{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6112c6ffaae63d001577f9d8/62f9acae177a600012fb1ad8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What's the story? HBO Max and Discovery+ to merge next year","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112c6ffaae63d001577f9d8/1660529814214-893d1c3bfa123ef23031ee81be0ded35.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>There's a new collaboration on the horizon for the streaming video world. Earlier this month, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced that HBO Max and Discovery+ will be combined next year.</p><p><br></p><p>\"One of the big things that kind of came out of the call, the recent earnings call, is a plan to launch HBO Max and Discovery+ as a single service and kind of a global brand, initially in the US next summer, and then a bunch of international markets in the following couple of years,\" said Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner.</p><p><br></p><p>Baumgartner said the name of the combined service is yet to be announced. It's going to be a bit of a waiting game to see if the combined video service of HBO Max and Discovery+ will be able to scale, and if it'll bring in a bigger and broader audience.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.lightreading.com/newsletter_signup.asp?utm_source=referral&amp;utm_medium=Acast&amp;utm_campaign=Podcast_CTA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>You can<a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/qr0c8x5icdrbx7w/Whats%20The%20Story%20podcast_Jeff%20Baumgartner_Light%20Reading.pdf?dl=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;download an unedited transcript of the podcast here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Related stories and links:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.lightreading.com/videomedia/record-number-of-streamers-cut-pay-tv-cord---study/d/d-id/779067\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Record number of streamers cut the pay-TV cord – study</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.lightreading.com/videomedia/amazon-hbo-max-on-path-to-new-streaming-deal---report-/d/d-id/778957\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon, HBO Max on path to a new streaming deal – report</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.lightreading.com/cable-tech/warnermedia-discovery-merger-could-spell-trouble-for-roku/d/d-id/776784\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WarnerMedia-Discovery merger could spell trouble for Roku</a></li><li><br></li></ul>","author_name":"Light Reading"}