HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service”

A combined service could lead to higher prices.

The short version

• After months of industry and customer speculation, Paramount Skydance has shed some light on the future of the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming services.
• Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of Warner Bros.
• Discovery (WBD) today, ending a monthslong saga that began when Netflix last year announced its own plans to buy WBD.

What happened

Netflix scrapped those plans in February. Skydance is the name of the company created from the $111 billion merger.

Why it matters

However, uniting the three services could also result in less programming diversity and, as Skydance’s licensing costs grow, higher prices that force customers to pay for unwanted content.

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