It’s the tip of the street for Warner Bros. Discovery‘s MotorTrend+ automotive streaming service.
The media firm introduced that MotorTrend+ might be shut down after content material from the service is migrated over to Discovery+ and Max on the finish of March. The vast majority of present MotorTrend+ subscribers might be routinely migrated to Discovery+’s ad-free plan by the tip of March, retaining their identical subscription value. The corporate stated eligible MotorTrend+ subscribers will obtain e-mail directions on learn how to entry Discovery+. MotorTrend+ subs who signed up by way of a third-party companion is not going to be moved over.
MotorTrend+ subscriptions had price $5.99 per thirty days or $54.99 per yr. The ad-free model of Discovery+ is $8.99/month within the U.S.
Starting Friday, Feb. 23, 1,000 hours of MotorTrend’s programming is being added to Discovery+ (within the U.S. and Canada) and Max (within the U.S.). Hundreds of hours of extra MotorTrend content material might be added to each Discovery+ and Max by way of the tip of March, at which period the MotorTrend+ subscription service will “sundown.”
WBD stated MotorTrend information, opinions and buying instruments will proceed to be obtainable free of charge on its cellular apps and web sites.
MotorTrend content material obtainable on Discovery+ and Max contains “High Gear America,” a U.S. adaptation of the British present “High Gear” that includes Dax Shepard, Rob Corddry and Jethro Bovingdon on a mission to drive the wheels off no matter they will get their fingers on.
Different reveals from MotorTrend embody “Roadkill” with David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan (“two guys behaving badly with vehicles”); “Texas Steel,” following Ekstensive Steel Works, the place proprietor Invoice Carlton and his group design and construct “outrageous, enviable vehicles and vans”; “Kevin Hart’s Muscle Automotive Crew,” during which Hart and his pals attempt to remodel from automotive fanatics right into a legit automotive membership; and “Sizzling Rod Storage,” that includes Fortunate Costa, Tony Angelo and Alex Taylor becoming a member of forces to construct sizzling rods “in each form possible.”
In 2017, Discovery Communications acquired a majority stake in TEN: The Fanatic Community and mixed its Velocity TV community with the digital and live-event companies of TEN’s 20-plus automotive manufacturers together with MotorTrend and Sizzling Rod. The subscription streaming service, initially referred to as MotorTrend OnDemand, at one level supplied greater than 8,000 episodes and 4,000 hours of automotive collection and specials.
Pictured above: Dax Shepard in “High Gear America”
