In case you’ve been lucky enough to have been living under a rock for the last two years, something interesting happened with HBO in 2021; it was removed from Amazon Prime. However, it seems that this particular partnership is now back on, thanks to a deal between Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon.
HBO Max is now yet again available on Amazon, and there’s enough content there to last until at least the end of 2024. For the moment, this seems to only be valid for the United States. What this means is that if you live in the continental United States and have a current HBO Max subscription through Amazon, you’ll have complete access to the entire HBO Max catalog. In addition, you’ll also have complete access to everything on the new merged HBO Max/ Discovery+ platform when it releases. This is expected to happen during Spring 2023.
There wasn’t anything dubious about HBO Max leaving the Amazon sphere; the original agreement simply lapsed in September 2021. The reason the agreement lapsed was that Amazon and Warner Bros. could not agree on the details surrounding the proposed extension of their distribution pact. Pretty average business stuff really.
We haven’t yet got the full details on what the new deal will entail. However, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer, Bruce Campbell, did offer a statement concerning the new deal. ‘Warner Bros. Discovery is committed to making HBO Max available to as broad an audience as possible while also advancing our data-driven approach to understanding our customers and best serving their viewing interests. Today, we are thrilled to take an important step forward by announcing that HBO Max is returning to Prime Video Channels.’
By this time, the term returning has become returned. The deal is done, you can watch HBO on Amazon Prime right now if you’d like. Go ahead, check it out.
