While HBO Max already paid for the production of these shows, it’s still on the hook for residuals, including so-called back-end payments to cast, crew and writers, based on long-term viewership metrics.
By removing these films and shows, especially the ones HBO Max created rather than licensed, executives can cut expenses immediately. Warner Bros. Discovery has promised at least $3 billion in synergies stemming from the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, announced in May.
The content eliminations in total will save “tens of millions of dollars,” according to two people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the finances are private.
content eliminations in total will save “tens of millions of dollars,”
By absolutely demolishing one of the two things HBO has that none of the other streaming platforms do.
The other is the worst UX in history.
I’ve seen slideshows made and operated by children that function better than the HBO Max player.
A technical manual in esperanto is more useful and predictable than whatever the fuck is going on with HBO Max subtitles.
You have to have the dexterity and timing of a master fucking marksman to pause during an intro (to see details like the end still in every week’s Last Week Tonight intro) rather than skip it on the first try.
And that’s not even getting into the toxic sludge of mostly “reality” TV they’re replacing HBO original masterpieces with! 🤦
It’s runaway corporate greed. HBO Max, or whatever it’s called now, cut a bunch of it’s own shows. The reason is that if they let you stream them, they have to pay residuals .
By absolutely demolishing one of the two things HBO has that none of the other streaming platforms do.
The other is the worst UX in history.
I’ve seen slideshows made and operated by children that function better than the HBO Max player.
A technical manual in esperanto is more useful and predictable than whatever the fuck is going on with HBO Max subtitles.
You have to have the dexterity and timing of a master fucking marksman to pause during an intro (to see details like the end still in every week’s Last Week Tonight intro) rather than skip it on the first try.
And that’s not even getting into the toxic sludge of mostly “reality” TV they’re replacing HBO original masterpieces with! 🤦