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We’re not quite there yet, but it sure feels imminent.
Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) streaming service Max will be called HBO Max starting this summer, bringing back a name that WBD curiously ditched a couple of years ago.
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Axios on MSNWBD renames "Max" to "HBO Max"Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday announced that this summer it plans to change the name of its streaming service "Max" to "HBO Max," a name that was previously used to describe Warner Media's direct-to-consumer service before it merged with Discovery+ to form Max.
Warner Bros. Discovery marketing chief Shauna Spenley says she and other senior execs expect a "hot take" from John Oliver on the HBO Max rebrand.
HBO Max became simply Max in 2023. Now Warner Bros. Discovery is going back to basics and reclaiming a brand long associated with high-quality programming.
HBO Max is back once again. Some industry observers applauded Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming rebrand, but others say it will only spark confusion.
"What do we think?" one of the streaming service's social media posts, which included a meme from the HBO show "Veep," said. In a separate X post, Max shared a GIF of another HBO