HBO Max and Roku are (lastly!) enjoying good.
A surprising announcement dropped in the present day, simply once we had misplaced all hope {that a} deal could be struck, and HBO Max will arrive on Roku units tomorrow (December 17).
“We consider that each one leisure might be streamed and we’re thrilled to accomplice with HBO Max to convey their unbelievable library of iconic leisure manufacturers and blockbuster slate of direct to streaming theatrical releases to the Roku households with greater than 100 million people who have made Roku the No. 1 TV streaming platform in America,” Scott Rosenberg, senior vp platform enterprise at Roku, mentioned in an announcement, via THR.
“Reaching mutually useful agreements the place Roku grows along with our companions is how we ship an distinctive person expertise at an unbelievable worth for shoppers and we’re excited by the chance to deepen our longstanding relationship with the workforce at WarnerMedia.”
The brand new implies that Marvel Lady: 1984 followers will be capable to watch the film on Roku when it launches December 25.
HBO Max launched in Might, but it surely was ominously lacking from each Roku and Amazon, inflicting uproar within the streaming group.
Many individuals bought the service free for having a HBO subscription, however couldn’t entry it due to the app not being made accessible.
However the tide began to show a couple of weeks in the past when it was introduced that Amazon units could be getting the app.
Now, it is Roku’s flip.
2020 has been a difficult yr, however bringing the app to 2 of the most well-liked units within the U.S. will permit the service to proceed its progress.
Warner Bros. lately surprised the world when it introduced that its complete 2021 film slate would launch on HBO Max similtaneously theaters.
It was a transfer in response to COVID-19, which has made launch dates in cinemas unsure because of the nature of the pandemic.
Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.