Apple Magazine - USA - Issue 443 (2020-04-24)

The streaming service HBO Max will launch May

27, AT&T’s WarnerMedia announced this week,

signalling that the so-called streaming wars won’t

subside because of the coronavirus pandemic.

WarnerMedia had earlier said HBO Max would

debut sometime in May, and it stuck to those

plans even if some of its planned programming

has already been postponed due to the outbreak.

HBO Max will be among the most expensive

streaming services, at a price of $14.99 a month.

But WarnerMedia is hoping a deep library of

HBO hits, including “Game of Thrones” and

“Succession”; DC Comics blockbuster movies

like “Wonder Woman” and “The Dark Knight”;

HBO MAX SET FOR MAY 27 LAUNCH, INITIAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED