Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down four of its multiplex linear channels — HBO Family, ThrillerMax, MovieMax and OuterMax — in August, per a programming notice from Spectrum. "At Spectrum, we are committed to providing you with exceptional service and want to alert you of changes before they happen,

Subscribers to the company’s flagship streaming service, Max, watch HBO content, studio movies and older Warner Bros. series — and little else.

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.