HBO Max Will Not Be Available In The UK For "At Least The Next 5 Years"

HBO Max Will Not Be Available In The UK For "At Least The Next 5 Years" HBO Max Will Not Be Available In The UK For "At Least The Next 5 Years"

As HBO Max begins launching in the United States, it appears it will be quite a while before people in the UK will have the chance to experience the service.

By XMenGiveItToYa - May 27, 2020 01:05 PM EST
Filed Under: HBO

With a series of hit titles like Friends, Joker, and upcoming big releases like Green Lantern, Doom Patrol, Zack Snyder's Justice League and Strange Adventures, HBO Max is coming out of the gate with plenty of reasons for people to sign up for it's newest premium streaming service. However, it appears that not everyone will have access to the service at once, and it may keep fans across the pond quite a bit longer than they may have anticipated to stream HBO Max.

Due to preexisting deals with Sky Atlantic (which was briefly owned by Disney following it's purchase from the now-nonexistent 20th Century Fox, but now is in the possesion of Comcast), HBO content will exclusively be available through Sky, meaning that the HBO Max service is currently legally unable to launch in the UK region.

This was confirmed earlier by a series of tweets from Sky's official customer service channel, confirming that HBO Max would be unable to launch anytime soon and that HBO Max Originals would also be unable to be streamed through Sky.

While it is possible HBO could make another deal in the future (like how they struck a deal with NBC to have all 8 original Harry Potter films streaming on launch day in the US), given the size and nature of the deal that does not seem likely at this time.

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Spidey91 - 5/27/2020, 2:19 PM
Brexit was worst than it seemed.
Reeds2Much - 5/27/2020, 2:22 PM
L0RDbuckethead - 5/27/2020, 2:26 PM
Superspecialawesomeguy - 5/27/2020, 2:29 PM
If that's the way they want it.

BlackIceJoe - 5/27/2020, 2:33 PM
@Superspecialawesomeguy -
Kumkani - 5/27/2020, 3:25 PM
TRASH
Darkknight2149 - 5/27/2020, 3:52 PM
:(
RegularPoochie - 5/27/2020, 5:37 PM
So they won't see the shitcut until 2025?
GringoPendejo - 5/27/2020, 6:13 PM
@RegularPoochie - Who touched you down there?
XMenGiveItToYa - 5/27/2020, 7:14 PM
@RegularPoochie - It'll probably be through Sky or something else
RegularPoochie - 5/27/2020, 9:09 PM
@GringoPendejo - your mom and dad.
RegularPoochie - 5/27/2020, 9:11 PM
@XMenGiveItToYa - it could be, because I wanna see it, but when we get here in Finland is also a question.
lawman1108 - 5/28/2020, 10:00 AM
You're NOT missing much
MosquitoFarmer - 5/28/2020, 10:41 AM
And I'm here still waiting for In-N-Out on the East coast.
MrCamw1 - 5/28/2020, 12:11 PM
@MosquitoFarmer - I'll go to In N Out later today in your honor lol
MosquitoFarmer - 5/28/2020, 1:41 PM
@MrCamw1 - That's like masturbating on someone's behalf. Now the wait feels longer...

MrCamw1 - 5/28/2020, 1:57 PM
@MosquitoFarmer - I regret responding to you now haha
MosquitoFarmer - 5/28/2020, 2:04 PM
@MrCamw1 -

sups92 - 5/30/2020, 12:38 PM
Wow I feel bad for the UK!! You didn’t get Disney Plus for a year and now won’t get HBO Max for a long time! I honestly said to pirate The Mandalorian, because that’s what everyone got it for. And now when the Snyder Cut comes along you should pirate it too! It’s crazy that UK can’t get the entertainment they want at the same time as a lot of other countries!!
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