With HBO Max and Disney+ restructuring their catalog, the fear that other platforms will follow a similar path is becoming more and more evident.
May 22, 2023, 1:41 p.m. – Updated May 22, 2023, 2:17 p.m.
Possibly you have already come across this news on social networks, several dozen series and movies could have the hours numbered on SkyShowtime. The news is not based on a rumor, but on a message that appears alongside various content from the joint platform of Paramount Global and Comcast (NBCUniversal), unleashing a wave of concern and outrage among members of a service that has not completed three months in Spain.
The controversy arose this weekend, when several users were surprised to see a notice of “remaining days” to see their episodes along with several of their favorite series. Among those affected are true SkyShowtime heavyweights such as Battlestar Galactica, The Office or Yellowstone, which if the “threat” came true would leave us without being able to see their episodes in 28 days.
That some series or movies can abandon a service is the order of the day, as much as we have gotten used to having everything forever with these subscription video-on-demand (or SVOD) services, but it is quite strange that such a young platform in the national territory deals with such a restructuring of its contents. beast, more taking into account the entity of some of the programs and films involved. That is why from Xataka Móvil they have wanted to delve into the matter.
SkyShowtime’s virtual assistant’s response
They have done it by contacting SkyShowtime via chat, a process that we have repeated from 3DJuegos, finding a “It may be a technical failure to display the content removal banner” as a reply. I, for my part, have received the following answer to my doubts: “No, that is not true. We are not going to remove any content from our platform”. In this way, and waiting for a more in-depth and public statement on the matter, it seems that we do not have to worry about the abandonment of these series and films beyond very specific cases in terms of broadcast rights.
“No, that is not true. We are not going to remove any content from our platform”
A few days ago several films from the Fast & Furious saga also left the service, something quite illogical considering that Fast X has just been released. The virtual assistant has assured XTK Movil that they are aware of the problem.
The deletion of series on HBO Max and Disney +
This news has gained some relief with HBO Max and Disney+ in the process of restructuring content to make the service a more profitable product. However, in this case there was no prior announcement, causing a sea of doubts among the viewers of which, for now, we only have the aforementioned answers by the SkyShowtime chat assistant.
We will update with any further clarification on the matter, but for now it seems that the possible march of Yellowstone responds to a technical failure.
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