The films left the service after three months and will return to NBCUniversal’s recently launched streamer, Peacock, at a date to be determined later this year. The pact also meant Warners execs had to make a side deal that allowed all of the Harry Potter features to briefly stream on HBO Max when the service launched last May. That deal, which ends in April 2025, included digital initiatives as well as theme park content and events. broadcast, cable and streaming rights to the Wizarding World franchise. Domestic TV Distribution that included U.S. Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by four powerful wizards: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. Now, we’re assuming you’re more than familiar with the four houses of Hogwarts, but here’s a quick refresher, just in case. NBCUniversal in 2016 inked a rich seven-year rights deal with Warner Bros. Find out with the Hogwarts Sorting Experience created by J.K.

Rowling controls the franchise and has a say in everything involving the property. The Harry Potter franchise has complicated rights issues. (It’s also worth noting that HBO is building out its Game of Thrones arsenal with multiple other projects in the works, all of which would eventually live on HBO Max.) The latter was recently revived with three of its original stars returning for a new TV series as HBO Max leans into its IP to become a must-have subscription service. The streamer is also the home of mega-hit Friends (with a reunion planned to film in March for the service), Game of Thrones and all of HBO’s originals, including Sex and the City. The platform is the streaming home of DC Comics films, with multiple TV spinoffs and originals already in the works. HBO Max launched last year and is the home all of the company’s most valuable intellectual property. The plans for a Harry Potter TV series should be seen as a rightful extension of the property at a time when WarnerMedia (like other conglomerates) is prioritizing its streaming service.

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