Besides cutting HBO Family, WBD also plans to cease operations on the Cinemax multiplex channels ThrillerMax, MovieMax and OuterMax. Details of the pare down was first reported this week by Cord Cutters News,

Warner Bros Discovery is shutting down HBO Family and three Cinemax-branded channels in August as part of a broader plan to spin off its cable networks business.

Reports are that Warner Bros. Discovery is set to shutter a number of linear channels in August, including HBO Family and ThrillerMax.

The first of these two companies is tentatively dubbed "Streaming & Studios," though it will almost certainly maintain the Warner Bros. name. This company will comprise Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, DC Studios, HBO and the streaming service HBO Max, along with these brands' existing film and television libraries.

LONDON —Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that HBO Max will launch direct-to-consumer in multiple new countries this July as the streamer becomes available in Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, and Tajikistan.

Europe has been the fastest-growing international region for the streaming service, which is getting ready to accelerate its global growth strategy with the latest market debuts.

HBO Max will expand to 12 New territories in July; WBD execs outlined the local programming strategy at NEM Dubrovnik.

Remember the plan for HBO Max and Discovery to mix their content together into an all-new streaming called “Max”? Well, forget all that. Not even a month after declaring that Max would soon be HBO Max again,