Disney Plus prices have been hiked several times since the streaming service initially launched in 2019, but the platform remains a competitively priced app that has content for the whole family. Plans start at $12.49 a month for the ad-supported tier, but prices rise when you go ad-free or bundle in other services. We spend
HBO Max has agreed to dedicate part of its mandatory investment in French and European content for documentaries and animation, embracing new French sub-quota rules that rival streamers are challenging in court. The agreement put HBO Max on a different path from Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ which have each lodged an appeal before the
It’s been almost 240 years since France started its very first Revolution. But fear not, French TV producers still have what it takes to bring yet another one to modern fiction, blending hints of past, present, and future. From Toronto-bound “Alice” recently boarded by SND to France Télévisions genre-bending thriller “Swapped” and Wild Bunch‘s latest
Paris-based film and television studio SND, part of French media group M6, has picked up world sales on the high-end period drama “Alice: Pioneer of Cinema,” in which Oscar-nominee Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist”) stars as Alice Guy, the very first female fiction filmmaker. The six-parter, ordered by HBO Max and France Télévisions, is due to world
HBO Max will launch on Prime Video and Hulu Japan in October, giving subscribers access to the streamer’s slate of HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, DC Studios and Max originals programming, including a new HBO original “Harry Potter” series debuting at Christmas. The rollout stems from a global partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Despite HBO Max hiking prices again last fall, the streamer is hoping to win over some new customers, with a 7-day free trial through Prime Video, just in time for the buzzy premiere of
