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TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

MCF888 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:14:03 GMT

Hi,

I would be grateful if anyone could give me some advice on the foillowing:

I currently get the TNT Sport channels through Sky, although this is paid for via BT, my broadband provider (I am a heritage customer from the old BT Sport days).

Whilst I can watch the channels live on Sky, I have never been able to access sports content through Discovery+, although I used to be able to through the old BT Sport app. Any catch-up I see is dependant on what I can see through the Sky platform.

I know that the TNT Sport channels and Discovery + sport content are moving to HBO Max on 26th March and I've read the info put out by the various partiers involved.

However, I'm not clear which category my subscription profile falls into.

Will it count as a "gets it through Sky", meaning that I should follow that option on the HBO Max app on 26th, or should I be logging in with my exisitng Discovery+ details, which have never let me see any sport to date?

I don't want to chose the wrong option on 26th as I know from past experience these can somethimes be very diffilcut to unwind.

Thanks.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Angel_Aka — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:20:34 GMT

@MCF888

Probably wise to wait until Thursday because at this point in time nobody has any actual evidence of how the TNT migration to HBO Max will work.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Super+Anthony — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:25:07 GMT

Have read this but not sure if it's accurate from AI

Sky TV: Most Sky customers will have HBO Max "Basic with Ads" included in their subscription from 26 March. TNT Sports subscribers via Sky will need to activate their account in the HBO Max app on launch day.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Angel_Aka — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:27:24 GMT

@Super+Anthony

Wait for Sky to make an official announcement of the process on Thursday. Not some random AI gibberish, pulled together from a bunch of forum and reddit speculation no doubt.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

MCF888 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:30:11 GMT

Thanks. I thought that might be the case.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

MarkGoldsmith — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:01:28 GMT

@Super+Anthony wrote:
Have read this but not sure if it's accurate from AI

Sky TV: Most Sky customers will have HBO Max "Basic with Ads" included in their subscription from 26 March. TNT Sports subscribers via Sky will need to activate their account in the HBO Max app on launch day.

I'm not sure that will necessarily be the case. I would have thought that if you subscribe to TNT Sports via Sky, then similar to how your "included Discovery+" subscription got automatically upgraded to the Premium tier to include sports, a similar thing will happen: your Basic with Ads HBO Max subscription, once linked to your Sky account, will automatically get upgraded to include the Sports subscription add-on.

Just an educated guess based on how it currently works for Discovery +, but obviously, the exact process will be published by Sky on Thursday once HBO Max launches.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

SKY1992bf — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:02:03 GMT

@MCF888 I am the same I watch through sky hardware (sky+hd) but pay bt for my access since 2017 long before sky were able to sell bt sports direct

however I had no issues accessing via the old bt sports app or have I have had issues accessing the sports via discovery plus using my discovery plus credentials on the standalone native discovery plus app on my mobile devices and tv outside of sky hardware

When bt sports became tnt bt sent me instructions how to link my bt account to a discovery plus account without using sky hardware and it's worked flawlessly ever since

now that tnt sports is moving to hbo I've received an email from discovery saying all I need to do on Thursday is to download the hbo app and sign in with my discovery plus credentials to continue to watch the sports

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Richardr1 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:47:41 GMT

If you pay BT for the TNT Sport channels, then the access to Discovery+ today and HBO Max tomorrow is through them. I would check with them as to the position, as you should get the sport channels now.

However, the thing to be careful with, and may be affecting you, is that most standard Sky packages come with the basic tier of Discovery [and HBO going forward]. However, using that Sky login won't get you the sports tier. BT should give you a separate login which will get the sport. I used to get the channels via BT like you and ended up with two logins to Discovery+, and just ignored the Sky one.

Note that the Discovery+ / HBO Max BT login can be used on the app on Sky boxes as well as your TV and any other boxes you have.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

MCF888 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:05:25 GMT

@SKY1992bf

Thanks, that's great advice.

I'd totally missed the ability to link a BT Sport account to Discovery+, but I've just gone through the BT link and done it now. And it seems that you get a better Discovery+ subscription included as part of the BT Sport/TNT Sport subscription than you get through SKY.

I've now logged out and back in again on Sky and it seems - fingers crossed - to have updated everything so that I can see everthing live on the TNT channels in the programme guide and watch on catch up through Discovery+.

Hopefully, that's everything set up for 26th....

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

SKY1992bf — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:27:58 GMT

@MCF888 wrote:
@SKY1992bf
Thanks, that's great advice.
I'd totally missed the ability to link a BT Sport account to Discovery+, but I've just gone through the BT link and done it now. And it seems that you get a better Discovery+ subscription included as part of the BT Sport/TNT Sport subscription than you get through SKY.
I've now logged out and back in again on Sky and it seems - fingers crossed - to have updated everything so that I can see everthing live on the TNT channels in the programme guide and watch on catch up through Discovery+.
Hopefully, that's everything set up for 26th....

@MCF888 Just remember that from Thursday you need to download the hbo max app and login with your discovery plus credentials to get the sport whilst the entertainment channels remain on discovery plus app

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

oj01 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:19:49 GMT

@Super+Anthony wrote:
Have read this but not sure if it's accurate from AI

I've not read it but can be fairly sure that anything that is AI will not be accurate.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Ste1225 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:35:01 GMT

So if you have already as part of Sky package you don't need to upgrade to activate HBO max basic with ads??

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Ste1225 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:43:29 GMT

So if you have tnt already as part of Sky package you don't need to upgrade to activate HBO max basic with ads??

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Andy+Garton — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:54:08 GMT

I'm a TNT customer via Sky and my existing Discovery+ login *doesn't* work in the new HBO app today, despite the Sky process saying it should. Help! Does it work for anybody else?

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Thetokenofsleep — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:44:21 GMT

Nope having the same issue unfortunately

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Mostlysinging — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:44:56 GMT

I activated hbo via sky and got a code to my email to do this. Now I'm in it shows I have two subscriptions - Sky for the hbo part and via BT for TNT sports.

I'm unclear on whether I can combine and just get through Sky. Or whether as easy/same price to stay with BT

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Thetokenofsleep — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:55:23 GMT

Managed to figure it out, went to my sky app. Then went to my products and it says hbo max and activate . Click on that and it let's you activate it there and then you can login to hbo max app with your existing discovery plus credentials or you can just create an account with the email you use for sky. Then tells you that you can watch tnt through hbo max

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

Legion28 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:10:14 GMT

I had to go to my sky then selected products and could activate HBO Max which took me to the login,

It then sent me a one-time code, when i entered this it gave me options to continue or cancel, when I tried to select continue it told me that this would create a new subscription so i would have 2 subscritions, so i selected cancel and it then took me to HBO Max and it is working ok.. Prior to this there was no HBO Max app on my sky Q apps selecion, after activation it seemed to appear..

I also signed into HBO Max from my LG tv and it accepted my Discovery + credentials...

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:22:35 GMT

@Andy+Garton wrote:
I'm a TNT customer via Sky and my existing Discovery+ login *doesn't* work in the new HBO app today, despite the Sky process saying it should. Help! Does it work for anybody else?

Nope that's not corrrct. Your existing discovery + login works only for you subscribe to TNt Spotte directly via Disocbery + ( as under that condition they are migrating user accounts due to TNT sports moving).

If you pay via Sky for TNT sports you need to activate hbo max to link your Sky and max accounts together. Either open hbo max on a Sky device and follow the instructions or activate hbo max via App Subscriptions from your My Sky account.

Re: TNT Sport migration to HBO Max

evapor888 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:55:00 GMT

At the moment when I try and activate I'm only being led to a page where it's trying to insist I pay monthly. No recognition of my existing Sky subscription.

Chris