HBO Max will start in Belgium from July 1: what will the subscription cost and will popular series disappear from Streamz?

TVFrom July 1, Belgium will have a new streaming service. HBO Max, the platform of studio Warner Bros., is launched in our country. The channel has been available in the Netherlands for a year longer. What exactly can you view there? And what about HBO programs that were previously available via Streamz?

On HBO Max you can of course watch the series from the HBO channel, including hits such as ‘Game of Thrones’, the accompanying spin-off ‘House of the Dragon’, ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Sex and the City’. But you can also watch the Paris 2024 Olympic Games live, as the only channel in Belgium that allows this.

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HBO Max will give customers the opportunity to get early access to the payment plan they prefer for fourteen days at no cost starting June 11, before the full launch takes place on July 1. During this short start-up period, certain titles will only be available in English and French. From July 1, everything will also be available with Dutch subtitles.

The cheapest subscription is available for €5.99 per month and is called ‘Basic with advertising’. This means, as the name suggests, that you will still see some form of advertising even if you are a paying customer. According to Warner Bros., Telenet customers can get access to the HBO Max app soon after launch.

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Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in ‘The Last of Us’. © HBO

WHAT EXACTLY CAN YOU WATCH?

Series

The launch of HBO Max is accompanied by the highly anticipated second seasons of the HBO Original ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Last of Us’. You will also find there ‘The White Lotus’, ‘Euphoria’, ‘True Detective: Night Country’, ‘The Regime’, ‘The Sympathizer’, ‘The Jinx Part Two’ and the upcoming new comedy ‘The Franchise’.

A new slate of so-called “Max Originals” series based on popular Warner Bros. titles will also debut on the platform, including ‘The Penguin’ and ‘Welcome to Derry’ (a reworking of Stephen King’s ‘IT’). A long-awaited TV remake of ‘Harry Potter’ will also be released soon, but filming is still underway.

Movies

Movies from Warner Bros. that will be on display include, among others ‘Wonka’, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ and ‘The Color Purple’. Also a whole series of films from the Warner Bros library. will be available, including the entire ‘Harry Potter’ series, ‘The Matrix’, ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Joker’.

Sport

This summer, HBO Max will also be the only place where you can watch the Paris 2024 Olympic Games live. A Sports Add-On also offers fans even more coverage of major international and European sports, including tennis Grand Slams such as Australian Open, Roland-Garros and the US Openthe three Grand Tours of the race: Giro d’Italia, La Vuelta a España and the Tour de France in addition to the Tour de France Femmesand all Cycling Monuments & Classics, the car race of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Snooker World Tour, the Golf PGA Tour and all major winter sports World Cups and World Cup events.

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‘Harry Potter’ © RV

SUBSCRIPTION FORMS

Basic with advertising – €5.99 per month.

– This subscription allows users to enjoy HBO Max at a lower price and includes ads.

– Users can stream on 2 devices simultaneously.

– Content will be available in Full HD resolution.

Standard – €9.99 per month.

– Users can stream on 2 devices simultaneously.

– Content will be available in Full HD resolution.

– With this plan you can view up to 30 downloads of content offline.

Premium – €13.99 per month

– Users can stream on up to 4 devices simultaneously.

– Full HD or 4K resolution and with Dolby Atmos sound (where available).

– This plan allows up to 100 downloads for offline viewing. (Limits apply.)

Extra: Sports Add-on – €5 per month

– Provides coverage of top sporting events including Grand Slam tennis, cycling races, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the live linear channels Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 and much more.

– Availability of rights varies by country.

– The Sport Add-On is sold additionally to every subscription.

– Users can stream sports content on 2 devices simultaneously (from their available streaming subscription).

WHAT ABOUT STREAMZ?

Warner Bros. and HBO initially had a deal with Streamz in Belgium, but that is slowly ending. Recent HBO series that were released on Streamz last year will remain on the platform for a while. This is due to a license period of 6 to 12 months that varies from series to series. To give an example: ‘The Regime’ will remain available until March 3, 2025, and ‘True Detective: Night Country’ will remain available until July 14, 2024.

This also applies to series that will be released between today and June 30, 2024. In concrete terms, this means that the second season of ‘House of the Dragon’ will be available in its entirety on Streamz, at the same time as the US release. ‘House of the Dragon’ season 2 will remain available on Streamz for 12 months after broadcast.

HBO series that were released before July 2023 will no longer be available on Streamz from July 1, 2024. When a Streamz series disappears, this will always be clearly communicated on the platform. On the program page of the series, viewers will receive a message at least 29 days in advance stating how much time they have left to watch the series on Streamz.