HBO Max

This article is about a streaming service from HBO. For a Boardcasting Network for Movies, See HBO Plus

HBO Max (formerly Max) is a subscription video on demand streaming service from WarnerMedia Entertainment. It is part of AT&T's WarnerMedia. The service was originally launched on May 27, 2020 and relaunched on July 9, 2025.

HBO Max is based on WarnerMedia's HBO premium TV service. It includes all of its programming including movies and television shows made by Warner Bros., as well as television channels that it owns such as CNN, Cartoon Network, TBS, and Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

In mid-to-late 2023, HBO Max started rebranding to the name "Max" (stylized as "max"). Many people did not like this change, and Max began losing subscribers.

On May 14, 2025, it was announced that the HBO Max branding would return. This happened on July 9, 2025.

Until 2022,  HBO Max had a deal with Disney to share rights for movies from 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures with Disney+ and Hulu in the first pay TV window after theatrical release.

In 2024, HBO Max became available as part of a bundle with Hulu and Disney+.

In 2025, HBO Max bought the first-run rights to show Canadian series Heated Rivalry and saw high viewership for it, but it was not involved financially or creatively with the production.

In 2026, HBO Max renewed a 2023 deal to show movies from studio A24 in the first pay tv window.

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