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title: "HBO Max and Paramount+ will launch as one bundle in early 2027, Skydance tells shareholders"
url: https://badiyaa.com/hbo-max-paramount-plus-bundle-2027/
published: 2026-11-10T23:31:00+00:00
modified: 2026-11-10T23:31:00+00:00
section: Entertainment
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# HBO Max and Paramount+ will launch as one bundle in early 2027, Skydance tells shareholders

Skydance says HBO Max and Paramount+ will be sold as a single bundle starting in early 2027, a first step toward merging the two streaming services.

HBO Max and Paramount+ are about to be sold together. Skydance, the company that now owns both services after Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, told shareholders on November 9 that a single bundle of the two streamers will launch in early 2027.

The plan appears in the company’s third-quarter letter to shareholders, filed with US securities regulators. Skydance called the bundle its “first step toward bringing together Paramount+ and HBO Max” and said that starting early next year, people will be able to subscribe to both “at an even greater value.” Pricing, a launch date and which countries get it first were not given; the company said more details would come “in the coming months.”

## What Skydance actually said

The letter frames the bundle as an opening move rather than the end point. The company says it is working “toward a fully unified offering” and will phase in changes based on how customers respond. In plain terms, two apps sold side by side now could eventually become one service, but Skydance has not said when or how that would happen.

The numbers behind the push are large. Paramount+, HBO and HBO Max together count 203 million aggregate subscribers worldwide, according to the letter, and Pluto TV, the company’s free ad-supported service, has about 75 million monthly users. In the third quarter, Paramount+ revenue rose 21% and engagement climbed by more than 20% compared with a year earlier.

## What would be inside the bundle

Skydance listed the franchises it wants to put under one roof: *Star Trek*, *Yellowstone*, *Top Gun: Maverick*, *Mission: Impossible*, *Game of Thrones*, *The Pitt*, *SpongeBob SquarePants*, Superman and Batman, along with the new *Harry Potter* series. The HBO show’s first season, adapting *Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone*, premieres on Christmas Day.

The company also promised a steady flow of films. With at least 30 theatrical releases a year across Paramount and Warner Bros., Skydance says a new movie will reach its bundled services every two weeks on average. The arithmetic is slightly generous to itself: 30 films spread over 52 weeks works out to one roughly every 1.7 weeks, so if the slate holds, subscribers would actually see new arrivals a little more often than promised.

## How we got here

- **March 2, 2026:** Paramount Skydance announces a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

- **October 6, 2026:** The acquisition closes and the combined company takes the Skydance name.

- **November 9, 2026:** Skydance reports third-quarter results and reveals the bundle plan.

- **December 25, 2026:** The *Harry Potter* series premieres on HBO.

- **Early 2027:** The HBO Max and Paramount+ bundle launches.

The merged company is moving quickly on several fronts. On the same day as the bundle news it named a new head of DC Studios, and last month it drew a fresh investor when [Laurene Powell Jobs put $250 million into Skydance](https://badiyaa.com/laurene-powell-jobs-250-million-skydance-stake/). The streaming business it competes with is reshaping too, as seen when [Netflix cut about 1,000 jobs](https://badiyaa.com/netflix-layoffs-1000-jobs-2026/) in October.

Skydance has already merged some plumbing behind the scenes. Pluto TV now runs on the same technology platform as Paramount+ across all major devices, which the company calls the first phase of bringing its services together. The bundle is the first change most viewers will actually see, and the price tag is the detail to watch when Skydance releases the full plan.

## Further reading

- [SEC filing: Skydance Q3 2026 letter to shareholders (Exhibit 99)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0002041610/000204161026000062/ex99_q326.htm)

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