WarnerMedia Ad Sales Chief JP Colaco Says Subscribers Have “Signed Up In Droves” For HBO Max With Ads, With Growth “Up And To The Right”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarnerMedia has made three more senior content hires in Asia to bolster its original productions teams in advance of the launch of HBO Max in the region.In the Singapore-based team, Mark Francis has been appointed group lead of production and development (scripted and unscripted) and Wee Shi Ming has been named lead of entertainment content acquisition for North Asia content. They both report into Magdalene Ew, WarnerMedia’s head of content – entertainment for Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.In Mumbai, Saugata Mukherjee joins WarnerMedia as head of content – entertainment, India.

WarnerMedia has bolstered its Asian original production teams in advance of the launch of HBO Max in the region, with three hires made in Singapore and India.

EXCLUSIVE: There’s another Suicide Squad spinoff series in the works, James Gunn recently told us on the upcoming episode of Deadline’s Hero Nation.

Angelique Jackson WarnerMedia OneFifty has acquired the short films, “Namoo” and “When the Sun Sets,” to be released on HBO Max.Both films are shortlisted to be nominated for the 2022 Academy Awards, with “Namoo” as a contender in the animated short film category and “When the Sun Sets” in the live-action short film category. The nominations will be formally announced on Feb.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterAT&T CEO John Stankey told investors he expects HBO Max to recoup all of the subscribers lost last fall after WarnerMedia pulled HBO from the Amazon Prime Video Channels marketplace in September amid ongoing agita in the TV industry about the fees Amazon takes for facilitating sales of subscription TV services.During AT&T’s hourlong fourth-quarter earnings call with investors on Wednesday, Stankey also noted that market conditions have spurred price hikes by HBO Max rivals, which means that HBO Max is not the most expensive of the major domestic players at present. Stankey didn’t mention Netflix by name, but the inference was clear.Last October, AT&T reported that HBO and HBO Max lost about 1.8 million subscribers in the third quarter after the disengagement from Amazon in the previous month.

HBO Max closed 2021 with 46.8 million domestic subscribers when combined with linear HBO, up 5.3 million over 2020, parent AT&T disclosed in its fourth-quarter earnings report.

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle and HBO Max Nordic are getting behind the inaugural European edition of The Writers Lab (TWL), the program devoted exclusively to script development for women and non-binary writers over the age of 40.

HBO Max is offering 20% off monthly plans for a year. If you've been waiting for an opportunity to catch up on HBO Max's Emmy-winning show  and the reboot, then this might be it. When you sign up for an annual plan before the deal ends, you can save $2 each month on HBO Max with ads.

Fran Drescher is reuniting with her TV mom, Renée Taylor.Drescher took to Instagram Monday with Taylor, who played her character's mother, Sylvia Fine, on , to celebrate the success of the '90s sitcom on HBO Max. «Everyone's loving on HBO Max,» Drescher said of the show, which hit the streamer in April 2021. «It's streaming with no commercials, completely original cut!»«No commercials?» Taylor questioned. «Ma, you press pause to get your snack!» Drescher explained.«Oh!» Taylor quipped before eating a handful of grapes. «I was worried.»«Now better than ever!» Drescher captioned the cute clip.A post shared by Fran Drescher (@officialfrandrescher)Co-created by Drescher and her ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson,  ran for six seasons on CBS between 1993 and 1999.

EXCLUSIVE: Ivory Aquino (When They See Us, Tales of the City) has joined the cast of Batgirl, the upcoming superhero film that Bad Boys for Life‘s Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are directing for HBO Max.

HBO Max is offering 20% off a one-year subscription. If you've been waiting for an opportunity to catch up on HBO Max's Emmy-winning show  and the reboot, then this might be it. When you sign up for an annual plan before the deal ends, you can save $2 each month on HBO Max with ads.

, production's set to begin in February in Hungary., released in 1983, was set in the 1940s, with Ralphie on a mission to get his hands on a Red Ryder BB rifle. Billingsley was only 12 when premiered in theaters.

HBO Max is offering 20% off a one-year subscription. If you've been waiting for an opportunity to catch up on HBO Max's Emmy-winning show  and the reboot, then this might be it. When you sign up for an annual plan before the deal ends, you can save $2 each month on HBO Max with ads.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterOn the heels of Cartoon Network’s “Craig of the Creek” Season 4 Part 2 premiere on Monday, WarnerMedia Kids & Family has already renewed the animated show for a fifth season and ordered prequel film “Craig of the Creek: The Movie” and preschool spinoff series “Jessica’s Little Big World” to expand the program into a franchise.All three Cartoon Network Studios-produced projects will be available on both cable channel Cartoon Network and streaming service HBO Max, with rollout plans for where the titles launch first to be announced at a later date.“Craig of the Creek” follows the precocious Craig and his best friends Kelsey and J.P. as they transform everyday afternoons into extraordinary adventures through imaginative play at the neighborhood creek.

One of the most anticipated series of 2022 is nearing, as HBO Max is prepping the release of “Our Flag Means Death.” As seen in the first teaser for the comedy series, “Our Flag Means Death” stars Rhys Darby as a new pirate on the scene who comes across a very interesting cast of characters, including Blackbeard (played by Taika Waititi, who also directs the pilot).

Leslie Grace has given fans a first look at her costume for the upcoming Batgirl film, expected to bow on HBO Max at some point this year.

John Cena’s Peacemaker shows off his moves in the opening credits sequence for the newly released HBO Max series.

Degrassi Community School lives on. HBO Max is bringing back the beloved teen drama for its sixth iteration — and the OG stars are wasting no time weighing in.

Steven Soderbergh is definitely the type of filmmaker who likes to work with people more than once. And there might not be an actor he has teamed up with more than Don Cheadle.