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 TBS/TNT President Kevin Reilly appeared at the
Television Critics Association presentation recently and revealed the most detailed plans
thus far for WarnerMedia’s proposed streaming service which he’ll be heading up.
A beta version of the service will launch in the fourth quarter of this year.
That version will not have original programming on it. We will not get that
until 2020 with the full service. The initial launch will showcase the library
of Warner media including the libraries of Warner Bros. studios, New Line
Cinema, HBO, The CW, TNT, TBS, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Looney Tunes, and
Hanna Barbara. There is no price point yet and HBO will remain available as a
standalone for now. It will be offered as an add-on when you sign up for the
service and if you get both, the two can be combined into a single user
experience. Reilly says: “They will run separately. HBO will be offered as a
standalone. Those are the customer base we will begin speaking to and offering
pricing. They can buy the service standalone. We’re required to offer it that
way. On top of it we will begin speaking to those consumers and saying, ‘Here’s
something else you may want to have.’ When they’re offered together it will be a
seamless consumer experience. You won’t have to toggle back and forth. The way
you get it on your feed or streaming will be a seamless integrated experience.”
Eventually Warner's programming on other services will become exclusive to their
channel. The DC Universe original series like Titans and Doom Patrol will be on
the service but they are working out the details of that right now.
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