Skydance, the newly-formed company following the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance, has confirmed plans to launch a bundled offering of the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming services. The new bundle is due to arrive in early 2027.
What You Need to Know
- A new HBO Max and Paramount+ bundle is planned for early 2027.
- Pricing and tier options remain unknown but the bundle will be offered at a discounted rate.
- The long-term plan is to eventually merge the two streaming services into a single platform.
Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery last month, bringing together two massive companies and libraries of content. The merger also brought the Paramount+, HBO Max, Discovery+, and Pluto TV streaming services together under a single ownership.
While the long-term plan is to combine HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single streaming platform, the two streaming services continue to operate as standalone options for now. However, and as part of that grader integration plan, Skydance confirmed the first step will result in the launch of a combined subscription bundle early next year.
As the two services will be available as a bundle, consumers can expect the combined price to be cheaper than subscribing to both streaming services separately.
“Starting in early 2027, consumers will be able to subscribe to both world-class streaming services at an even greater value,” Skydance said in its latest earnings report.
While the launch date has been narrowed to early 2027, it still remains unclear exactly how much the bundle will cost. It also remains unclear whether multiple bundle options will be available to account for the various ways consumers can sign up to both services.
HBO Max, for example, offers three subscription tiers (Basic With Ads, Standard, and Premium), while Paramount+ offers two subscription tiers in the U.S. (Essential and Premium).
Another aspect that remains unknown is how the launch of a combined HBO Max-Paramount+ bundle will affect the availability of existing bundle options, if at all. Specifically, the Disney-Warner Bros. Discovery bundle that combines Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max together at a cheaper price.
“We look forward to sharing more details on the bundle and our streaming roadmap in the coming months,” Skydance added.
On the wider topic of a fully unified offering, Skydance explained that it expects the bringing together of Paramount+ and HBO Max will be “much faster” than the 18 months it took to integrate Pluto TV with Paramount+.
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