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minus-squareMeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHBO was the better name. And even Cinemax is a better name than Max. I kept calling it HBO Max after the first change. Most CEOs of entertainment companies are just people with business degrees who wish they were creative, but just aren’t.
minus-squareSatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoThe problem is they don’t ever stop paying the marketing team. Eventually you don’t need more marketing and yet. Gestures around. Just hire a PR team for fucks sake.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHBO objected to HBO Max, so it was rebranded to Max. Now the top HBO execs have left so they’re changing it back.
minus-squareMeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAh. I see. Guess I assumed they were part of the same company. Thanks.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey’re different divisions of WBD. HBO is a premium cable channel that focuses on high-end productions, while Max is a general streaming service.
HBO was the better name. And even Cinemax is a better name than Max.
I kept calling it HBO Max after the first change.
Most CEOs of entertainment companies are just people with business degrees who wish they were creative, but just aren’t.
The problem is they don’t ever stop paying the marketing team. Eventually you don’t need more marketing and yet. Gestures around. Just hire a PR team for fucks sake.
HBO objected to HBO Max, so it was rebranded to Max. Now the top HBO execs have left so they’re changing it back.
Ah. I see. Guess I assumed they were part of the same company. Thanks.
They’re different divisions of WBD. HBO is a premium cable channel that focuses on high-end productions, while Max is a general streaming service.