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Sky releases trailer for Lovecraft Country

Sky has released the exclusive teaser trailer for Lovecraft Country. The one-hour drama series based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff, follows Atticus Freeman as he joins his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. What follows is […]

June 9, 2020

Analyst: HBO Max launch an “opportunity lost”

Following the launch of HBO Max in the US last week, analysts at MoffettNathanson have indicated they are less than impressed with the new SVoD platform. Michael Nathanson and Craig Moffett, in a conference call for clients, gave their reactions to the latest SVoD platfrom set to take on the likes of Netflix, Hulu and […]

June 1, 2020

HBO Max welcomes Young Sheldon

HBO Max – the WarnerMedia streaming platform that launched in the US last week — has acquired the exclusive US SVoD rights to The Big Bang Theory prequel series Young Sheldon in a deal with Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution. HBO Max is also the streaming home of the entire library of The Big Bang […]

June 1, 2020

Analyst: HBO Max comes at a steep price

Following the launch of HBO Max in the US, Danyaal Rashid, Thematic Analyst at GlobalData, has offered his views on the SVoD platform, suggesting its pricepoint could hinder its expansion. “HBO Max is launching at a time when the subscription video on demand (SVoD) market is becoming increasingly saturated. New services from Disney, Apple and […]

May 29, 2020

HBO Max goes live in US

WarnerMedia’s new SVoD service, HBO Max, has gone live across the US with 10,000 hours of programming as the company looks to compete with the likes of Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. The service already caught the attention of many whilst in development by acquiring the streaming rights to the likes of Friends, The Big […]

May 27, 2020