One app, bigger library, and big questions about HBO’s future. Here’s what the Paramount+ merger could mean for subscribers.

Streaming researcher Antenna estimates that as of January 2026, Paramount+ had 35.8 million paying subscribers in the U.S., where HBO Max had 27.1 million paying subs.

The integration includes Apple’s live sports slate, timed with the new Formula 1 season, which streams exclusively on Apple TV in the U.S.

Netflix’s planned acquisition of Hollywood studio Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has fallen apart at the eleventh hour, as .

As Jamie Lee Curtis and Daniel Radcliffe reunited for the first time since appearing in The Tailor of Panama together, she ...

HBO Max and Paramount+ will combine into one direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is complete. There are still quite a ...

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are planning a merger that could result in HBO Max and Paramount+ combining into a single streaming app. Paramount CEO David Ellison stated that while the services ...

HBO Max and Paramount+ could be combined into one app, should the Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance merger go ...

Now that Paramount Skydance has become the frontrunner to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, CEO David Ellison wants the two studios ...

Ellison reassured investors that HBO’s identity and creative vision as a studio would remain unchanged, stating, “Our viewpoint is HBO should stay HBO.” ...

The mashup of Paramount Plus and HBO Max into one streaming platform would seemingly place HBO Max offerings such as The Pitt, Euphoria, and House of the Dragon alongside Paramount Plus offerings like ...

Paramount Skydance said it plans to combine Paramount and HBO Max into one streaming service after it officially takes over Warner Bros. Discovery.