HBO to change the name of Max streaming service
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Max will become HBO Max again this summer, Warner Bros. Discovery said this week — two years after the name change that hasn't stuck. Here's what to know about the rebrand (and some others of note).
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Boing Boing on MSNHBO logo reappears on channel after "Max" debrands to old nameHome Box Office is a legend in American television, one of the industry's most famed and prestigious brands. So it was a mystery when its new owners renamed it "Max"-a name so generic and bland it could apply to almost anything.
WBD CEO David Zaslav announced the move, with the company declaring, "no consumer today is saying they want more content, but better content."
First, it was HBO Max. Then it was Max. Then it was Max with some new logos. And now? The streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery is ... HBO Max! What is old is new again!
Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) streaming service Max will be called HBO Max starting this summer, bringing back a name that WBD curiously ditched a couple of years ago.