Sky’s Content Boss Addresses Future Relationship With Incoming UK Streamer Max: “Remember We’re Both A Platform And Broadcast Business” — Edinburgh
deadline.comSky Studios CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz has said there is “no scenario” in which its pay-TV customers will not have access to content from Warner Bros.
Discovery streamer Max when it launches in the UK. Sky has been the sole home of HBO content in the UK for many years, but it is widely expected WBD will move the content to its own streamer when their current output deal ends in 2025.
WBD has not officially set a date for a UK launch, but senior exec J.B. Perrette said earlier this year it would “crazy” not to go direct-to-consumer in the UK.
With that backdrop, speculation has been rampant about what the future of the Sky-WBD partnership will look like, with both sides making positive noises about an agreement without clearly outlining what shape it could take.
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