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Mar 2, 2026 6:03am PT HBO Max and Paramount+ to Combine Into One Streaming Platform, Paramount Says HBO Brand Will ‘Operate With Independence’ By Jennifer Maas Plus Icon Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer @jmaasaronson Latest Connor Storrie Honors Women’s USA Hockey Team After Olympics in ‘SNL’ Monologue 1 day ago ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Author Matt Dinniman Talks Live-Action TV Series Plans, Book 8 Plot and ‘Operation Bounce House’ 2 days ago ‘Bridgerton’ Star Yerin Ha on Sophie and Benedict’s Two Very Different Sex Scenes, Hoping for ‘Benophie Babies’ in Future Seasons 3 days ago See All Getty Images Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service, upon the completion of the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. However, Paramount will want HBO as a brand to “operate with independence.” “As we said, we do plan to put the two services together, which today gives us a little over 200 million direct to consumer subscribers,” Paramount CEO David Ellison said during an investor call breaking down the details of the planned merger Monday. “We think that really positions us to compete with the leaders in the space At Paramount, bythe middle of this year, we’ll have completed the consolidation of our three services under one unified stack, and you can see us taking a similar approach to this platform going forward. And we think the combined offering, and given the amount of content and what we can do from the tech side, really will put us in a position to be able to compete with the most scaled players in DTC.” More to come… Popular on Variety Jump to Comments BTS ‘Arirang’ World Tour to Stream Live in Cinemas Globally BTS Announces Livestream Concert and Feature-Length Documentary to Air on Netflix LISTEN: BTS, Bruno Mars, Rush and the 2026 Outlook for Music Tours; How Martin Luther King Jr. Emerged as a National Media Figure BTS Reveals World Tour Dates, Including Four L.A. Shows JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...