I have to make a confession. I took the opportunity to pay the full $ 14.99 HBO Max subscription price as soon as I found out that my favorite show on TV right now – the moody, gorgeous Italian Mafia series Gomorrah – is available on the streamer. Including the previously aired seasons of the show and the highly anticipated third season of Gomorrah added to HBO Max in January.
This series reveals virtually every American Mafia story as a clownish, patty-cake affair, utterly devoid of any hint of authenticity or soul. I read somewhere that Naples pretty much quit when there was a new episode of it Gomorrah is broadcast there, and I believe it. “Gomorrah is back, as bloody (and poignant) as ever,” announced The New York Times in January. Netflix has at least one Italian crime drama that is almost as good (Suburra: Blood on Rome), but it falls short in my opinion. Having said all that, HBO Max is about to slash its subscription price with the launch of a new more affordable plan, so for those of you who haven’t yet gotten acquainted with the majesty of TV, that’s Gomorrah (which was developed from author Robert Saviano’s book about the powerful Camorra crime organization dating back to the 17th century), keep reading.
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We already knew that a cheaper ad-supported HBO Max subscription tier was coming soon, and now the streamer’s parent company has made this official.
AT&T, owner of the WarnerMedia entertainment division that includes HBO Max and the Warner Bros. has confirmed today in an Investor Day update on its website that an ad-supported version of HBO Max will launch in June. The launch is also timed with a much larger expansion of HBO Max: “AT&T expects to launch HBO Max in 60 markets outside the United States by 2021 (39 territories in Latin America and the Caribbean at the end of June and 21 territories in Europe in the United States). second half of 2021), ”explains the company’s strategy update.
As noted, an HBO Max subscription currently costs $ 14.99 / month in the US, and we don’t yet know where the price of this new HBO Max tier will land. However, the price reduction can be significant – or rather, it takes precedence. For example, an ad-free Hulu subscription costs $ 11.99 / month, compared to just $ 5.99 for an ad-supported version. Another important caveat: remember the big announcement that all of Warner Bros. new movies will hit HBO Max the same day they hit theaters this year – movies like The matrix 4You actually need the ad-free HBO Max subscription tier to watch those movies, so definitely something to keep in mind.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve tried and enjoyed a few other HBO Max content offerings. But as my affection for it Gomorrah shows, you probably won’t find at least one thing on the service that you get addicted to – so much so that you might even decide that whatever it is, that thing is only worth the price of admission. Some of you like to sample the streaming buffet, and then there are those who just want to enjoy our favorites. It takes all sorts to run the streaming world.
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Andy is a Memphis reporter who also contributes to outlets like Fast Company and The Guardian. When not writing about technology, he is protective of his burgeoning vinyl collection, as well as his whovianism and binges on a variety of TV shows you probably don’t like.