HBO Max is coming to parts of Europe on October 26th

HBO Max will launch in Europe subsequent month on October twenty sixth, the streaming service introduced right this moment. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra are the primary six nations it’ll be accessible in, earlier than it expands to the next 14 territories subsequent yr: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

The listing of territories corresponds to the areas at the moment lined by HBO Europe, which operates a handful of various streaming providers on the continent together with HBO España, HBO Nordic, and HBO Go. The corporate has beforehand stated it plans to transition its European HBO-branded providers to HBO Max over the course of this yr.

Notably absent from the listing are bigger markets just like the UK, Italy, France, and Germany. HBO has traditionally not operated standalone providers in these nations, The Hollywood Reporter notes, however has as an alternative opted to license its content material to native operators like Comcast-owned Sky within the UK. HBO says that “further territory launches are additionally deliberate for subsequent yr.”

“WarnerMedia motion pictures and sequence like Harry Potter, Sport of Thrones and The Huge Bang Idea are passionately consumed by followers all throughout Europe,” stated Head of HBO Max Worldwide Johannes Larcher. “HBO Max has been created to supply them with essentially the most intuitive and handy viewing expertise to observe these and a various vary of different wonderful titles.” HBO Max at the moment contains content material from Warner Bros., HBO, DC, and Cartoon Community, in addition to new content material branded as Max Originals.

HBO Max debuted within the US in Could final yr. In June, the streaming service launched throughout 39 territories in Latin America and the Caribbean.

At this time’s announcement doesn’t point out how a lot European prospects can count on to pay for the streaming service. As a substitute, that data will likely be introduced in a digital launch occasion deliberate for subsequent month, HBO says.