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I cancelled HBO Max solely off of Infinity Train going away. I cannot fathom why their execs went so hard on the anti animation spree. From other articles I read they were just refusing to pay artists and license holders, including for content from their parent corporation.

I thought streaming companies lived and died by their content catalogs. Can anyone give a plausible argument for why HBO voluntarily slashed theirs?

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NPR's Marketplace show had a segment on this issue yesterday. Apparently residual creator royalties is a factor in streaming services cutting shows from their lineups as a cost savings factor.

Did the removed shows have much higher residuals than the shows which remain?

HBO doesn’t have the same model as a typical streaming platform, they are closer to the model of their subscription service where they cycle content rather than having a static lineup. The idea is to be more curated with newer or higher quality content.

Netflix and Hulu remove content because they lose the rights, HBO removes it so that it is fresh, but not an overwhelming amount of content.

Well referencing that they cancelled a lot of content that was new or literally done but unaired. The show Infinity Train that I referenced was even completed yet.

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