HBO Max isn’t on Roku and Fire TV: What’s going on? [Update]

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HBO Max isn't on Roku and Burn down Television set: What's going on? [Update]

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HBO Max is here, unless you lot rely on Roku or Burn down Telly (like many households do). Yes, while (May 27) is twenty-four hours 1 for HBO Max the streaming service didn't meet the standard that Disney Plus fix, and is missing from top streaming devices, as the Apple Television receiver (seen above) is i of the few OTT boxes with HBO Max.

As recently as last calendar week, we saw reports that WarnerMedia (HBO's parent company) and Roku were still "racing to hammer out" the deal to get the HBO Max app on Roku TVs, sticks and boxes. It'south rumored that Roku's piece of the subscription fees pie is the sticking indicate.

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The lack of an HBO Max app on Roku is less shocking than the absence of an Amazon Fire TV app because AT&T CEO John Stankey warned investors that "it looks like we may not exist in the Amazon Burn down app store when all of this is said and done."

Via e-mail, an Amazon spokesperson provided the post-obit argument to Tom'south Guide, blaming HBO Max'southward parent visitor AT&T (which owns WarnerMedia): "With a seamless customer feel, near 5 million HBO streamers currently access their subscription through Amazon's Prime Video Channels. Unfortunately, with the launch of HBO Max, AT&T is choosing to deny these loyal HBO customers access to the expanded catalog."

In a statement reported by Newsweek, Roku didn't explicate what they're demanding, but basically said that HBO Max gets so much from their platform that they can wait: "While we don't typically comment on specific deal terms or negotiations, the fact is that in this instance while we believe that HBO Max would benefit greatly from distribution on Roku at launch, we do not currently have an agreement in place."

The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon and WarnerMedia are "at loggerheads over where the content volition reside and who volition have access to user data."

That statement is just meant to be about launch day availability, as information technology followed his claim that the visitor expected HBO Max to exist "in virtually all app stores" at launch. That didn't age well.

Wondering how big of a bargain this is? In 2019, market place enquiry firm Parks Assembly said that Roku has 39% of the installed base of streaming media players in the Usa, with Amazon Burn TV trailing behind at 30%. That means that somewhere around 69% of streaming media devices in households around the United states do non have admission to HBO Max.

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No HBO Max on Roku and Fire Goggle box frustrations

Ryan Penagos, Marvel's AgentM  tried to examination it out, but the lack of a Roku app was part of the impediments in his manner: "No roku app and Xbox 1 app merely errors out before downloading. Oh well." Tweeter @crazyduckzxc went so far as to side-load HBO Max onto his Fire Idiot box ... just it didn't work that well, as they had to plug in a mouse to navigate the interface.

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User @thelovelypossum nailed the consequence on the caput, merely saying "The fact that HBO Max isn't on Roku or Burn down Tv set is a huge L." Twitter user @drake_aca vented about how frustrating it feels to pre-social club the service when information technology isn't on his Roku: "so I maybe did that discounted preorder for literally no reason?  I'm never going to be the person who watches TV on my laptop.  If I'1000 on a computer I experience similar I'm working, I simply want to watch Telly on my Television receiver."

This could all be fixed relatively shortly, so we'll proceed y'all up to date.

Henry is a senior editor at Tom's Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the past six-plus years. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Mag. He'southward also covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.

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