For starters, the old names were pretty bad. By Tony Maglio On July 9, 2025, HBO Max finally became “HBO Max” again — we can just forget those weird two years where it was just “Max.” (Though ...

Cinemax is back in a big(ger) way. By Tony Maglio HBO just changed the names of six of its U.S. linear channels. Don’t worry, HBO Max is still HBO Max — for now, at least. The updated names will also ...

As Elmo leaves the HBO family, so does HBO Family. The spinoff channel, which launched in December 1996 as a more kid- and family-friendly version of HBO, will shut down on August 15. It’s part of a ...

Warner Bros. Discovery is pulling the plug on several longtime HBO and Cinemax channels, signaling a shift toward streaming dominance. Another wave of legacy TV is coming to an end. Warner Bros.

HBO is enacting more name changes, as the cabler has given a cosmetic makeover to six of its U.S. linear channels. HBO2 will now be called HBO Hits. HBO Signature is now HBO Drama. HBO Zone will ...

The subscription service will include movies and series from HBO, and other WarnerMedia brands like Warner Bros., DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, and Crunchyroll.

Viewers should see the changes reflected immediately, assuming you were even aware of these channels in the age of cord-cutting and on-demand viewing. (Before today, I had no clue what 5StarMAX was, ...

DishOnline, Dish Network’s subscriber-only streaming video service, may not have the success or scale of Netflix’s Watch Instantly, but it does have something that the VoD giant doesn’t: Exclusive HBO ...