Casey Bloys on HBO Max’s U.K. Launch, the Paramount Deal and That Lunch With Ted Sarandos

HBO and HBO Max chief Casey Bloys is in London this week for the U.K. and Ireland launch of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) streamer HBO Max on Thursday, March 26.

The debut with launch partners Sky and Prime Video follows the mid-January launch of the streamer in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein, as well as Paramount’s $111 billion megadeal for WBD.

During a December visit to the British capital to reveal HBO’s slate, Bloys brought along the likes of Euphoria executive producer, writer and director Sam Levinson, who previewed season 3, The Comeback** **creators Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, Industry co-creators and writers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, along with star Marisa Abela, as well as Ira Parker, the co-creator and showrunner of A Night of the Seven Kingdoms, set in the Game of Thrones universe.