It’s the most anticipated streaming platform in France and it’s finally coming. A few months ago, our colleagues from the French film announced their arrival.Probably early summer“For HBO Max service, max.
And we can say that a streaming service that offers series like House of the Dragon or The Last of Us has been around for a long time in France. Until now, HBO-produced series were available through Warner Pass on the Prime Video platform.
When will the Max platform arrive in France?
Today the Max platform will finally find a place on the French market. Jean-Briac Perret, CEO and President of Global Streaming and Gaming, Warner Bros., during a conference call at the Series Mania Forum as part of the Series Mania Festival. Discovery has announced the imminent arrival of its streaming service.
After discussing the group’s streaming strategy, with Max launching successfully in the US and expanding internationally, Jean-Briac Perret explained that like all streaming platforms, “Warner Bros. Discovery is still in its infancy” to answer “A demand that continues to grow.”
The ambition of Warner Bros. Discovery is attracting new markets for years to come. Thus, Jean-Briac Pierret announced that the Max platform will arrive in Europe on May 21 in about fifteen countries, including the Scandinavian countries, Spain, Portugal and Central Europe.
But for France, we’ll still have to wait a bit as an official date has yet to be revealed, except that the Max platform will arrive in France before the must-see sporting events of the summer, which subscribers will be able to watch live on Max. Eurosport, as well as in Belgium, Poland and the Netherlands.
The platform will further arrive in Southeast Asia by the end of 2024 and will conquer other markets in 2025 and beyond.
That’s not all, as various possible subscriptions have been announced for future European Max users. Among the offers that will be offered to future subscribers, we find:
- With “basic advertising” at a low price (HD quality / 2 devices at the same time)
- “Standard” (HD quality / 2 devices at the same time / up to 30 content downloads for offline viewing)
- “Premium (HD or 4K quality with Dolby Atmos sound / 4 devices at the same time / up to 100 downloaded content for offline viewing).
In addition, subscribers will be able to add a sports option (in addition to any subscription) that provides “Coverage of the most important sports events“, including Grand Slam tournaments, cycling grand tours, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 live channels and much more.
The most anticipated series on Max in 2024
During the conference, exclusive teasers for the next most anticipated series in 2024 were also revealed, including the Penguin mini-series, which centers on the Penguin character played by Colin Farrell in Matt Reeves’ Batman and his rise in Gotham’s criminal underworld.
Warner Bros. Discovery has also confirmed series It: Welcome to Derry, a new season of Industry, comedy The Franchise and French fiction A Devoted Friend for 2024.
Finally, the highly anticipated trailer for Season 2 of House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel that continues the tragic story of the Targaryen dynasty, has been exclusively released ahead of its worldwide release.
The war for the throne between the Targaryens and the Hightowers is told in two trailers, one in the black colors of the Targaryen family and the other in the green colors of the Hightower family. This second burst of episodes is expected on June 16, 2024 on Max.
The platform should be available in France by now, as Warner Bros. Discovery indicates that European Max subscribers will be able to watch Season 2 of House of the Dragon.
Source: Allocine

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