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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/business/media/hbo-att-merger.html

“We need hours a day,” Mr. Stankey said, referring to the time viewers spend watching HBO programs. “It’s not hours a week, and it’s not hours a month. We need hours a day. You are competing with devices that sit in people’s hands that capture their attention every 15 minutes.”
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Continuing the theme, he added: “I want more hours of engagement. Why are more hours of engagement important? Because you get more data and information about a customer that then allows you to do things like monetize through alternate models of advertising as well as subscriptions, which I think is very important to play in tomorrow’s world.”

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Disney plus will be operating on a different model I assume. I mean I will probably have to subscribe because my son is nearly as old as I was the first time I saw Star Wars, and then the need for rewatching and the other Disney/Marvel content will keep us around. New stuff is a perk, but not really the selling point.

Why would anyone buy a dvd of a show that is available on streaming?

Extras, better picture quality, collectablity, viewable when internet is down.

Also viewable when the service shutters, corporate conglomerations shift alliances, etc etc etc

there are still a bunch of people with horrible or metered internet bandwidth in the US

also, buying a series when it completes, especially if you’re planning on rewatching it over time, might be cheaper than paying for a streaming service for years

Some shows, like The Office, Friends, Mad Men, and Sopranos are dirt cheap used too.

corporations obviously hate the used disc market, but from a consumer standpoint it’s excellent

I don't know why anyone would keep a continuous subscription to any of these, unless they were a parent using Disney to babysit. I have a list of all the Netflix shows that piqued my interest in the last 3 years, I think I could binge them all in 2 months.

also i mean we're talking about star wars fans, can anyone be MORE relied upon to buy the thing just for the sake of gazing at it on the shelf next to the other matching things?

Yeah, it's kind of like hearing the Dylan Bootleg Series people saying they're worried about how much longer physical media viability will last without considering folks willing to buy Dylan on CD are among the last sure things in the business.

now picturing what the fancy metal box of the mandalorian would look like on my shelf

Theres also just a lot of good shows that are not available on streaming and likely never will be

you'll get your metalorian soon enough no doubt

I don't know why anyone would keep a continuous subscription to any of these, unless they were a parent using Disney to babysit. I have a list of all the Netflix shows that piqued my interest in the last 3 years, I think I could binge them all in 2 months.

Try being a parent and thus never having any time to binge anything. One or two episodes every day or so is an achievement.

^^ otm and so true. I mean, even the two seasons of Barry is taking us two weeks to get through in what little time we have left at the end of the day.

My basic broadband package is *just* good enough to stream one thing in HD; if the kids upstairs are YouTubing or my gf is trying to watch something on her tablet, forget it. The collapse into pixel hell of sub-SD during movies is a pain; I'd rather it just sat there for five minutes after you hit PLAY and before the opening credits and just built up a solid buffer. Snack gathering time.

https://www.cnet.com/news/hbo-max-price-15-dollars-release-date-launch-may-us-shows-movies-podcast/

https://www.cnet.com/news/hbo-max-streaming-service-every-show-movie-so-far/
New Adventure Time! Sole home for Doctor Who! Dune! All Looney Tunes (presumably not the racist ones) and Hanna Barbera! Jordan Peele's Lovecraft Country! Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason! New Issa Rae! Most of the top tier Adult Swim, notably Rick and Morty and Space Ghost! All of South Park! All of Studio Ghibli! So much stuff!

will hbo max include current HBO material? HBO is already $15/month so I assume ... not. Which sucks but this is compelling. Fuck me all this shit is adding up to what I paid for cable.

Technological/practical "backward steps" we all just accept now

xp - the cnet article says current Now subscribers can move over to Max at the same price, it will still have all the HBO content

at least the actual HBO-produced content, maybe not the current movie lineup? (which has been pretty weak anyway IMO)

yeah i don't care about the movie content frankly. I find movies in other places or I pay to rent them or I see them in the theater if I actually really care about them. But that;s good news; basically they're just beefing the hell out of their library for the same price.

i guess it's $15 for everything which is what i'm already paying but they're offering it free to AT+T customers which is the real purpose of all this.

what a load of trash tbh

15 Minutes of Shame

Monica Lewinsky produces this documentary about public shaming. There's no release date yet.

all respect to Ms Lewinsky and her admirable career but with no more information this feels opportunistic on HBO's part

Anthony Bourdain documentary

This documentary will look at the life of the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. There's no release date yet.

even more opportunistic

Brad and Gary Go to...

Brad and Gary Go to... (working title) is a docuseries based on couple Brad Goreski and Gary Janetti's Instagram stories. Goreski is a celebrity stylist and Janetti is a writer and producer who's worked on shows such as Will & Grace and Family Guy. They will go on a "jet-setting culinary adventure around the globe." There's no release date yet.

"based on"

Craftopia

Craftopia is an unscripted competition show with kids 9 to 15 jockeying against one another in the making of crafts. Production begins later in 2019.

most competition shows are horrible and gross, to set pre-pubescent children "jockeying against" each other is monstrous

Warner Bros.-produced CW dramas

CW shows like Batwoman, Katy Keene, Arrowverse and others will stream on HBO Max.

There's a Katy Keene show?! I slightly rescind the previous comment if this takes all its costume designs from 9-yo girls' viewer submissions

DC movies

HBO has said that releases from the last decade "will be available within our first year of launch, (plus) every Superman and Batman movie from the last 40 years."

this is a grand total of two good films for all ages, two kind of okay films for kids depending on what version they include, and one TV spinoff that has a good reputation

DC Super Hero High

Executive produced by Elizabeth Banks, this half-hour comedy series centers around a groups of teenagers at a boarding school for "gifted" kids. There's no release date yet.

X-Titans?

Doctor Who

The long-running British sci-fi series Doctor Who will stream exclusively on HBO Max, including the last 11 seasons, which will be available at launch.

...if the previous 26 seasons are not available at launch, is that because another entity has the rights to stream them, and therefore it will not stream exclusively on MAX?

Dune: The Sisterhood

The series, based on Frank Herbert's Dune novels, will follow an order of women known as the Bene Gesserit. Dune: The Sisterhood comes from Legendary Television, which is also behind the upcoming movie reboot. There's no release date yet.

luv 2 make female-focused programming that enriches Chris Hardwick

Ellen's Home Design Challenge

Eight designers complete challenges on this design show from Ellen DeGeneres. There's no release date yet.

bun dem witch

Expecting Amy

Expecting Amy (working title) follows comedian Amy Schumer as she tours and prepares for her standup special while pregnant. There's no release date yet.

my sense is that she stopped being funny when she got really rich, so get that paper and then step off, I guess?

Finding Einstein

This docuseries is looking for the next generation of Einsteins. Produced by DeGeneres, the show is in development.

the title was gross enough before I saw the producer

The Gilded Age

In this show, set in 1882, the daughter of a Southern general moves to New York City to live with her aunts. The Gilded Age stars Christine Baranski, Amanda Peet and Cynthia Nixon. It comes from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. There's no release date yet.

why not just licence Another Period tbh

Grease: Rydell High

Riffing off the 1978 musical Grease, Grease: Rydell High is a musical series set in the 1950s. There's no release date yet.

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Greg Berlanti shows

The producer-extraordinaire responsible for the DC Universe shows on The CW is producing multiple properties for the new service, including a thriller starring Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco and two new DC Universe shows, including Green Lantern.

One more for @DCComics fans. In partnership w/ @GBerlanti we're excited to bring to series the beloved Green Lantern AND intro audiences to Strange Adventures, about "man of two worlds" Adam Strange, an archaeologist-turned-intergalactic-hero when he's zeta-beamed to planet Rann
— HBO Max (@hbomax) October 29, 2019

a) G'nort or GTFO
b) is Murphy Anderson III still alive to get a cheque from his dad's work?

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai will be an animated prequel series based on the 1984 movie. There's no release date yet.

If you're making this animated, you're probably not hiring Joe Dante (Looney Tunes Back In Action notwithstanding), in which case no thank you, also prequels are brain poison

The Ho's

The Ho's (working title) is a docuseries from Lionsgate TV about a wealthy Houston family originally from Vietnam. WarnerMedia says the eight-part program will be in the spirit of Crazy Rich Asians. There's no release date yet.

lololoolololllololol bcz a common Chinese surname sounds like a slur on women! you get two disparaging jokes for the price of one in just six letters

House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon is a Game of Thrones prequel set 300 years before Games of Thrones, delving into House Targaryen.

Is this the one that was cancelled yesterday?

Karma

This eight-episode unscripted competition show has 12-to-15-year-old kids solving puzzles and completing physical challenges as they "unravel how their social actions impact their success in the game." The series is in production. There's no release date yet.

okay so puzzle challenges and Double Dare can be okay as kids competition shows but "how their social actions impact" seems ripe for abuse

I Know This Much Is True

Mark Ruffalo plays twins, but one of them has schizophrenia. The six-episode drama is based on Wally Lamb's 1998 book. It also stars John Lithgow. There's no release date yet.

"but"?

Let Them Talk

Directed by Stephen Soderbergh, film Let Them Talk (working title) stars Meryl Streep and Candice Bergen. Streep plays an author who takes a trip with friends. Production started in August.

and is finished

Little Ellen

This animated kids show stars a 7-year-old Ellen DeGeneres in her hometown of New Orleans. The series is 40 quarter-hour episodes. There's no release date yet.

is it about all the great work George Bush did saving the hometown

Looney Tunes Cartoons

Looney Toons Cartoons is a new series starring the Looney Tunes characters in their "classic pairing, in simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories." The series will have 80 11-minute cartoons. The full libraries of classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1930-1969 will also be available at launch.

who the hell is directing these 80 (E I G H T Y) cartoons? Is that not a mildly-relevant issue when you're making Looney Tunes?

Made for Love

Another book adaptation, Made for Love is based on the 2017 novel by Alissa Nutting. Cristin Milioti plays a woman getting away from a tech billionaire who's implanted a chip in her brain to track not only her location but her emotions. Ray Romano plays her reclusive father, Variety reported. There's no release date yet.

ew

The Nevers

The Nevers will be a science fiction series from Joss Whedon. There's no release date yet.

can we guess that the release date is hidden in the title

The New Pope

This limited series follows 2016's The Young Pope.

The Fresh Pope Of Bel-Air

Persona

This documentary from CNN Films looks at why people are so interested in personality testing. There's no release date yet.

people are interested in what now

Perry Mason

This new spin on the show from the late '50s- to the mid '60s is set in 1932. The limited series stars Matthew Rhys and is executive produced by Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey. There's no release date yet.

dys

oh wait I googled and Rhys is a) an abled actor, so expect this to be hashtag cancelled before it is actually cancelled, also he should be playing Julian McMahon's brother in everything immediately

The Plot Against America

It's yet another adaptation of a book (The Plot Against America by Philip Roth), and HBO describes the show as a "reimagined history" starring Winona Ryder and John Turturro. David Simon and Ed Burns produce. There's no release date yet.

Ed Burns is the only name in this who has not been #cancelled yet, crossing my fingers for you big guy

Stand-up specials presented by Conan O'Brien

Comedian Conan O'Brien will curate and/or host five comedy specials showcasing up-and-coming comics, as well as established comics.

this number seems low tbh, esp for the amount of effort required by Conaco

Starstruck

This six-part comedy show follows what happens when a young woman sleeps with a celebrity. It'll be broadcast on BBC Three in the UK and streamed on HBO Max in the US. There's no release date yet.

FP'd for racism

Studio Ghibli films

The entire film library from this Japanese animation house will be available at launch. Notable titles include Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke.

Apart from the new probably-non-theatrical Soderbergh, are these the only films listed for the launch of Home Box Office 3.0?

Super Intelligence

This comedy from New Line Cinema tells the story of what happens when a woman's (Melissa McCarthy) TV, phone and microwave start talking back. She's being watched by AI, and humanity is in danger. There's no release date yet.

odds this will be better than that one X-Files episode written by women?

Tooned Out

Tooned Out is a part live action, part animated. Character Mac starts seeing cartoon characters and they help him though a "very rough patch in his life."

not sure if HBO are honouring the legacy of Dream On or beatjacking Herman's Head

The Fresh Pope Of Bel-Air

*subscribes*

Thank u for the obsessive rundown, sic. Generally agree that there's a whole lotta nothin' there. I appreciate these streaming services justifying my dedication to an ever-growing library of physical media.

Can I sub/rent from amazon if I’m located in belgium?

Perry Mason
This new spin on the show from the late '50s- to the mid '60s is set in 1932. The limited series stars Matthew Rhys and is executive produced by Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey. There's no release date yet.

dys

oh wait I googled and Rhys is a) an abled actor, so expect this to be hashtag cancelled before it is actually cancelled

i think you're thinking of ironside?

Perry Mason had no arms iirc

"Little Ellen" jfc

would happily pay a reasonable monthly fee just for sic's one-liners abt hbo max content though

In addition to driving up value by controlling scarcity, Disney, Netflix, etc. have a vested interest in limiting access to film history, which poses them an existential threat. They are cultivating a subscriber base with no memory of good movies as a point of comparison.

— ℑ 𝔇𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔜𝔬𝔲 (@NickPinkerton) October 29, 2019

Let's be real: no one who's been exclusively from streaming services or on demand for their film choices has any real interest in good movies.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL VIDEO STORES/PHYSICAL MEDIA MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

'been DRAWING exclusively' that is

be more optimistic about people's ability to grow, my dear Lunchie

I am! I'm optimistic that paltry streaming offerings will hip everyone to the fact that people are still pressing discs.

"SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL VIDEO STORES" there are like two of these left in the US so that's a bit hard to do.

Criterion btw

I would advocate that everyone blow their money on blu-rays and dvds as recklessly as I but I don't feel that I can do that in good conscience.

i think you're thinking of ironside?

damn I forgot that these two shows I’ve never seen aren’t the same show

even with this helpful mnemonic device:

Cop on wheels is Ironside
East, sleep, work, cheap, nine to five
Reagan won in a landslide
Which brings us back to Rawhide

you're a weird dude sic.

sic got sicced

Does stuff streaming through Criterion Channel actually look good? I feel like streaming generally looks like shit.

Also lol @ how streaming services are basically just a la carte cable now.

criterion channel looks great on my tv; ymmv of course based on cable/internet service

Gotta use that ethernet cable instead of wifi

for sure

Might also consider turning of that motion smoothing