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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) said it has raised the monthly price of HBO Max, its marquee premium streaming service, for the first time since it was launched in May 2020

Starting today, the price for HBO Max's ad-free service in the US rises $1, from $14.99 to $15.99 per month (plus applicable fees). People with existing HBO Max subscriptions will get the new, higher rate effective their next billing cycle on or after February 11, 2023, the company said.






The increase prices HBO Max above Netflix's standard, ad-free tier, which costs $15.49 per month. Similar subscription plans from Hulu ($14.99), Paramount+ ($9.99) and NBCU's Peacock ($9.99) also cost less than HBO Max.

But HBO Max is far from alone in the price hike club among entertainment streaming services. Last fall, Apple TV+'s price jumped from $4.99 per month to $6.99, followed by an increase for the ad-free Disney+ service – from $7.99 per month to $10.99 – as part of a wider change in Disney's price structure for premium streaming services.

WBD reasoned that the $1 per month increase – a rise of about 6.6% – will enable the media giant to invest in "providing even more culture-defining programming and improving our customer experience for all users."

Variety points out that WBD had already been seeking ways to cut back on expenses ahead of the price hike, including the removal of select shows and seasons of shows and the cancellation of original series Minx

Though WBD says the price hike will be plowed into content investment, from a broader standpoint, some industry watchers expect overall content investment to slow down in 2023 as media giants look to rein in costs amid sluggish household spending and advertising investment

All these companies wanna get in in the inflation sweepstakes

Why should food and gas get all the extra profits

American greed
Is anyone in government going to stop all these stupid mergers & let these companies fail

50 billion!?! They not making that sh*t back that's all the way fu*ked up.

Xiox said American greed Is anyone in government going to stop all these stupid mergers & let these companies fail

Absolutely not, and have the nerve to talk capitalism

fu*k them I pay for one service every three months watch what I need and move on to the next

DUCEDUCE said fu*k them I pay for one service every three months watch what I need and move on to the next

*cough*plex shares*cough*

i pay $3 every month and my family can watch any movie or show from any streaming services we want in 4k quality.

the plex 'discover' tab is great at rounding up what's dropping on each service too if you don't already have something in mind.

damn wtf

I wonder how much all these services gonna be in the next 10-15 years. fu*king $30-50 a month

How about they put together a decent couple of DC movies and make it back up

Not only is it the beginning of a new year, but more importantly America hit the debt limit today. So I expect more price hikes to random things and hopefully all hell won't break loose over the devastating consequences of America hitting the 30+ trillion debt limit. Drastic measures are expected....Nobody on here seems to be talking about it though. And that's real disturbing.

Go woke go broke

Drill said *cough*plex shares*cough* i pay $3 every month and my family can watch any movie or show from any streaming services we want in 4k quality. the plex 'discover' tab is great at rounding up what's dropping on each service too if you don't already have something in mind.

How is it with live events? Do you a smooth stream?

The last of us budget per episode is 10mil and the last episode cost HBO 15mil . They need that money back

The mouse been shorting the stock

nwking said The last of us budget per episode is 10mil and the last episode cost HBO 15mil . They need that money back

That's absurd. You can make a decent movie or 2 with that type of bread.

BigRod43 said That's absurd. You can make a decent movie or 2 with that type of bread.

I was shocked as well at the budget because BMF show is doing 4.1 mil views and are spending 1/10th of what HBO Is spending last of us getting 4.7mil views . So HBo is expecting big numbers and money from merch I guess

imagine paying for this crap

hoffa1911 said How is it with live events? Do you a smooth stream?

oh this isn't live tv. you would need iptv for that (i don't mess with that stuff).

but events/games/ppv/etc get posted pretty quickly after they end. and you can check them out then.

i don't really watch any live tv except for sports and there are a ton of free streaming options out there for that.

Stuart Scott said damn wtf I wonder how much all these services gonna be in the next 10-15 years. fu*king $30-50 a month

sh*t just gonna be the same price as cable eventually. especially if you got a streaming tv service like youtube tv, hulu tv, etc.

At least half of that debt must be bribes for how they be raping every awards show for the last several years.

2023 is the year they cant lie about are we in a recession lol

92bricks9shots said How about they put together a decent couple of DC movies and make it back up

Marvel showed them the blueprint and they still fumbled

God Bless said All these companies wanna get in in the inflation sweepstakes Why should food and gas get all the extra profits

Literally everything is going up on a monthly basis man fu*k this administration

Drill said *cough*plex shares*cough* i pay $3 every month and my family can watch any movie or show from any streaming services we want in 4k quality. the plex 'discover' tab is great at rounding up what's dropping on each service too if you don't already have something in mind.

How I get in on that

nwking said I was shocked as well at the budget because BMF show is doing 4.1 mil views and are spending 1/10th of what HBO Is spending last of us getting 4.7mil views . So HBo is expecting big numbers and money from merch I guess

Wow. HBO used to be the sh*t in the 90s and early 2000s. I'd have to say The Wire was their greatest show they produced. Oz was good too. And some others one I can't name off the dome.