Ellison Confirms HBO Max, Paramount+ Bundle for 2027

HBO Max and Paramount+ will launch a combined subscription bundle in early 2027, giving customers a way to subscribe to both services while the platforms continue to operate separately. Skydance CEO David Ellison confirmed the launch window in a Nov. 9 letter to shareholders released alongside the company’s third-quarter financial results, according to Deadline. The bundle had already been announced, but the update provides its first specific release window. Pricing and subscription options haven’t been revealed. The announcement comes just over a month after the $110 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery closed in early October. The deal brought franchises including Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and Yellowstone under one roof. The bundle is an early step toward Ellison’s longer-term goal of combining HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single streaming platform. Speaking at an October press event marking the merger’s completion, he said: “Long-term, the plan is basically to bring them together. It’ll take a period of time to do that.” That work includes combining the services’ different technologies and deciding how their brands and subscription options will opera...