Amid the stalled talks between Amazon and WarnerMedia over getting HBO Max on Fire TV devices, the two sides reached an agreement on one front, at least: Fire TV users who subscribe to HBO Now will…
on Fire TV was set to expire July 31. It appears that the extension — allowing Amazon’s Fire TV customers to keep watching the legacy HBO standalone service on the connected-TV devices — is a placeholder as the two sides try to hammer out a deal for HBO Max.
Roku — which is also in a standoff with WarnerMedia over HBO Max distribution terms — already had a deal to keep the “HBO” app for HBO Now subscribers., WarnerMedia is killing off the 10-year-old HBO Go app, which it has offered to pay-TV subscribers who get HBO through a cable, satellite or telco provider. HBO Go will be discontinued on all platforms as of July 31 — again, part of the media company’s strategy to push all legacy HBO customers to HBO Max.
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