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HBO Max new streaming service
| December 3rd, 2020 at 3:58:42 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I sub to HBO Max on Amazon, and dropped Showtime. Nflix just raised their rates again and I'm close to dropping them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 3rd, 2020 at 7:33:41 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The lineup includes
Possibly not. Warner brothers sold roughly 21 million tickets to four movies released this year. More like an art-house company than a major movie studio. 9,238,030 Birds of Prey Feb 7, 2020 Action R $84,158,461 6,300,768 Tenet Sep 3, 2020 Action PG-13 $57,400,000 3,922,461 Just Mercy Jan 10, 2020 Drama PG-13 $35,733,621 1,491,823 The Way Back Mar 6, 2020 Drama R $13,590,514 20,953,082 ---------------- ---------------- ------------- ----- $190,882,596 Warner Brothers sold some 175 million tickets in 2019. They may simply go back that way when COVID is gone. It is not clear if the other major studios will follow. Disney showed Mulan on Disney+, but it came with a $30 surcharge. Market Share 2020
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| December 16th, 2020 at 2:19:37 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12533 | HBO Max finally coming to Roku devices.... tomorrow! I can finally watch it on my TV and not my phone! “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| December 16th, 2020 at 10:05:06 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I think the lack of support for Roku has been a big part of HBO Max's failure. Trivia: What does roku mean and why was it chosen to name this device? 
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| December 17th, 2020 at 8:16:38 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11799 |
I had no idea I easily watched the service using Xbox, laptop or phone Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| December 17th, 2020 at 3:22:57 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I'm sure it is other things as well. HBO Max is the same price as Netflix. At present the services have Netflix 3856 movies, 1854 TV series HBO Max 1835 movies, 507 TV series Disney+ 878 movies, 271 TV series Now HBO Max tries to argue that it has better quality movies and TV series than Netflix. I think that for the most part that is true. But people are not anxious to differentiate, and they go for Netflix first. But if Roku has far and away the most streaming devices in use, it doesn't make a lot of sense to cut them out. :format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/20018868/roku_share_time.png) Roku commands 45% of viewing time on streaming devices, Fire TV 19%, XBox 20%, etc. |
| December 17th, 2020 at 4:09:02 PM permalink | |
| Gandler Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 27 Posts: 4256 | I started watching the Flight Attendant, two episodes in. Its pretty good. It's really the only "HBO MAX original" that looked intriguing to me (I'm open to suggestions). I very much like His Dark Materials (they do the books justice), but you can watch that on regular HBO. Excellent show. There really is not a huge amount of Max originals (and not really any that look amazing)... Most HBO stuff that I really enjoy is on regular HBO. And, I am not huge on the HBO Max interface, so I prefer to just watch stuff on HBO on demand if there is the option (which again there is for most all series, very few Max originals yet).... It feels like Max is just a gimmick to compete with other streaming services. |
| December 17th, 2020 at 6:12:09 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The largest cable companies are still offering traditional TV, but some of the companies like Wow (half a million subscribers) are no longer offering TV as a service. There is increasingly millions of people not getting traditional cable or satellite TV. It is not just a gimmick, but increasingly the only way some of these companies can grow.  Sparklight (Cable One) Number of Subscribers: 818,330 Mediacom Number of Subscribers: 829,000 Frontier Communications Number of Subscribers: 961,000 Altice USA Number of Subscribers: 3,300,000 Cox Communications Number of Subscribers: 4,132,000 Verizon Number of Subscribers: 4,400,000 Dish Network Number of Subscribers: 12,060,000 Comcast Number of Subscribers: 21,650,000 Charter Communications Number of Subscribers: 26,000,000 AT&T Number of Subscribers: 22,360,000 Also if you look at movies this year, of all the films earning more than $50 million at the box office, only one made over 50% in the domestic market. Domestic share of box office 48.18% Bad Boys For Life 15.99% Tenet 47.89% Sonic The Hedgehog 30.81% Dolittle 41.69% Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation… 46.83% The Invisible Man 46.32% Onward 58.07% The Call of the Wild 32.20% The Croods: A New Age Television is basically looking at the movies and see their future growth in international marketing with captions. The only way to access that market is via streaming. |
| December 17th, 2020 at 6:17:10 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4968 | I am surprised that Charter is bigger than ATT. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| December 17th, 2020 at 6:36:21 PM permalink | |
| Gandler Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 27 Posts: 4256 |
I have never heard of WOW (well in the cable context, World of Warcraft comes to mind). But, I have no doubt streaming is the future. I was just commenting, I am not huge on Max's interface and it does not have much original content to compelling me to be loyal -to overcome the inconvenience when I can already watch HBO in a better format for now. I am sure it will improve (it certainly has the budget to), but for now, with the exception of "The Flight Attendant" , I see no advantage to use HBO Max..... Are there any other critically acclaimed originals that I am missing, that are only available on Max? I just don't see the need to use the app when the channel and HBO on demand are options...... (better options in my opinion and preference).... |