HBO Max Extends 22% Off Promotion

By Daniel Frankel
( NextTV )
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With AT&T and WarnerMedia anxious to goose subscriber growth, deal that delivers streaming service for $11.66 a month has been extended to March 1

WarnerMedia's HBO Max
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Working to drive subscriber growth for its HBO Max streaming service, WarnerMedia has announced the extension of its popular bulk payment promotion.

The deal, which trims 22% (or $3.33) off the regular $14.99 HBO Max subscription price is available to customers willing to put down $69.99 to commit to the SVOD service for 10 months. The promo had been set to expire Friday. 

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Corporate-wide, promoting HBO Max remains top priority for WarnerMedia parent AT&T. The telecom, which rolled out yet another pay TV go-to-market strategy revision earlier this week, is integrating HBO Max service into most of its AT&T TV and DirecTV tiers. 

AT&T reported a disappointing 8.6 million HBO Max subscribers as of the end of the third quarter. But WarnerMedia has locked up important distribution deals since that time, notably deploying on the top two OTT device platforms, Roku and Amazon Fire TV. HBO Max has also recently been integrated into Comcast’s X1 platform, and Charter Communications has pledged to put it into its Spectrum Guide. 

In Early December, WarnerMedia announced that 4 million users had signed up for the service in the few weeks after it was made available on Amazon Fire TV.

But WarnerMedia needs to do more than just secure the 20 million HBO customers who hadn’t upgraded to the HBO Max streaming app at the end fo Q3. 

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Last month, shortly after WarnerMedia announced that it would debut all 17 theatrical films on its Warner Bros. film slate day and date on HBO Max, analyst Craig Moffett estimate that the conglomerate would need to come up with an additional 8.4 million HBO Max subscribers—on top of those it was already projecting—to make up for lost theatrical revenue. 

Daniel Frankel
Daniel Frankel

Daniel Frankel is the managing editor of Next TV, an internet publishing vertical focused on the business of video streaming. A Los Angeles-based writer and editor who has covered the media and technology industries for more than two decades, Daniel has worked on staff for publications including E! Online, Electronic Media, Mediaweek, Variety, paidContent and GigaOm. You can start living a healthier life with greater wealth and prosperity by following Daniel on Twitter today!