Summer 2023. There is a date - but not a brand name nor the price of the future subscriptions - for the fusion between HBO Max and Discovery+, announced last July during the company’s Q2 earnings call. “At the end of the day, putting all the content together was the only way we saw to make this a viable business,” said at the meeting JB Perrette, CEO and president of global streaming and games for Warner Bros. Discovery - Variety [...]

Disney + will soon put commercial ads on its streaming service. – The Los Angeles Times writes - Subscribers will need to pay more to avoid the hassle. The price of the subscription today is 8 dollars a month. Starting from December 8th, it will be 11 dollars – 3 dollars more – for those who don't want to see ads while enjoying the streaming. The Burbank-based company added 14.4 million subscribers during its third fiscal quarter, bringing its global [...]

Walt Disney Co. has changed Hulu's ad policy after a backlash from Democrats lamenting the rejection of abortion commercials. Hulu has strict rules about its commercial ads, and in the past, it has tried to avoid any controversial topics. This time, the controversy came from the decision to avoid controversy. Now the company has decided to change its position. "Hulu will now accept candidates and issue advertisements covering a wide spectrum of policy positions, but reserves the right to request [...]