Megogo says that it does not intend to continue cooperation with the HBO channel, which broadcasts new films, through intermediaries.
The American cable channel HBO and the streaming service HBO Max are officially not working in Ukraine. Ukrainian OTT services work with licensees who own the rights to their content. But based on recent events, the cooperation was terminated, so, the world famous series is no longer legally available for Ukrainians, writes The Village.
It has already been mentioned that in Russia, HBO works with the Amediateka service. And with this, the content of HBO and HBO Max is received by the Ukrainian distributor, which since April 2021 has been the service of Oll.TV, which is part of Rinat Akhmetov’s media holding Media Group Ukraine.
Oll.TV retained exclusive rights to the package until November 2021, when Moscow State University transferred Megogo to another Ukrainian service. But, as you know, on July 22, 2022, Oll.TV stopped working and the service has not been updated.
At the same time, after the start of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, HBO parent company WarnerMedia announced a “suspension of operations” in Russia. But at the end of June, the Russian service announced the return of exclusive content, including these series, and also announced the premiere of House of the Dragon in August. After updating a new HBO series on Amediateka, they started appearing in Ukraine on the Megogo platform.
But Megogo says it does not intend to continue working with the channel through intermediaries.
“Megogo does not cooperate with the aggressor country of the Russian Federation. We received American content from the HBO copyright holder through the Ukrainian distributor MGU, and this contract will be valid until the end of 2022. In the future, we will show the HBO content only if the counterparty is not a Russian company,” said Megogo.
They also note that they have repeatedly contacted HBO about a direct contract.
“We also expressed our desire to participate in the tender for this content and are waiting for an official invitation from the copyright owner. We hope that we will be able to work directly with HBO in the future. And we will show an example for other international copyright holders that the Ukrainian market is promising and important,” they added. service.
Recall that after the Russian attack on Ukraine, the largest American film studios – Sony, Warner Bros., Walt Disney Company and Universal – left the Russian market. After that, many theaters in Russia will soon close.
More than 40% of cinema halls are closed in Russia
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