Skydance Will Combine HBO Max And Paramount+ Into A Single Streaming Service

The newly merged media company plans to 'unify' its new streaming businesses.

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Skydance, the new media entity made from Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, is also going to merge its streaming apps. The company shared its intentions in the same announcement that confirmed the $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. was complete, a nearly year's long process that was briefly blocked by a multi-state lawsuit until Paramount reached a settlement in late September.

While Skydance didn't get into specifics, it did share that its streaming services, which now include HBO Max, Paramount+ and Discovery+, "will unify into a single service over time." Plans to combine the streaming services have been on the table for a while. In March, Variety reportedSkydance CEO David Ellison intended to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into a single entity, giving the company "a little over 200 million direct-to-consumer subscribers."...

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