In May, HBO Max and Discovery Plus merged to form Max, but more mergers could happen in the future.
According to CNBC, Paramount Global is in discussions with Warner Bros. Discovery, the company that owns Max, about a possible merger between Max and Paramount Plus.
Both Max and Paramount+ offer sports programming, with the former carrying the NBA and NHL, and the latter having rights to NFL and UEFA games. This could make them an attractive offering for customers.
Add to that TV series like House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, Knuckles, and the Star Trek franchise, and it would make for a formidable streaming platform.
It’s not yet clear whether this will impact Max’s subscription costs, but there was a pricing overhaul when the Discovery+ library was added to the platform. It’s also unclear whether this merger would apply to countries outside the US.
Currently, Max has nearly 100 million subscribers, while Paramount+ has 71 million. If the two services were to merge, they could seriously compete with Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and Disney Plus.
Max will also launch as a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu later this year.
This article was originally published in our sister publication M3 and has been translated and adapted from Swedish.
