MAX Changing Names Again...

[b4pjoe]

If I remember correctly ..The original travel channel was related to the weather channel (back when they showed actual weather)...back in the 80s

I shouldn't have said "original". I should have said when the Warner Bros and Discovery merger took place it was owned by Discovery.

 

[lakebum431]

Dude, my links was at the same time, which I posted, amazing my friend and the News media knew, you denied it was true, 3 weeks later, it was clear everyone reported correctly, except you.

Here, from May 14-

Being able to do something and actually doing it are not the same thing. I'm telling you I know exactly when the vote was finalized (because I was there) and it was not close to 3 weeks ago. There was serious doubt about this all the way to the end.

 

[navychop]

I can't keep track of these name changes. So maybe I'll just think of it as hBOMax, or BOM. Dropping the final b in bomb.

 

[ncted]

I can't keep track of these name changes. So maybe I'll just think of it as hBOMax, or BOM. Dropping the final b in bomb.

HBO-ish?

 

[Bruce]

Being able to do something and actually doing it are not the same thing. I'm telling you I know exactly when the vote was finalized (because I was there) and it was not close to 3 weeks ago. There was serious doubt about this all the way to the end.

But, now, a little more than 3 weeks ago, I posted this-

Probably will have to be, since they are spinning off the cable channels into a new company, except HBO.

Which is exactly what is going to happen, I was 100% correct, but this is how you responded to that post-

Neither of your last two paragraphs are accurate. I'm 100% certain. Nor does it make any sense as the majority of their cash comes from the linear networks and there would be no reason to cut off that cash flow stream. It also goes completely against what they said in their earnings call last week about the importance of the linear business and the slowing of losses there or their recently announced new linear carriage deals with both Comcast and Charter.
The first paragraph is unlikely since 1) there is no actual announced spin off 2) most importantly, internationally HBO is being reported with the global linear networks segment as laid out in their Q1 10-Q.

Then you doubled down on claiming it was incorrect

I know you think you have full knowledge here. Trust me I have better knowledge on this specific subject than you do. He declined to comment. That doesn't mean a transaction is in the works. There are implications on what is confirmed or denied in the SEC space and that is why most of the time the C-suite will decline to discuss any type of transactions. Will there be a transaction. Possible. But to assume that something is being spun off is just not correct.

For someone who claims to have better knowledge, you were wrong on everything.

Do not know why you are wasting so much time on trying to prove myself wrong, when the evidence ( your own posts) shows the opposite.

 

[lakebum431]

 

[savarese04]

Looks like the cutting has begun - HBO finally killing off bloat channels.

HBO Is Shutting Down Multiple Channels Including HBO Family & More | Cord Cutters News

In a significant shakeup for the television industry, HBO, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery, has confirmed plans to shut down several of its linear channels, including HBO Family, ThrillerMax, MovieMax, and OuterMax. The announcement, verified by Spectrum on August 15, 2025, marks a...

cordcuttersnews.com

 

[Bruce]

First the shares were rated as junk last week, now the debt, bonds and credit rating also

I guess the media is making this up also-

Warner Bros. Discovery Faces Junk Status Downgrade by Moody's - News and Statistics - IndexBox

Warner Bros. Discovery has been downgraded to junk status by Moody's, impacting its financial strategies and bondholder relations.

www.indexbox.io

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warner-bros-discovery-bonds-see-big-selloff-as-ratings-are-cut-to-junk-should-stock-investors-be-worried-cebe5d13

https://www.reuters.com/business/warner-bros-credit-rating-downgraded-junk-by-fitch-split-up-2025-06-11/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warner-bros-bonds-cut-junk-012845515.html

 

[Bruce]

The Goofus in Charge of HBO Max Is Out of Ideas—and It’s a Crisis for American Culture

David Zaslav thought Trump's reelection would be good for mergers. So why is he shrinking his company?

slate.com

 

[AZ.]

I can't keep track of these name changes. So maybe I'll just think of it as hBOMax, or BOM. Dropping the final b in bomb.

John Oliver did a funny bit on it. Makes it even funnier because hes on HBO!