{
  "id": 12510748,
  "title": "HBO Max And Paramount+ Will Eventually Combine After “Short-Term” Bundling Phase, David Ellison Says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/hbo-max-and-paramount-will-eventually-combine-after-short-term",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T01:01:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/hbo-max-paramount-streaming-merger-david-ellison-1237148535/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison sees HBO Max and Paramount+ combining into a single service over time after a “short-term” phase as separate-but-bundled services. “Long-term, the plan is basically to bring them together,” Ellison said at a press event held on the Paramount lot to mark the closing of the merger of Paramount and […]",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "David Ellison (Again) Says He Plans to Combine HBO Max and Paramount+",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/david-ellison-again-says-he-plans-to-combine-hbo-max-and-paramount",
        "published": "2026-10-07T00:07:39.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}