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2. AT&T takes some Time Warner shows off Netflix, makes them exclusive to HBO Max
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:48 PM
Jul 2019
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/att-starts-restricting-time-warner-shows-to-its-own-streaming-service/

AT&T will start restricting some Time Warner shows to its own streaming service, despite previously telling the government that it would distribute Time Warner content as widely as possible.

WarnerMedia, the division AT&T created when it bought Time Warner, today announced a new online streaming service called "HBO Max." HBO Max will debut in the spring of 2020 and include exclusives that will no longer be available on other streaming platforms.

HBO Max will have exclusive streaming rights to all episodes of Friends, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Pretty Little Liars. Friends and Pretty Little Liars are currently available on Netflix, so they'll both leave that service by the time HBO Max launches. Since the HBO Max exclusives pertain only to streaming rights, the shows could still be available on cable TV services.

HBO Max will also have exclusive streaming rights to upcoming Warner Bros. series such as Batwoman and Katy Keene. AT&T also said HBO Max will have "exclusive movie production deals with Greg Berlanti... and Reese Witherspoon," as well as HBO programming and various "Max Original" series that are in the works.

HBO Max will likely cost "slightly more" than the $14.99 per month currently charged for HBO Now, The Wall Street Journal wrote. HBO Now is primarily a vehicle to distribute HBO-produced shows as well as movies that HBO has streaming rights for. HBO Max will have a bigger library, roping in lots more Time Warner programming, with AT&T saying it will "premiere with 10,000 hours of premium content."


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