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thanks Josh. just tried going via the tweet on desktop and on my phone, in incognito windows and didn't work unfortunately :( maybe it's a uk thing

put the most relevant stuff over here: the Disney-Fox merger and film/TV production/exhibition hegemony in general

I agree with him, it's kind of inconceivable to me that theaters would collapse entirely and I still don't see how studios can recoup their costs by taking things to subscription services. maybe home on demand rentals. But there will always be a theater-going audience if theaters exist, I think, for big films.

I forgot that Hulu did a 11/22/63 series. Worth watching? Thought the book was solid for latter day King.

it's quite watchable bollox iirc

thanks sic!

I liked it.

The Insider is on Amazon Prime!

man they're really gonna try and destroy two major American art industries just because Netflix is unprofitable and they tried to make a Netflix

― huge rant (sic), Friday, December 4, 2020 5:41 AM (four days ago)

turns out I have been otm in had this exactly right

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/att-dismantles-time-warner-to-battle-netflix-the-inside-story.html

We probably need a separate thread at this point to document all the ways AT&T/WB is punching itself in the face rn. The latest: the central players of Wonder Woman 1984 got massive payoffs to hype the film's move to HBO Max but most other affected filmmakers weren't informed until 90 minutes prior to the announcement that all of WB's 2021 film slate would be premiering on HBO Max.

Saw Christopher Nolan bitching about that and lack of "talent management" and idk, yeah its almost as if WB doesnt value the the filmmakers behind Space Jam 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Suicide Squad 3, and live action Tom & Jerry

Saw a couple articles yesterday that strongly imply the HBO Max and Roku deal is even farther away from happening than ever before. This shit is insane. At this point, part of me hopes it blows up in both of their faces and they don't get anything worked out before these 2021 movies start streaming there.

I gave in and bought a Fire Stick. Don't know if I'll keep HBO Max into January after my trial ends

I installed hbo max on my firetv before it was officially available fairly easily after searching how to do it. does that work on rokus also?

I'm close to bailing on my roku, not least of all because the remotes keep failing to connect to it. Also no fuctional Twitch app.

As far as I know, there are HBO Max/Roku workarounds for certain smart and/or 4k TVs, but haven't found one for our Roku.

https://www.cbr.com/roku-feature-hbo-max-workaround/

I never like doing the casting solution though - seems buggier and less smooth in my experience

Yeah, I saw that. Apparently our Roku device is too old for that update?

I never know whether "HBO Max" actually means HBO Max (the new service) or whether it's just being used to mean HBO (what used to be HBO Go/Now). For most people, the two are functionally synonymous, but for Roku users, they aren't. Basically, I want to know: Will I be able to watch these Warner Bros. movies on Roku, or nah?

As of right now, without any of the workarounds linked in the articles above, no.

There is an HBO app you can get on Roku if you subscribe, but it's only HBO content (no Warner stuff) that you would have if you paid for HBO through your cable company.

I recommended the Seth Roger pickle movie (was fun) to a friend who then searched for it on HBO, assuming it was part of being an HBO subscriber, but nah.

*Seth Rogen

xxp Yeah, I use that HBO Roku app all the time to watch HBO TV shows and movies that are included with the basic HBO streaming service. I just didn't know if the Warner deal was a general HBO deal or was specifically limited to the HBO Max service.

Specifically limited to the HBO Max service, as I understand it.

So far, the only thing I have wanted to watch but have been unable is Season 3 of Search Party.

It must be fun to have hundreds of billions of dollars on hand to patch over the inevitable fallout from your chronic incompetence.

It is baffling how they didn't convert the millions of existing HBO subscribers to Max better... when most of them get it for free anyway?

Yeah, and to be clear, I can watch HBO Max on my laptop...but I don't particularly want to.

The sad thing is, HBO Max might have the best catalog of all the streaming channels. TCM, Criterions, Ghibli, Looney Tunes, big Hollywood stuff, stuff like Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, iconic '60s and '70s stuff, documentaries, comedy series ...

Airplay 2 casting to Roku actually works pretty well. Still sucks about HBOMax. I'm shocked that my cable box doesn't support HBOMax, even though they give me a subscription with my HBO sub.

xxxp - I had to explain to several customers when DC movies came up at work that they get HBO Max free because they subscribe via cable.

Shifting from HBO Go/Now to HBOMax seems like it might have been an own goal.

HBO Red

HBO Platinum

HBO Pro Plus

HBOhhhhhh

HBO Covenant

HBO Redemption

HBO SE+

HBO ‘20

okay that’s it, i left it all on the field

HBOciant Partners

HBOAT&TDDBNeedham

hbo

Don't forget New HBO, HBO Zero, Crystal HBO

It must be fun to have hundreds of billions of dollars on hand to patch over the inevitable fallout from your chronic incompetence.

Before HBO Max:
The WSJ noted that Dallas-based AT&T is "currently saddled with about $170 billion in net debt, the most of any non-financial U.S. company."

Sep 2019, but HBO Max cited:

Rooster Teeth, for the first time in its 16-year history, has made a broad cutback in its workforce — laying off 13% of its employees, or about 50 staffers.

Apr 2020

AT&T is planning at least https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/struggling-att-plans-tens-of-billions-in-cost-cuts-more-layoffs/0 billion worth of cost cuts, AT&T President and COO John Stankey told investors yesterday.

...One of the first of those 10 initiatives will include job cuts, which Stankey called "headcount rationalization." Stankey noted that AT&T has already been cutting jobs but said the company plans "additional work" in that area

Aug 2020

Warner Bros. is expected to commence layoffs of around 650 people starting Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, while HBO is seen shedding between 150 and 175 staffers. A WarnerMedia spokesman declined to comment

While I don’t have all the names of DC staffers who were let go confirmed, two people have separately told me it was “a bloodbath.”

Reports are that a large number of senior staffers were let go, including many senior editorial, marketing and administrative personnel.

Among those we’ve heard are gone: Editor in Chief Bob Harras, SVP Publishing Strategy and Support Services Hank Kanalz, VP Bobbie Chase, and editors Brian Cunningham, Mark Doyle and Andy Khouri. The latter two were key to the Black Label initiative that seemed to be making money, so a bit of a shock.

Sep 2020
‘Venture Brothers’ Canceled at Adult Swim After 7 Seasons

Oct 2020:

WarnerMedia is expected to enact a new round of layoffs amid the AT&T-owned company’s ongoing restructuring.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is looking to cut costs by as much as 20% and lay off thousands in the coming weeks.

That would follow the hundreds of layoffs made in early August that saw Warner Bros. and HBO hardest hit.

Nov 10th:
17 of 80 employees at Ellen Digital Venures laid off

Nov 11th:
AT&T Stock Drops After WarnerMedia Layoff Reports
The equity is down over 26% year-over-year

Also Nov 11th, Bloodbath II:

As we reported yesterday, a new wave of layoffs swept over WarnerMedia yesterday, and that included DC Comics. Although DC’s staff was cut by as much as 25% back in August, still more employees were found to be let go.

...More troubling to industry watchers, was the decimation of the direct sales department. I’m looking over an old masthead here, and it seems that everyone is gone, including sales manager Stuart Schreck, marketing services director Adam Phillips, and Events Director Fletcher Chu-Fong. Vince Letterio, the Executive Director of Direct Sales, was let go in the last round.

As far as I can discern, the only person left in DC’s direct sales sales and marketing team is Nancy Spears, the VP of Sales. I’m sure she can’t be running everything by herself, but she has lost over 100 years of institutional knowledge on her staff.

Nov 30th:

While the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected many areas of the entertainment industry, livestreams have been booming in popularity since the the shutdown began. The livestream industry has also been on the rise for the last couple of years, with The Verge reporting a 12 percent growth between 2018 and 2019.

AT&T responded by laying off the entire livestream department and creatives at Adult Swim, cancelling Fishcenter, Williams St Swap Shop, Toonami Pre-Flight, Development Meeting, Bloodfeast, Truthpoint, Stupid Morning Bullshit, As Seen On Adult Swim, Assembly Line Yeah!, Quarantine Valentine, Fan Fiction Showdown, The Perfect Women, Last Stream On The Left, and various Wham City shows.

Love that the clown at the head of this disaster is named Stankey.

Jesus this is a massive dump
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/disney-plus-star-wars-marvel-pixar-series-1234850947/

Dump being the operative word.

leslye headland?