topic HBO Max is Now Included in Most TV Packages! in Sky Q

HBO Max is Now Included in Most TV Packages!

KevNewMedia — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:38:31 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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Re: HBO Max is Now Included in Most TV Packages!

reegs73 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:10:01 GMT

Is there the option to upgrade to ad-free?

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caesarome — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:24:01 GMT

@reegs73

From the FAQ:

How do I upgrade my plan ?

You can upgrade to a different plan at a discounted price online, or in the TV section of the My Sky app.

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

superfurryboy — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:29:35 GMT

Hi, I had/have a TNT sub through EE.

When I opened HBO on Sky today I registered it to my sky account as prompted which uses a different address to that on my TNT account, now I cant seem to restart the process and sign in to HBO using my TNT email address.

Currently I can access TNT but not HBO content, whereas when i used my sky email address it was the opposite.

Any ideas??

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

DaveDrizen — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:45:26 GMT

If you had TNT sport on Discovery plus we were told in the pre launch publicity that to get. It on HBO max all we had to do was put our discovery plus log in details in the new HBO max app. That is not initially. Correct as we need to activate our HBO max account first either in my sky app or using the "get"button on the HBO max app on your sky box. Pressing the sign in button and entering discovery plus log in will come up with "no account found"

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

DaveDrizen — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:17:26 GMT

@superfurryboy wrote:
Hi, I had/have a TNT sub through EE.

When I opened HBO on Sky today I registered it to my sky account as prompted which uses a different address to that on my TNT account, now I cant seem to restart the process and sign in to HBO using my TNT email address.

Currently I can access TNT but not HBO content, whereas when i used my sky email address it was the opposite.

Any ideas??

If your TNT sport is not with sky you stuck with the two emails . However if you.have now tv with ee The HBo max entertainment is now included in now tv entertainment at no extra cost

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

superfurryboy — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:53:00 GMT

ta, that was what i thought

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DaveW99 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:43:40 GMT

I am in the same situation as you in that I have TNT Sports through EE. I want to activate my Sky HBO Max so I can get TV and movies. I spoke to a HBO advisor but she was no help and basically referred me to the standard HELP sections.

I asked if I should use my existing HBO TNT Sports email or do I have to have 2 accounts, one for TNT Sports and one for TV/movies. The help info doesn't cover this scenario.

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

superfurryboy — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:30:58 GMT

Sky and HBO are both utterly useless, all they suggest is having to login everytime i want to switch between HBO and TNT. I've spoken to both sides today.

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ayrshire1 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:40:08 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to claim HBO Max through Sky Q launch page. When it comes to entering date of birth, I can't seem to enter anything. Pressing the numbers on my remote control, it doesn't show onscreen so I can't complete the process.

Any ideas?

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

DaveDrizen — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:13:09 GMT

@ayrshire1 wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to claim HBO Max through Sky Q launch page. When it comes to entering date of birth, I can't seem to enter anything. Pressing the numbers on my remote control, it doesn't show onscreen so I can't complete the process.
Any ideas?

If you select the first box ( the day) of your date of birth on screen.and click on it You should be greeted with a couple of row of numbers on bottom of the screen. Select from these numbers to put your date of birth in the boxes

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

CSH123456 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:15:20 GMT

I also had trouble entering the date of birth, I couldn't get the numbers up to put in, I put in the gender first, then just kept going up and down pressing the remote button and then they eventually appeared

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Mr+Ripley — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:18:27 GMT

Can someone with a bit of time please post the quickest & easiest way in a step-by-step guide, to access HBO Max Premium tier via a Sky Q box? I'm sure it would be of great help to a lot of people, including me. Thanks.

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

DaveDrizen — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:23:53 GMT

@superfurryboy wrote:
Sky and HBO are both utterly useless, all they suggest is having to login everytime i want to switch between HBO and TNT. I've spoken to both sides today.

That's I am afraid that is correct the logins are for two different company's you can not expect to have sky offer on a competitor s log in and vicer verses. I presume you have up till now been watching tnt sport though the discovery plus app. If so you not had access to liner tnt Channels on sky box , like wise you can not expect access to skys free HBO max offer on that login. The only way can get it with sky login If you don't want the inconvenience of changing login each time is either change your tnt sport though sky. Though expect that may be more expensive than what you are paying though ee. Or like the post below change your ee login details to match your sky one or vicer verser

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DaveW99 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:08:23 GMT

I activated HBO Max from the MySky app.

Luckily I use the same email address for Sky and HBO Max TNT Sports (previously I had TNT Sports on Discovery+, subscription with EE).

Now on HBO Max I have access to all TV, movies and TNT Sports. I then subscribed to the "no ads" from MySky. I now have one HBO Max login with 2 active subscriptions (Standard billed with Sky and TNT Sports billed with EE)

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Maniatore2006 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:14:42 GMT

Today we got a big Downgrade... we lost a lot of Series and Movies.. the end of SKY in near. From No Adds to a lot of Ads. 4K to HD.. and manny more..

Series like ER and Friends, Gone, GoT Gone, For SKY Customer a very Bad day. Special with Older Hardware.

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Mutedpenguin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:24:16 GMT

Really poor show Sky.....not including the 'Standard with Ads' upgrade option.

It's that sort of stuff that really rubs my back up and makes me question staying with Sky. Removing a cheaper upgrade option (available to everyone else) to force Sky customers to buy a more expensive package if they want movie access. It's not a good look.

You would have gotten an extra £1 a month...now you're getting nothing. 🙄

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

Maleko64 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:42:57 GMT

I did the same as this, but the other way round. Logged into HBOMax with my TNT sports / discovery details and found it only gave me access to that and nothing else. I then activated it through Sky, (as use the same email address for both). I then upgraded my Sky hbo account to be Premium for £10 a month. HBO max says I have 2 active subs. One for TNT sports and one for Premium paid through Sky.

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superfurryboy — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:44:46 GMT

I resolved it by using EE to change the account in the end

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thumbs83 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:09:30 GMT

I pay for TNT Sport through BT. I have enetered my Discovery Plus log in details in the HBO Max app. This only gives me access to TNT Sport in the app not movies and series. I use the same email address for both Sky and TNT Sport (Discovery Plus). In order to get movies and series should I now activate HBO Max via Sky Q/My Sky app? I don't want to mess things up because I watch a lot more TNT Sport than I do series and movies.