HBO Is Safe on Fire TV—Kind Of

In an unmistakable final - hour agreement between WarnerMedia and Amazon , Fire TV drug user will be able to continue streaming HBO .

Let ’s back up a bit because a match of things happening simultaneously appeared to put Fire television user at risk of infection of losing HBO apps all . HBO Go isgoing awayas of today , July 31 , leave HBO Max and HBO ( the rebranded appformerly knownas HBO Now ) . But HBO Max has n’t slay Fire TV yet , and Variety reportedearlier this monththat Amazon ’s contract bridge for HBO Now was kick the bucket today as well .

Without a renewal agreement in place , Fire TV would have had precisely zero HBO apps . When asked for comment about an extension for the HBO Now - turned - HBO app , WarnerMedia declined to comment earlier this week .

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But the two have reached a deal for “ a myopic - term extension , ” a WarnerMedia spokesperson told Gizmodo in a statement by email today . Amazon also informed customers in an email this week that the HBO app and stream HBO via Prime Video will go along to be supported , harmonize to a copy of the email provided to Gizmodo . Variety earlierreportedon the electronic mail sent to customers .

But , alas for Fire tv set users , HBO Max will still be absent . A Fire TV interpreter said today there was no update there at this clock time . The WarnerMedia spokesperson told Gizmodo that the company continues “ to work hard to reach agreements with the few outstanding distribution partners left to bring all of HBO Max to customers on platforms , ” presumably referring also to Roku .

Obviously , miss HBO Max is a bummer , given theabsolutely bananashaul of content that WarnerMedia has introduce to the service . But some HBO is definitely good than no HBO . And in the interim , there are now around 4 million otherstreaming servicesto choose from .

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