Merger of HBO Max and Discovery+, it will finally be launched on June 11 in France.
After a false start, the Max streaming platform, a merger of HBO Max and Discovery+, will finally be launched in France on June 11, with three price levels (5.99 euros/month with advertising, 9.99 euros or 13.99 euros), the American group Warner Bros Discovery announced on Tuesday.
A few days later, on June 17, it will offer the highly anticipated season 2 of “House of the Dragon”, derived from the globally successful series “Game of Thrones”.
This announcement is the epilogue of two years of waiting. The launch in France of the HBO Max platform had in fact been postponed indefinitely after the giant merger in 2022 between WarnerMedia, parent company of HBO and CNN, and Discovery (Eurosport).
In March, the American group born from this merger indicated that its platform would be launched before the Paris Olympics.
Max has in its catalog prestigious HBO series such as “Game of Thrones”, “The Last of Us”, “Succession”, “The White Lotus” or “Euphoria”. It will also broadcast films from the Warner Bros. catalog, such as the Harry Potter franchise, The Matrix, The Dark Knight and Joker.
The platform will offer three options:
- A basic Basic package with advertising (5.99 euros/month)
- A Standard package (allowing viewing on 2 devices simultaneously, 9.99 euros/month)
- A Premium package (4 devices simultaneously, 13.99 euros/month).
A sports option at 5 euros per month can be added to any of these packages. This option will provide access to sporting events via the Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 channels.
Broadcast by Eurosport, the Paris Olympic Games (July 26 – August 11) will be included in all subscription packages.
Several French productions have already been announced. Among them, “A devoted friend” with Laure Calamy, a mini-series inspired by the true story of a woman who posed as a victim of the Bataclan attacks, or “Living with our dead”, adaptation of the book by the Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur.
