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WarnerMedia Names its Next Streaming Service ‘HBO Max’

The subscription video services are soon going to ditch the conventional cable connection, and shortly, people will be confused as to which subscription they should opt for, and which one they should leave, as after Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and a few other such services, WarnerMedia will be bringing HBO Max as the new streaming service for people.

The company revealed the name of its upcoming streaming service on Tuesday, along with the name of a few programs that the company will be streaming through the service, including Dune: The Sisterhood, Tokyo Vice, The Flight Attendant, Love Life, Made for Love, etc. And, the company will be producing new shows under the lineup of HBO Originals to stream through the service. It will also include the collection of movies (old and new) to it.

The company has already signed a contract of four movies with Director and writer Greg Berlanti, and Reese Witherspoon will be producing at least two movies for the Max Originals.

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HBO Max will also be including almost all the HBO TV series, its films as well as documentaries to it. The company even revealed that content from CNN, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, truTV, TBS and TNT, will also be the part of the HBO Max video library.

WarnerMedia said the new service “is anticipated to premiere with 10,000 hours of premium content.” Among those new shows and movies, ‘Friends’, will also be a part of this service.

The company had been licensing Netflix for streaming Friends over it, and the former even paid $80 million to include the show into its library only for 2019. But the license will be over by the end of the year, and HBO Max will be among the few platforms that stream this iconic sitcom.

There are already a few streaming services operating in the name of HBO, including HBO Go and HBO Now. The AT&T acquired company, WarnerMedia, earlier wanted to launch a three-tiered service by the end of 2019. But the company dropped the idea, and now, will focus entirely on HBO Max, which the company will be introducing in the first quarter of 2020.

The company has not revealed on the prices of the packages it will be providing for the streaming service. Currently, HBO Now costs $14.99 for a month’s subscription, which is already expensive than its rivals Netflix and Hulu. So to bear with the competition, the WarnerMedia should keep the prices for the HBO Max subscription, a bit affordable.

TechCrunch: Success Story of the Leading Online Tech Publisher

In this era, where the world is getting transformed into a global village, every single individual wishes to stay updated about all aspects of development, including the latest technologies, new trends in the scientific world, start-ups, new gadgets, in fact, about every news related to technology. Since it is contributing to most of our expansion, the technology seems to catch most of the attention from every community and nation.

TechCrunch is one online publisher that has created a firm base on the sphere of technology reporting on the latest trends of the Sci-Fi world. Well, undoubtedly it does more than just displaying news, and is a hotspot of knowledge for every tech lover.

TechCrunch is an America-based business, which was founded in June 2005 by Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. The company has its headquarters in the Bay Area, United States.

Michael Arrington

J. Michael Arrington was born on 13th March 1970, in California. He has a major in economics and is a former lawyer, graduated from Stanford Law School in 1995.

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Before founding TechCrunch, he was involved with many other endeavouring businesses. He was a part of RealNames that raised $100 million in funding as a startup. He was the co-founder of Achex, an online payment company. Zip. Ca, Pool.com, Razorgator, Edgeio and Folders are some of his biggest achievements, apart from TechCrunch. He also invested in Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest.

Michael Arrington had a huge contribution to the creation and growth of TechCrunch, even though, he is no longer the CEO of the company. Arrington is well known both, as a blogger and an entrepreneur. He has absolutely changed the idea of blogging for people who are passionate about it. According to him, ‘if you have to maintain a blog you need to update it every day, which makes it very tiresome. But if it is user-generated, it will make your blog even more informative as contribution will be much higher as compared to you alone.’

Michael Arrington believes in writing posts on stories that can easily go viral without putting so much hard work. Since blogging is what changed the fate of TechCrunch, Arrington can be considered as one of the most efficient tech bloggers in the entire world. Arrington’s passion and tenacity are what brings TechCrunch at the pinnacle of its power. He has even been selected as one of the most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.

The story and evolution of TechCrunch

It all started in 2005 when Arrington posted a very informative blog about the companies that were progressing expeditiously and gaining immense success. It turned out that his blogs were gaining popularity in no time and changed the entire outlook of business reporting.

The first blog of TechCrunch was posted on 11th June 2005, which eventually led to the establishment of one of the prominent site for start-ups and gadgets. Apparently, Arrington wasn’t too much involved in blogging as he was busy starting a new company, but a few months, he was totally engrossed in it and gave it a head start.

The future of the company turned its wheel in 2006 when Arrington was the first to post about the news of Youtube being Google’s new asset. Apart from this, the newsfeeds about the gadgets added to its gaining popularity.

In 2007, the company formed Crunchbase, a platform where anyone can conduct researches on start-up companies. It maintains a database which has information of start-ups, investors, total funding, acquisitions; money rose by acquisitions, upcoming events and featured stories about latest businesses. Initially, the company had more than 50,000 contributors which crossed 2 million in 2013. The companies or even a single individual registered and accessed the facilities of CrunchBase and submitted to the database.

In 2008, the company started The Crunchies, an award ceremony that gave away awards to the best start-ups, best mobile app, and in many other categories. They thoroughly analyzed the progress of the companies throughout the year, the funding they received, and thus awarded them annually. Apart from TechCrunch, the Crunchies was sponsored and hosted by blogs like GigaOm, VentureBeat and ReadWriteWeb. This helped the company grow even rapidly as it lured start-up companies from around the globe to see where they stand, study their competitors and not to mention the desire to win awards. In 2017, the company announced the discontinuity of Crunchies.

In 2010, the company was taken over by AOL which wield the sceptre from 2010-2017 followed by Verizon Media which is the current owner of the company.

In 2011, Arrington made his mind to resign from the position of the editor of the company as he faced disagreement with his decisions of starting Crunchfund (to invest in tech start-ups).

In 2015, the company declared that the Crunchbase is no longer a part of TechCrunch.

One of the most powerful tools of TechCrunch is the Startup Battlefield, a platform provided to the new start-ups at the annual tech conference, TechCrunch Disrupt hosted by the company. It allows all the new minds to sign in and share their innovative ideas with the investors, media and other parties to gain money and publicity. Now, who doesn’t want that? The exposure gained through it is priceless, and moreover, the winner receives prize money of $50,000.

Thus, TechCrunch is the ultimate destination for all those who aspire to be a successful businessman, learn more about technology and blogging or anything about entrepreneurship. They post the most compelling and inspiring stories of start-ups with utmost transparency and high quality. It can also be considered as a study guide (Extra Crunch) for those who want to learn more about start-ups.