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The combined Warner Bros. Discovery must cut spending by three billion dollars. Because of this, it will stop producing original shows in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Turkey and Central Europe. The measure will directly affect HBO in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The server notified the change in priorities Variety.
Part of the changes is the removal of part of the content from HBO Max, the company will offer the produced programs to other interested parties. “We have decided to remove a limited amount of original programming from HBO Max, as well as end our efforts to create original programming for HBO Max in the Nordics and Central Europe,” the company said in a statement to Variety.
“We will continue to order local content for Warner Bros. linear channels in these regions. Discovery and will continue to make significant purchases of local content from third-party productions for use on our streaming services,” the statement continued.
The filming of the original work is canceled with immediate effect, only the projects that have been filmed will be completed. France and Spain will become the main production capacities of original European shows.
Czech users will also feel the immediate impact of the newly adopted measures. Firm confirmed to the Aktuálně.cz server, that it has already removed the award-winning TV series Without Consciousness and the gastronomic travelogue Together & Hungry from the HBO Max offer. The upcoming series Víťaz directed by Jan Hřebejk is now in post-production, but it will no longer appear on HBO Max and will probably be sold to another platform or station.
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