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Title: HBO Max still isn't supersized enough to attract cord-cutters
Post by: HCK on June 19, 2020, 04:05:14 pm
HBO Max still isn't supersized enough to attract cord-cutters

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<p>When HBO Max launched in late May, I was excited despite all the branding confusion around the service (https://www.techhive.com/article/3545988/hbo-max-is-confusing-but-so-is-everything-else.html).</p><p>Whereas HBO focused on a small number of highbrow shows and movies, HBO Max offers many more movies and shows from WarnerMedia and beyond. It has the potential to be a true rival to Netflix, with a broad catalog that’s worth keeping year-round instead of just whenever the best HBO shows arrive.</p><p>Now that HBO Max is here, I can see the reality: HBO Max is a better value than HBO used to be, but its catalog is still dwarfed by Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. That probably won’t change anytime soon, as parent company AT&amp;T continues to spread its content catalog across multiple streaming services instead of investing in just one. AT&amp;T has claimed to be <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/media/hbo-max-analysis/index.html" rel="nofollow">”all in” on HBO Max[/url], but as with so many of the company’s other streaming video endeavors, this one seems like another half measure.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3562783/hbo-max-still-isnt-supersized-enough-to-attract-cord-cutters.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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