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As long as Paramount's purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery passes the regulatory obstacles, the company's plan is to merge Paramount+ with WBD's streaming service HBO Max. HBO Max offers AEW PPV purchases to subscribers, streams AEW Dynamite and Collision weekly and features an AEW event archive as part of their services.
“We will combine the streaming portfolios of the two companies into one stronger platform over the coming years. there are more than 200 million subscribers today, and more than 100 countries and territories worldwide, positioning us to compete effectively with the leading streaming services in today’s marketplace," Paramount CEO David Ellison said during an investor call earlier today according to Variety.
“As we said, we do plan to put the two services together, which today gives us a little over 200 million direct to consumer subscribers. We think that really positions us to compete with the leaders in the space. At Paramount, by the middle of this year, we’ll have completed the consolidation of our three services under one unified stack, and you can see us taking a similar approach to this platform going forward. And we think the combined offering, and given the amount of content and what we can do from the tech side, really will put us in a position to be able to compete with the most scaled players in [Direct to Consumer].”
Paramount's purchase would also include all of WBD's cable channels, including AEW homes TBS and TNT. Netflix had not intended to purchase the cable channels.
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