HBO Max will be relaunched as Max, and will combine Discovery+ with HBO Content

The merged streaming service is an idea born out of David Zaslav’s infamous merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery last year. The $43 billion merger caused controversy by delaying and canceling projects, including Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Hunt, as a tax write-off. The hardest hit was the animated series, as Warner Bros. did not. Discovery not only canceled it, but removed it from HBO Max, including Close Enough, Infinity Train, and OK KO! Let’s be heroes.

Meanwhile, four Democratic Representatives He wrote a letter to the Ministry of Justice Last Friday, it asked the agency to reassess the Warner Bros. Discovery deal, saying the merger enabled the group to “adopt potentially anti-competitive practices that diminish consumer choice and harm workers in affected labor markets,” hence the cancellation of several projects. They cited not only Batgirl, which was in post-production, but also Gordita Chronicles, Dimond, and the Time Traveler’s Wife.

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