A MAJOR US streaming giant behind Games of Thones it set to roll out to more countries in May but the UK will have to a wait a while.
Discovery’s Max is now to arrive across the Nordics, Iberia, Central and Eastern Europe from May 21.
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The streaming platform will then hit Poland, Netherlands, France and Belgium.
The launch coincides with the return of HBO Original House of the Dragon, which premieres on Max in Europe on June 17.
HBO has an exclusivity contract with Sky in the UK set to last until 2026.
Once this happens Warner Bros Discovery may explore bringing its service direct to the United Kingdom.
JB Perrette, CEO and President of Global Streaming & Games at Warner Bros said: “Max is the streaming home of Warner Bros. Discovery and builds on our long heritage in Europe.”
Mr Perrette added the company was “bringing together an incredible breadth and depth of culture-defining entertainment from our services and networks, all in one place.”
The platform’s slate of pending content includes The Penguin and Welcome to Derry (Stephen King’s IT).
Subscribers can access films from WB’s library including the Harry Potter franchise, Paddington, The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Joker, and
The Lord of the Rings.
A Sports Add-On provides customers with access to the Australian Open, Roland-Garros, The Championships, Wimbledon and the US Open, cycling’s three Grand Tours – Giro d’Italia, La Vuelta a España, ,Tour de France and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
A Standard Plan allows users to stream content on 2 devices and allow up to 30 downloads of available content to watch offline.
A Premium plan will allow the streaming of content on up to 4 devices simultaneously; Full HD or 4K resolution and with Dolby Atmos sound when available.
WB has been cancelling a number of its projects, including films like Batgirl and Coyote vs Acme.
The company has also begun the process of delisting games that were published under Adult Swim Games, which has a number of games on Steam and PlayStation.
Fire Face, the developer behind Small Radios Big Televisions, was informed that the game would be delisted in 60 days.