{"id":7307,"date":"2025-02-27T03:51:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T03:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/max-drops-extra-fee-for-live-sports-news\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T03:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T03:51:42","slug":"max-drops-extra-fee-for-live-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/max-drops-extra-fee-for-live-sports-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Max drops extra fee for live sports &#038; news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<h1>Max Reverses Course, Won&#8217;t Charge Extra for Live Sports and News<\/h1>\n<p>In a surprise move, Max has decided not to charge an extra $10 monthly fee for live sports and news content, as was previously announced. According to a statement from Warner Bros. Discovery, the plan to charge extra for this content has been shelved, and instead, the content will be removed from the ad-supported tier starting next month.<\/p>\n<h2>Background<\/h2>\n<p>In 2023, Max announced that its Bleacher Report (B\/R) Sports Add-On tier would only be free until February 2024, after which it would become a $10 add-on for all tiers. However, the deadline passed without any news of the extra fees being implemented. It wasn&#8217;t until last September that Bloomberg reported that the $10 fee was still in the works and could arrive as soon as that month.<\/p>\n<h2>Current Developments<\/h2>\n<p>Today&#8217;s news brings relief to paying subscribers, as they will continue to have access to live sports and news content without any additional charges. However, ad-supported members will lose access to B\/R Sports and CNN Max, the news network&#8217;s streaming service, on March 30. Those who want to retain access to sports and news can visit the Max Help Center for more information.<\/p>\n<h2>Impact<\/h2>\n<p>B\/R Sports streams over 1,700 live games and events annually across various leagues, including the NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA, and NASCAR. CNN Max is Warner CEO David Zaslav&#8217;s latest attempt to turn a CNN streaming service into a revenue stream, which is much needed for the debt-ridden company. This month alone, the company made sweeping cuts to its games division and began offering some of its movies on YouTube.<\/p>\n<h2>Future Uncertainty<\/h2>\n<p>Although Max subscribers will welcome today&#8217;s announcement, there&#8217;s reason to question whether the free integration will be permanent. In its press release, Max only said it won&#8217;t pursue the extra fee &quot;for now,&quot; leaving room for potential changes in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Consider checking out the Max streaming service, which offers a range of content, including live sports and news. <a href=\"https:\/\/shopping.yahoo.com\/rdlw?merchantId=c7892fca-8328-4299-9c5b-59b5f841f383&amp;siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=pnr-product-module&amp;contentUuid=dfaf932f-c8be-48bd-81ce-41c4bca074ba&amp;featureId=manual-entry&amp;merchantName=HBO+Max&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5tYXguY29tIiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiJkZmFmOTMyZi1jOGJlLTQ4YmQtODFjZS00MWM0YmNhMDc0YmEiLCJvcmlnaW5hbFVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1heC5jb20ifQ&amp;signature=AQAAAflMmYVRZYE08fmbxv_IOKau0_mXiFpVFzak9wH4YT7S&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.max.com&amp;itemName=Max+-+Basic+with+Ads+%28One+Month%29&amp;refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fentertainment%2Fstreaming%2Fmax-reverses-course-wont-charge-extra-for-live-sports-and-news-175010512.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Max<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/streaming\/max-reverses-course-wont-charge-extra-for-live-sports-and-news-175010512.html?src=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Reverses Course, Won&#8217;t Charge Extra for Live Sports and News In a surprise move, Max has decided not to charge an extra $10 monthly fee for live sports and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[2319,116,318,63,317,889],"class_list":["post-7307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-cnn","tag-entertainment","tag-max","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-warner-bros-discovery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/8510ea80-f464-11ef-adfe-40aa7706c0ae.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}