HBO Max and Paramount+ are set to become a single streaming service following the merger of Warner Bros. Discovery, CEO David Ellison shared that following the merger, Paramount+ and HBO Max will join to form a single streaming platform. For context, when WBD and Netflix were still in merger talks, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told lawmakers that 80% of HBO Max subscribers also have Netflix accounts. Ellison did not suggest a name for the new combined streamer, but it will almost certainly result in another rebrand for WBD’s streamer, which just this past summer rebranded back to HBO Max after spending two years as simply Max, following earlier iterations as HBO Now and the original HBO Max. As part of the merger, Paramount will also acquire CNN, which is currently owned by WBD.

Source: CNN March 03, 2026 01:24 UTC