HBO Max drops CNN live feed as CNN plans own streaming service

HBO Max will stop carrying CNN’s 24/7 live news feed on November 17, 2025, the streaming service and the network said, a move timed ahead of CNN’s planned launch of its own direct-to-consumer streaming offering this fall. HBO Max will continue to stream select CNN Originals, including Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy and The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.

CNN has provided a live round-the-clock feed on HBO Max for roughly two years. In announcing the change, CNN’s executive vice president of digital products and services, Alex MacCallum, said the partnership offered lessons about audience preferences and that the network intends to build on that insight with its forthcoming subscription product. "We learned from HBO Max’s large base of subscribers what people want and enjoy the most from CNN, and with the launch of our own new streaming subscription offering coming later this fall, we look forward to building off that and growing our audience with this unique, new offering," he said.

The decision follows CNN’s initial, short-lived attempt to enter the standalone streaming market in 2022, when CNN+ launched in March and was shuttered about a...