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HBO Max is Now Included in Most TV Packages!

KevNewMedia — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:37:40 GMT

Hi Everyone

From the 26th March, HBO Max Basic with Ads is now part of the Sky package for Sky Q/Glass/Stream customers. So, you can enjoy all this entertainment as part of your monthly subscription, at no added cost.

Whether you’re diving back into the drama of Game of Thrones, soaking up the grit of The Wire, exploring new worlds in The Pitt or Lanterns, or settling in with the magic of Harry Potter, tell us in the comments what’s grabbed your attention first.

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HBO MAX

robcole2026 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:34:19 GMT

My initial excitement of getting to see some new shows has turned to disappointment as there soooo many ads. I know I can pay extra to remove them but there seems to be more then Disney + & Netflix

Re: HBO MAX

Me134 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:12:06 GMT

I had a quick look and the Ad free tier is £5 or £10 for the premium.

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nmbailey — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:47:31 GMT

I've got Sky Ad Skipping but it doesn't work with HBO Max stuff

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nmbailey — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:49:24 GMT

Where's the option to go ad free?

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Me134 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:55:29 GMT

@nmbailey wrote:
Where's the option to go ad free?

The Ad skipping won't work on any 3rd party app, you can upgrade through your account marketplace option, it's £5 for Ad free or £10 for premium.

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antwhite — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:06:04 GMT

I agree, I’m also disappointed, although I’m not entirely sure what I expected.

Most of the programmes and films I watch are already available through Sky, without adverts and in 4K. Because of that, I’m not convinced this app adds much value for me at the moment.

On the positive side, I had no issues transferring my TNT subscription from EE to the new platform.

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MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:07:20 GMT

@nmbailey wrote:
I've got Sky Ad Skipping but it doesn't work with HBO Max stuff

Correct, you need to upgrade HBO Max tiers to go ad-free.

You can do this via your My Sky account under App Subscriptions.

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MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:11:36 GMT

@antwhite wrote:
I agree, I’m also disappointed, although I’m not entirely sure what I expected.

Most of the programmes and films I watch are already available through Sky, without adverts and in 4K. Because of that, I’m not convinced this app adds much value for me at the moment.

On the positive side, I had no issues transferring my TNT subscription from EE to the new platform.

Except a lot of the HBO content that previously was available through Sky's on-demand will gradually be leaving as Sky's rights expire, so the only place to get the content will be HBO Max. Essentially going forward Sky will be broadcasting new seasons of shows they have started broadcasting, for example The Last of Us, House Of The Dragon, with all the older archive content being exclusive to HBO Max as and when the various Sky rights deals for each show expires.

I'd may be wrong but i'd imagine over time some of the film content may also have shorter life spans available through Sky before they move to periods of HBO Max exclusivity.

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nmbailey — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:23:56 GMT

I'd expect TV and film content on HBO Max to stay indefinitely now, whereas WB stuff on Sky, Netflix etc could disappear

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nigea99 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:47:41 GMT

@antwhite wrote:

I agree, I’m also disappointed, although I’m not entirely sure what I expected.

Most of the programmes and films I watch are already available through Sky, without adverts and in 4K. Because of that, I’m not convinced this app adds much value for me at the moment.

On the positive side, I had no issues transferring my TNT subscription from EE to the new platform.

I think that may be the case for many customers - it is when new content begins to appear only on HBOMax that it will make more of a difference

I haven't explored it but, also there is likely to be some older stuff that is no longer available on SKY

Re: HBO Max is Now Included in Most TV Packages!

CoffeeDrinker — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:25:47 GMT

Just signed up to Basic With Ads via my Sky Stream box, using existing Sky related name & email address. Went through absolutely fine. Set up Scooby Doo as my profile picture (yay!) but no Scooby Doo, Where Are You? on HBO Max itself (boo!).

The same activation pulled through to our Sky Glass gen 1 TV fine as well. Next was signing in on my iPad and two Apple TV 4K boxes. The first prompted the creation of a password after receiving the usual 6 digit code via email, with subsequent logins done via on screen QR codes.

All pretty seamless and streaming the new Harry Potter was smooth and without judder. Next will be to go up to the Premium tier on MySky and to start exploring properly. Most of the catalogue films we'd want to watch on the service we already own either digitally or on disc but I'm sure there will be plenty to discover and watch. (Not sports viewers so can't pass comment on the sports tier migration from TNT etc).

My access to TNT sports has been removed

NathanB4435 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:38:14 GMT

Up until last week I had access to watch TNT Sports via the Discovery app. In fact I watched Man City Vs Real Madrid on Tuesday night. The night after I attempted to watch the Newcastle game and I couldn't access the program. I was getting the option to GET ACCESS like I had to subscribe. I've had access to watch TNT via the discovery app for years. I've been watching football and UFC since I had Sky Stream.

I called Sky today to try and get help. I ended up speaking to what sounded like a very old lady bless her. She was lively but wasn't the best technical support. She told me she didn't know how I've been watching TNT as you have to subscribe. I definitely haven't been paying £31 a month. It's always been free as part of Discovery+

Anyone got any idea what's changed for me? Was TNT Sport free through the discovery app and should it now be free with HBO MAX?

Also, I get the same message on HBO Max if I try watch a film. I understand there are different paid tiers of HBO and some movies aren't included but with Discovery+ there are no ways to upgrade tiers.

I hope all this makes sense and would love for someone to have information to help.

many thanks in advance

HBO Max Standard with Ads not available?

Danny71 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:57:32 GMT

Is Sky not offering the Standard with Ads tier of HBO Max? If you go direct there are 4 tiers on offer... Basic with ads (£4.99/Free with Sky) Standard with ads (£5.99/should be +£1) Standard (£9.99/+£5) Premium (£14.99/+£10) The second tier doesn't seem to be being offered via Sky which is ridiculous as I can imagine it would be the most popular. I'd rather not pay an extra fiver for yet another streaming service but a pound to get the full catalogue seems a no-brainer. I'm sure I remember seeing online that it would be available. Is this a glitch, an oversight or are we not going to be able to get this through Sky?

Re: HBO Max Standard with Ads not available?

NathanB4435 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:05:07 GMT

So which tier is tnt sports on HBO?

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Re: HBO Max Standard with Ads not available?

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:13:06 GMT

@Danny71 wrote:
Is Sky not offering the Standard with Ads tier of HBO Max? If you go direct there are 4 tiers on offer... Basic with ads (£4.99/Free with Sky) Standard with ads (£5.99/should be +£1) Standard (£9.99/+£5) Premium (£14.99/+£10) The second tier doesn't seem to be being offered via Sky which is ridiculous as I can imagine it would be the most popular. I'd rather not pay an extra fiver for yet another streaming service but a pound to get the full catalogue seems a no-brainer. I'm sure I remember seeing online that it would be available. Is this a glitch, an oversight or are we not going to be able to get this through Sky?

No - the Standard with ads £5.99 isn't currently available through Sky

Re: HBO Max Standard with Ads not available?

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:14:05 GMT

@NathanB4435 wrote:
So which tier is tnt sports on HBO?

Its not on a tier. There is an additional add-on subscription that you can get for TNT Sports, which can be used without any other HBO max tier, and can be added to any of the Max Entertainment plans

Re: My access to TNT sports has been removed

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:16:12 GMT

@NathanB4435 wrote:
Up until last week I had access to watch TNT Sports via the Discovery app. In fact I watched Man City Vs Real Madrid on Tuesday night. The night after I attempted to watch the Newcastle game and I couldn't access the program. I was getting the option to GET ACCESS like I had to subscribe. I've had access to watch TNT via the discovery app for years. I've been watching football and UFC since I had Sky Stream.

I called Sky today to try and get help. I ended up speaking to what sounded like a very old lady bless her. She was lively but wasn't the best technical support. She told me she didn't know how I've been watching TNT as you have to subscribe. I definitely haven't been paying £31 a month. It's always been free as part of Discovery+

Anyone got any idea what's changed for me? Was TNT Sport free through the discovery app and should it now be free with HBO MAX?

Also, I get the same message on HBO Max if I try watch a film. I understand there are different paid tiers of HBO and some movies aren't included but with Discovery+ there are no ways to upgrade tiers.

I hope all this makes sense and would love for someone to have information to help.

many thanks in advance

TNT Sports isn't free, and wasn't free with Discovery +. TNT Sports was part of the Premium tier on Discovery +. ( which if you paid Sky for TNT Sports you were automatically upgraded to).

Today TNT sports moved from Discovery + to HBO Max, but how you access the TNT Sports content on HBO Max will depend on who you were paying for TNT Sports previously.

Re: My access to TNT sports has been removed

oj01 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:29:11 GMT

@NathanB4435 wrote:
Up until last week I had access to watch TNT Sports via the Discovery app. In fact I watched Man City Vs Real Madrid on Tuesday night. The night after I attempted to watch the Newcastle game and I couldn't access the program. I was getting the option to GET ACCESS like I had to subscribe. I've had access to watch TNT via the discovery app for years. I've been watching football and UFC since I had Sky Stream.

I called Sky today to try and get help. I ended up speaking to what sounded like a very old lady bless her. She was lively but wasn't the best technical support. She told me she didn't know how I've been watching TNT as you have to subscribe. I definitely haven't been paying £31 a month. It's always been free as part of Discovery+

Anyone got any idea what's changed for me? Was TNT Sport free through the discovery app and should it now be free with HBO MAX?

Also, I get the same message on HBO Max if I try watch a film. I understand there are different paid tiers of HBO and some movies aren't included but with Discovery+ there are no ways to upgrade tiers.

I hope all this makes sense and would love for someone to have information to help.

many thanks in advance

TNT Sport has never been free with Discovery+. If you weren't paying Sky or Discovery direct, maybe you were getting it free via some 3rd party? I believe EE offer it and possibly one of the banks (could be Lloyds) bundle it into their packages.