According to Comicbook, new report has revealed details that HBO Max’s and Discovery+’s combined streaming service will roll out maintaining the same price as HBO Max: $10 for an ad-supported tier and $16 for an ad-free tier, while also having a third tier for $20 dollars which includes higher video quality as well as other features. These features are reported to possibly change ahead of the reveal of the new service which will just be titled Max.
Comicbook reports one of the biggest additions made to Max will be including thousand of titles coming from Discovery’s library. Even though this is the plan unlike earlier reports about the combined service, Warner Bros. Discovery has indicated that Discovery+ will still operate on its own instead of being completely merged into Max.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said, “We’re excited about the fact that we’re going to take all of the Discovery content and put it together with the HBO Max content in a much better platform. But the key to this company is, as a storytelling company, we have this diversity. We have the ability to pick from all of these different baskets to build really what may be most important for us, which is a successful and profitable streaming business. That HBO Max, whatever we call it on the launch, is a product that we take around the world and that has a real impact on how people consume content. We believe in it because we believe we have the best menu of content, the best portfolio, the best quality. And we’re curating now in a way that’s having an impact on America.”
He added, “And so I think that is key to us in terms of building the long-term strength. But the other key is that we have the largest TV and motion picture library and we’re the biggest producer of quality content in the world. And so selling that to drive free cash flow and to nourish the overall segment, so that we, as a media segment, can be successful is important.”
Further details about the combined services will be revealed on April 12th.