What Is the HBO Brand in 2025? Part 1 With CEO Casey Bloys

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Matt is joined by Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max content, to talk about the shifting strategies of the HBO and Max brand under the new leadership of David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery, the challenges of being a “something for everybody” service, why they are no longer competing with Netflix, and why HBO is still the top choice for creatives (02:48). Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for the Marvel film ‘Thunderbolts*’ (26:52). For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ ⁠⁠click here⁠⁠. Email us your thoughts! ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Casey Bloys Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Bill Simmons, and I want to tell you about my movie podcast, The Rewatchables.
0:03.7	We're each week, I'm joined by Ringer movie lovers, Chris Ryan, Sean Van
0:07.7	Van Lathen, Kyle Brandt, Matley Rubin, we have a whole bunch of people on.
0:12.1	We talk about movies.
0:13.0	We can't stop rewatching.
0:14.4	And now you can watch us cover these movies on video in the Spotify app. We have covered over 350 movies including
0:21.8	Keat, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction.
0:24.2	We have some real heavy hitters
0:25.4	coming up here in 2025.
0:27.2	Make sure to follow us on Spotify
0:28.8	where you can watch every new episode right now.
0:33.3	Just head to the rewatchables on Spotify,
0:35.6	now on video.
0:39.0	It is Wednesday, April 30th.
0:41.7	For fans of prestige TV, this is the best time of the year.
0:45.8	April and May are the run-up to the Emmy eligibility deadlines,
0:49.0	so the platforms line up their best shows.
0:51.4	It's kind of overwhelming, actually.
0:53.2	Certainly true at HBO and its
0:54.7	streaming service, Max. They're currently airing hacks and The Last of Us, the rehearsal, Righteous
1:00.0	gemstones, White Lotus just finished, more coming. Max is a fascinating business story because
1:05.8	it's owned by Warner Brothers Discovery, of course, and thus has been the most impacted of all
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