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Netflix tops Must Keep TV Report 2024

For the fifth year in a row, Netflix is the leading ‘must keep’ TV brand in the US, according to the 17th annual Must Keep TV Report from Solutions Research Group (SRG). The 2024 research is based on 1,400 interviews across the US with consumers aged 12 and older and conducted in May 2024. ABC, […]

July 2, 2024

Esports World Cup partners with WBD

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and the Esports World Cup Foundation have announced a partnership that will see coverage of the multi-genre eSports competition on WBD platforms across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Harnessing WBD’s network, the partnership will lean on the Eurosport and CNN brands to help the Esports World Cup reach new audiences […]

June 28, 2024By Nik Roseveare

HBO Harry Potter series reveals writer & director

HBO, in association with Warner Bros Television, has named Francesca Gardiner (Succession, His Dark Materials, Killing Eve) as writer, showrunner and executive producer, and Mark Mylod (Succession, Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) as executive producer and director of multiple episodes of the upcoming original Harry Potter series. The series, coming to Max, will […]

June 26, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Every stage of Tour de France on WBD platforms

The world’s greatest cycling race begins on June 29th with wheel-to-wheel coverage of the Tour de France on Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) channels and platforms from the Grand Depart in Florence to the final stage in Nice on July 21st. Max and discovery+ will provide coverage of every stage of Eurosport’s production, shown live and […]

June 25, 2024

House of the Dragon drives record Max viewership

The HBO Original drama series, House of the Dragon, saw record-breaking weekend viewership numbers on Max and, on June 16th, led the platform to its largest single day audience to date.  In anticipation of the second season, Season 1 saw strong viewing the week leading up to Season 2 premiere, tallying an audience of 1 […]

June 19, 2024

Eurosports draws record audiences for Roland Garros

Eurosport reports that its production of this year’s Roland-Garros tennis tournament engaged larger audiences across Europe than ever before across all platforms. With the launch of Max, Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) enhanced streaming service including Eurosport, combined with its other streaming platforms including discovery+, unique streaming viewers grew by 29 per cent year-on-year with streaming […]

June 12, 2024

Max live in France, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium

Max is now live and available to watch in France and Poland, completing Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) first wave of European launches that began in May. Following these latest launches, Max is available in 25 countries in Europe, spanning Iberia, France, Benelux, Nordics, and Central and Eastern Europe and 65 countries and territories in total […]

June 11, 2024By Nik Roseveare

WBD sees record audiences for Roland-Garros week 1

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced its coverage of the first week of Roland-Garros saw record audiences on its streaming platforms and has delivered its highest tournament television audience on Eurosport in eight years. Across Europe (excluding France), viewership on Eurosport’s television channels has risen by +45 per cent year-on-year with WBD’s total streaming audience, […]

June 4, 2024

OSN signs WBD content deal in MENA

OSN, the MENA entertainment company, has acquired the rights to all-new first run Max Originals and Warner Bros Pictures feature films in an exclusive multi-year deal with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).   Subscribers will now enjoy access to Warner Bros Pictures film catalogue and exclusive Pay 1 features in MENA following their theatrical and home entertainment […]

May 28, 2024

Spain: Max on all platforms

Max, the successor to HBO Max, is available through all the major telcos in Spain: Movistar, Vodafone, Orange as well as cable companies Euskaltel, R and Telecable. All operators are now promoting the service with different optios in their packages. Movistar is offering Max in six different packages from €16 to €36 a month Ficción […]

May 23, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid