The Warner Bros. Discovery (Wbd) Max streamer will launch in 22 European countries in spring 2024 and France and Belgium later next year, the media outfit revealed today.
Opening Mipcom Cannes with a keynote, interntional boss Gerhard Zeiler and Emea Head of Streaming Leah Hooper Rosa brought highly-anticipated news of the rollout of the new streamer in the continent, which is rebranding from HBO Max with a bigger offering.
The Nordics, the Netherlands, Iberia and Cee, which already have HBO Max, will gain access to the rebranded streamer in the spring.
There will then be a “second wave” of launches later next year including in France and Belgium, which currently don’t have HBO Max, although Wbd has an output deal with Amazon locally in France.
The streamer will air the Paris Olympics next summer alongside holding the wealth of content owned by Wbd including HBO shows, Warner and DC movies. The...
Opening Mipcom Cannes with a keynote, interntional boss Gerhard Zeiler and Emea Head of Streaming Leah Hooper Rosa brought highly-anticipated news of the rollout of the new streamer in the continent, which is rebranding from HBO Max with a bigger offering.
The Nordics, the Netherlands, Iberia and Cee, which already have HBO Max, will gain access to the rebranded streamer in the spring.
There will then be a “second wave” of launches later next year including in France and Belgium, which currently don’t have HBO Max, although Wbd has an output deal with Amazon locally in France.
The streamer will air the Paris Olympics next summer alongside holding the wealth of content owned by Wbd including HBO shows, Warner and DC movies. The...
- 10/16/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
As part of an ongoing restructure at Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution, WB has promoted company vets Robert Blair to Evp International Sales, and Jim Brehm to Evp Global Operations and Administration. In his new role, Blair will oversee the sales team of executives based in ten field offices around the world charged with licensing Warner Bros. programming across all television platforms, from free to cable/pay and subscription video on demand. Brehm will…...
- 3/7/2017
- Deadline TV
One of the better-remembered ’80s sci-fi horror thrillers is back in an improved Blu-ray, with a pile of extras. Dennis Quaid gets to act with Max von Sydow Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert and Kate Capshaw, as they deal with a Cronenberg-like device that can invade human dreams.
Dreamscape
Blu-ray
Scream Factory (Shout! Factory)
1984 / Color /1:85 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date December 13, 2016 / 29.93
Starring Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert, Kate Capshaw, David Patrick Kelly, George Wendt.
Cinematography Brian Tufano
Film Editor Richard Halsey
Original Music Maurice Jarre
Written by David Loughery, Chuck Russell, Joseph Ruben
Produced by Bruce John Curtis
Directed by Joseph Ruben
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
I have a previous Blu-ray of 1984’s Dreamscape but this edition is a big improvement, both in the transfer and its extras. Dreamscape is a commercially successful thriller that places a superior star cast in a science fantasy with plenty of potential.
Dreamscape
Blu-ray
Scream Factory (Shout! Factory)
1984 / Color /1:85 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date December 13, 2016 / 29.93
Starring Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert, Kate Capshaw, David Patrick Kelly, George Wendt.
Cinematography Brian Tufano
Film Editor Richard Halsey
Original Music Maurice Jarre
Written by David Loughery, Chuck Russell, Joseph Ruben
Produced by Bruce John Curtis
Directed by Joseph Ruben
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
I have a previous Blu-ray of 1984’s Dreamscape but this edition is a big improvement, both in the transfer and its extras. Dreamscape is a commercially successful thriller that places a superior star cast in a science fantasy with plenty of potential.
- 12/19/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A structure is starting to emerge at Warner Bros following new CEO Kevin Tsujihara announcing the formation of a global television distribution organization under the leadership of Worldwide Television Distribution president Jeffrey Schlesinger. As part of the new alignment, Warners said today that David Decker has been promoted to Evp Business & Legal Affairs, Warner Bros Worldwide Television Distribution, where he will oversee the combined domestic and international television distribution’s business & legal affairs groups and report to Schlesinger. Warner Bros International Television Distribution’s General Counsel, Ron Miele, will continue to report to Schlesinger. Decker had been Evp Business & Legal Affairs at Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution and Telepictures Productions since 2009. Meanwhile, on the international side, Robert Blair and Jim Brehm have been promoted to Evp Warner Bros International Television Distribution, where the two will jointly lead the international sales team outside the U.S. Blair had served as Svp Northern Europe,...
- 9/4/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Robert Blair and Jim Brehm have both been promoted to executive vice president, Warner Bros International Television Distribution, and David Decker has been promoted to executive vice president of business and legal affairs, the company said Wednesday. Blair and Brehm will jointly lead the international sales team while Decker will oversee the combined domestic and international television distribution’s business and legal affairs groups. All of the lawyers and business affairs executives responsible for both international and domestic activities will report to Decker, who will report to Warner Bros. Television Distribution President Jeffrey Schlesinger. A nine-year veteran of the company,...
- 9/4/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
DVD Review Who would have dreamed that in the year 2011 it would be possible to make genuine discoveries in two of my favorite areas of film history: cartoons and serials? This has come to pass because of the dogged determination of some true movie lovers. One of them, Steve Stanchfield, has labored mightily to create a definitive DVD of Private Snafu cartoons from World War Two for his Thunderbean Animation label; I’ll review this in a subsequent post. Bob Blair, of Vci Entertainment, has a particular fondness for serials and has demonstrated that passion by clearing long-tangled rights issues,…...
- 3/16/2011
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
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