Canceled HBO Originals Re-Emerge on Roku

Westworld is back online , after beingcancelled by HBOand subsequentlyremoved from the company ’s HBO Maxstreaming platform at the remnant of 2022 . The democratic sci - fi serial publication re - emerged on The Roku Channel on Wednesday , as cover byTech Crunch .

Along with Westworld new content on Roku ’s program also includesThe NeversandRaised by Friedrich August Wolf , two other sci - fi shows that got the ax much earlier in their respective run than the four - season long Westworld arc . In sum , some 2,000 hours of content have been shifted over to Roku .

The move is the result ofa deal Roku and Tubi pennedearlier this year with Warner Bros. Discover ( the parent company of HBO ) , in the lead - up toa controversial planned mergerbetween WB ’s two streaming service : HBO Max and Discovery+ . As HBO Max has been been preparing to coalesce with Discovery+ , the banner has made massive content cuts , seemingly scrapping everything it can in the Leslie Townes Hope ofminimizing the costsit has to ante up out in residuals for projects that are no longer in production .

Roku (and Tubi) are here to save your favorite cancelled shows from the HBO Max/Discover+ streaming graveyard.

Roku (and Tubi) are here to save your favorite cancelled shows from the HBO Max/Discover+ streaming graveyard.Photo:Cineberg(Shutterstock)

Though potentially a shrewd business maneuver , the decision to effectively delete hour of content ( i.e. peoples ’ hard work ) off the internet has faced substantial pushback from medium workers andshow fans alike . The masses need the content ! And , at least in the fount of the Roku plenty , Warner Brothers pull off to enact a compromise and return a subset of its moving picture and present to the World Wide Web . Granted , of course that means having to get at yet another streaming serving to cobble together all your favorite substance .

In telephone exchange for its content , Roku and Tubi will pay up WB licensing fee . All it accept to get HBO to return the popular show to the internet was … a new monetisation strategy .

Through a retinue of new channels and the WB deal , Roku is offer the delete titles via free , advertizement - affirm FAST streaming . Tubi , too , is set to add the same slew of show and motion-picture show . Beyond Westworld , The Nevers , and Raised by Wolves , the pursuit , formerly - HBO or Discovery+-available content is also now well out through Tubi and Roku , per Tech Crunch :

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