US media giant Warner Bros Discovery will launch a streaming service in Australia next year.
Warner Bros Discovery’s western Pacific president and managing director James Gibbons confirmed the service would launch in the Asia-Pacific in 2024, after a US launch later this year.
In an interview with The Australian, Gibbons said the service will be the result of last year’s merger of HBO Max and Discovery Plus.
“We are going to be launching our new streaming service in the US this year,” Gibbons said.
“The first order of business is to really combine those services and make one ‘uber’ service that can target a wide audience.
“After that we’re going to be rolling that service out in the Asia-Pacific region from the second half of 2024.”
While such a service would seem to be a big-hitter in Australia, it may be that much of its tentpole content would be unavailable.
In February, Foxtel renewed its multi-year exclusive contract with Warner Bros Discovery, ensuring massive HBO properties such as Succession, The White Lotus, and Game Of Thrones stay on Foxtel’s services until the end of 2025.
