CNN streaming service to debut on Max

Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform, Max, previously known as HBO Max, is to launch a CNN-dedicated 24/7 news streaming hub, CNN Max on its platform from September 27.

CNN Max will be a new seven-day-a-week/24-hour service which will leverage news reporting and live programming from its linear networks CNN US, CNN International, and feature original programming exclusively for Max.

As part of the launch, the CNN Originals hub will be renamed CNN Max, where subscribers will have expanded access to CNN Max 24/7 Live stream, CNN Originals, and additional news content.

The move is a reattempt to launch a streaming hub for the Warner Media news network, following the closure of the streaming service CNN+ a month after it launched in March 2022.

The new streaming offering will be part of an open beta for news which will experiment with product features and content offerings.

CNN anchors will feature in programming built specifically for Max such as CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, Rahel Solomon, Amara Walker and Fredricka Whitfield, and CNN Newsroom with Jim Sciutto. Sciutto will also lead breaking news coverage on the platform in the afternoons.

CNN Max will also stream Amanpour, Anderson Cooper 360, The Lead with Jake Tapper, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, and other anchors, correspondents, and contributors.

JB Perrette, CEO and President, Global Streaming and Games, said: “As we laid out at our launch only a few months ago, our vision for Max is to be The One to Watch for all members of a household. We have the broadest and highest quality entertainment offering, and now will include world-leading news as a meaningful addition for all Max subscribers, at no extra charge. CNN Max is differentiated by having 24/7 news at its core from CNN, the leading global news organization, and being available on a scaled streaming service in the U.S., which has a significantly younger and additive audience compared to traditional TV. This provides even more quality choices for Max customers who will be able to easily catch up on what is happening in the world, particularly in moments of breaking news, all within one seamless experience. We’re excited to engage our Max community in this initial beta stage to help us learn and develop what appeals most to our customers in this new genre,”

“The quality, depth and reach of CNN’s global journalism is what distinguishes the company and we’re thrilled to launch CNN Max and create a 24/7 live news streaming service. CNN Max brings the advantages CNN has in global newsgathering, breaking news coverage and top analysis to a new platform and a new audience. CNN was founded by innovating new ways to deliver the news, and through CNN Max more consumers will now be able to find, engage and learn from CNN’s reporting, giving the company multiple ways to build and grow for the future,” added CNN Worldwide’s leadership team, Amy Entelis, David Leavy, Virginia Moseley and Eric Sherling.