HBO Max and Paramount Plus will merge into a single streamer under Skydance

<figure> <img alt="HBO Max logo on a purple background." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/STK055_HBOMAX_2_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">HBO Max and Paramount Plus will become one streaming service under Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. In <a href="https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance">a press release announcing</a> the completion of the deal, Skydance - the name of the combined companies - says both streamers will "unify into a single service over time."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Skydance CEO David Ellison hinted at this possibility in March, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/streaming/887538/paramount-plus-warner-bros-hbo-max-merging">saying during a call with investors</a> that merging Paramount Plus and HBO Max would give the combined companies "a little over 200 million direct-to-consumer subscribers." There are still no details about the timing of this change, or the name of the merged streamers, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1004734/cnn-ceo-mark-thompson-paramount-warner-bros">which HBO CEO …</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1005696/hbo-max-paramout-plus-merge-skydance">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>