🏾

@alanseeger6642

Жыл бұрын

They are not HBO max is going to be dead

I am an AT&T customer and get HBO Max for free so I am concerned that it would go away which I am sure it will.

I have ZERO interest in the unscripted dreck that has evolved to overwhelm Discovery. If the quality entertainment that is available on HBO Max is shunted aside, I'm gone. Oh.... Craig is always right,

Are people still buying movies, or only streaming them?

@ReviewsOrg

Жыл бұрын

DVDs and Blu-rays were a $1.97 BILLION industry last year!

Thats good news one combined app but in europe we get it late in 2024.

I agree about not wanting to pay for things I don't watch. I like discovery+ but watch very little of my $10 HBoMax.

I just got discovery. Hope they don't double my price. Otherwise see ya.

See we are Discovery+ fans too. I love HBO, but we’re not currently subscribing. One thing you glossed over are the other Warner properties, TNT, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network. How will they fit into this new eco system? Discovery/Warner CEO David Zazlov is a linear cable guy at his core. My fear is it will become a cable-lite service. Think of a Sling or Philo with just discovery/Warner channels and on-demand content.

I get hbo max through my cell phone plan, doubt that will continue

I think HBO Max and Discovery Plus will join forces to become a new streaming service that might become something different. It might be called 'HBODiscovery'. Sort of.

I don't care how much it costs or what it will look like so long as they keep the shows I watch and don't axe them and replace them with a bunch of reality TV garbage, that's what I fear the most because Discovery is full of that shit.

Probably going to be like Disney, but HBO and Discovery (both with ads), HBO+ with Discovery (with ads) or HBO+ with Discovery+. Everything is with or without a + on the internet now, yawn

Why merge if their plan was to kill it seems stupid. The 70+ Million will not move to Discovery+ if all movies etc are axed. I love Discovery+ don't get me wrong. I watch it maybe one or two times a week. Friday night when Gold Rush and other spin off are on. that's about it.

All I really care about from discovery is battle bots besides that I don’t really like discovery shows.

i think the new name should be discover hbo

75% of the same day movie releases were junk to start with.

This is so annoying they cannot do the same thing in all countries at once. Discovery execs are really dumb

Ugh I don't enjoy this merge. I'm the opposite of you my guy. I'd rather have discovery+ than hbo max. I did my free trial of that and never even used it. Plus I am a disabled single mom I like the $4.99 price for discovery+. I was wondering why some of my regular ID channel shows werent being uploaded to it anymore and I asked my ID channel fb group and someone sent me this link. Thanks for this video BC I was so confused lol. Even tho it low key irritated me the way u talked abt my precious discovery+ lmao (jk I'm being dramatic)

I will dump them if they raise my HBO Max, Adios

I had Discovery + and I cancelled it. Don't watch the content.

Time to quit streaming services and start visiting libraries and reading books.

in our end we enjoy discovery plus and it’s cheap, not looking forward to HBO, we probably cancel.

@Flexin010

Жыл бұрын

Same

I don’t like Discover channel, I love HBO Max sex and the city and more

You are wrong Discovery+ is very profitable where HBOmax is not there is a reason why Discovery manage to buy WarnerMedia.

@Nicole-yy9cl

Жыл бұрын

This is what I thought too

Oh boy, these mergers are what some of us would charitably call a "cluster". I understand both the HBOMax and Duscovery+ folks resentment of paying for content you don't want whatsoever! Sounds like a B rated horror flick: "CableTV 2.0: The Evolution!!" I have "a modest proposal" that might work: 1. For HBOMax folks: You keep your current HBOMax package (no ads) and price and Warner et al. gives you some Discover+ that are supported by ads. 2. For Discovery+ folks: You keep your current Discovery+ content (I assume that's ad free) and price and Warner et al. gives you some HBOMax content that are ad supported. 3. For folks that would love to have both "full blown (ad free/complete content) HBOMax AND Discovery+ you get a slight discount for the package ($20-21) versus $22 bought separately. The ad revenue on the first two options should pay for the partial content of the service you really don't want any of anyway. Is it a perfect plan? Hell, no! But it's better than the alternative. I'm an old guy that can remember when video/TV was broadcast only, there was only B/W (no color TVs nor briadcasts) broadcasts, TV was free but supported totally by commercials revenue. Also, the stations usually shut down around 1 a.m. and restarted broadcasting about 6 a.m.

i like Hbomax More than discovery plus But heres my take on this craig they should Bundle discovery plus with hbomax Rather than trying to combine the two services that way all of the movies and tv shows will be safe and they would be two completely seperate hubs for programming

@MsMoonbaby69

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@theonlyjuan3074

Жыл бұрын

They said they will save 3 Billion each year by combining the two streaming services... well that's Billion so are combining the two...

I have hbo max and discovery plus and I don't now there's a bunch of hate i get some of it but oh well I have a streaming empire I have the DISENY BUNDLE,PARAMOUNT PLUS,HBO MAX,DISCOVERY PLUS,PEACOCK all of them are good