No Saudi HBO Max has ever existed, and no Middle Eastern country is on HBO Max’s list. HBO itself is here — but what it costs depends on something most guides never mention: who bills you.
HBO Max has never operated in Saudi Arabia, and nothing has been announced. HBO content reaches Saudi viewers through OSN+, whose Saudi storefront carries an HBO section you can open and read today. It starts at SAR 48.99 a month — but Premium is SAR 69.99 here against AED 64.99 in the UAE, and one of the three telcos will not sell you Premium at all.
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Two Saudi-specific facts that the regional round-ups flatten into one Gulf price, which is wrong in both directions.
Start with the thing you can check yourself: OSN+ runs an HBO section on its Saudi storefront, headed “Best HBO Movies & Series on OSN+”, carrying The Last of Us, House of the Dragon, Succession, Euphoria and the Game of Thrones run. OSN’s own help centre describes what that is:
“Exclusive HBO, and Paramount+ content.” — OSN+ Help — what differentiates OSN
Then the prices, which are not the Emirati ones:
OSN+ in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, from OSN’s own pages
| OSN+ plan | Saudi Arabia | UAE, for comparison | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | SAR 48.99 a month, VAT included | AED 48.99 a month, VAT included | Nominally the same number |
| Premium | SAR 69.99 a month, VAT included | AED 64.99 a month, VAT included | Riyadh pays more |
| Standard with Ads | Not sold in Saudi Arabia | Not sold in the UAE | Offered in twelve other regional markets |
The riyal and the dirham are pegged at different rates, so the Premium gap is a real difference in what a subscriber pays rather than an illusion created by two numbers that look alike. The Standard tiers being the identical figure in two different currencies is the coincidence; the Premium tiers being different is the fact.
The second wrinkle is genuinely Saudi. OSN+ is sold through the telcos here, and they do not all sell the same thing. Through stc both tiers are available. Through Zain KSA, only the Standard tier is offered — so a reader who wants 4K and Dolby Atmos cannot simply pick whichever operator they already pay.
Which Saudi telco sells which OSN+ tier
| Billing route | Standard | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| stc KSA | SAR 48.99 | SAR 69.99 |
| Mobily | SAR 48.99 | SAR 69.99 |
| Zain KSA | SAR 48.99 | Not offered |
No route through any of them reaches the American live sport, which is a United States product on a United States plan.
The other thing worth getting right here is which Saudi services do not have these shows, because “Warner” and “HBO” get used interchangeably and they are not the same thing. Shahid licenses Warner Bros. theatrical films and Cartoon Network. beIN licenses from Warner Bros. Television. Both are Warner catalogues; neither is HBO, and neither will get you House of the Dragon.
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The interesting comparison is not the Gulf against the world. It is Saudi Arabia against the smaller, poorer markets HBO Max did launch in.
HBO Max’s own availability list, read on 24 September 2026
| Region | On HBO Max’s list? | Note |
|---|---|---|
| United States and its territories | Yes | The U.S. library, U.S. release dates and the live-sports slate |
| Europe and Central Asia | Yes | Around 45 countries, including Kazakhstan, Georgia and Türkiye |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | Yes | Effectively all of it |
| Asia-Pacific | Yes | From Australia to Pakistan, and Japan from 1 October 2026 |
| Saudi Arabia and the whole Gulf | No | Not Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain or Oman |
Put Saudi Arabia against the markets HBO Max did reach and the omission stops looking like rollout order. It is in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. It is in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It is in Albania and Moldova. Saudi Arabia is the largest television market in the Gulf and a bigger economy than most of that list combined, and it is not there.
Which tells you the decision was never about audience size or willingness to pay. It was about who already holds the rights — and in this region, that has been settled for years.
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What the American service costs, and what Saudi Arabia cannot buy at any price from anybody.
Prices checked against HBO Max’s own plan page on 24 September 2026. They are the same everywhere in the United States.US HBO Max, from HBO Max’s own plan page
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | Streams | Quality | Downloads | Live sports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic with Ads | $10.99 | $109.99 | 2 | 1080p | None | No |
| Standard | $18.49 | $184.99 | 2 | 1080p | 30 | Yes |
| Premium | $22.99 | $229.99 | 4 (2 for sports) | 4K, Dolby Atmos where available | 100 | Yes |
“Prices don’t include applicable taxes.” — HBO Max Help — plans and prices
“Live Sports on HBO Max is included with the Standard and Premium plans.” — HBO Max Help — sports
That sports line is the part that does not travel and the part most people are actually after. In HBO Max’s own words:
“With Sports on HBO Max, you can stream live games, matches, and events in 2026, including: MLB, NASCAR, NCAA Big 12 and Big East, NCAA College Football Playoffs, NCAA March Madness®, NHL, Roland-Garros, T100, Unrivaled, WEC, Cycling, Players Era Festival, U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Team matches, and The Match.” — HBO Max Help — sports on HBO Max
None of that is sold in Saudi Arabia by anyone, at any price. It is a United States product with United States rights behind it.
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These are HBO Max’s rules, not this site’s reading of them, and they apply to every subscriber wherever they are.
“If you travel to a country or region where HBO Max is not available, you won’t be able to stream.” — HBO Max Help — where HBO Max is available
“HBO Max is currently available in these countries and regions:” — HBO Max Help — the availability list itself
Two things follow that are worth separating. A subscription does not stop existing when you cross a border — billing, plan and profiles carry on. What changes is what the app will play, and in a country HBO Max does not serve, the answer is nothing.
The availability list is also the thing to check rather than trust second-hand. It is edited as markets launch, and it has lagged: Japan is getting HBO Max on 1 October 2026 inside Prime Video and Hulu, which is the kind of change that reaches the press before it reaches the help centre.
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One layer of the stack, described plainly, with the other layers left where they are.
USip sells the network part and nothing else. Every HBO Max rule above still applies in full.
The regional caution applies here as much as in Dubai: Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery had not closed as of 22 September 2026, and neither Warner Bros. Discovery nor OSN has said anything about what it means for HBO on OSN+.
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Each one is quick, and each one can save a subscription you would have had to cancel.
It is a public page on the Saudi storefront. If what you want is already there, SAR 48.99 is the shorter road.
stc and Mobily offer both. Zain KSA offers Standard only — so if you want 4K and Dolby Atmos, the operator you bill through decides whether you can have it.
Premium is SAR 69.99 here against AED 64.99 in the Emirates. Regional round-ups quote one Gulf price and it is wrong in one direction or the other.
Connect the residential U.S. address first, open a private desktop window, and play one ordinary on-demand title. One result, one variable.
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No. HBO Max publishes the list of countries and regions it serves, and Saudi Arabia is not on it. Nothing has been announced either.
No — it was never there. There has been no Saudi HBO Max to withdraw. That matters because “bring it back” campaigns are arguing for something that never existed.
No, and this is the error nearly every page on the subject makes. HBO Max passed 100 markets in October 2025 and its own list runs to roughly 140 countries and territories. It is simply not sold in Saudi Arabia.
Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount Skydance agreed to buy it, and that deal had not closed as of 22 September 2026 — Netflix, which was reported as a bidder, withdrew. Nobody has said what any of it means for licences outside the United States, so this page does not guess.
This page will not tell you that, because nobody outside HBO Max can. A residential U.S. IP changes one layer — the address a service reads. Your account country, your plan, the catalogue licence and the app store all sit above it and are untouched.
No. HBO Max publishes its own country list and no Gulf state appears on it. Nothing has been announced for the region.
OSN+, which runs an HBO section on its Saudi storefront and describes its HBO content as exclusive on its own help centre.
SAR 48.99 a month for Standard and SAR 69.99 for Premium, VAT included, per OSN’s own subscription pages. Premium is more expensive here than the AED 64.99 charged in the UAE.
If your telco is Zain KSA, only the Standard tier is offered. stc and Mobily sell both tiers.
No. Shahid licenses Warner Bros. theatrical films and Cartoon Network, and beIN licenses from Warner Bros. Television. Warner content is not HBO content, and neither service is a route to the HBO originals.
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Availability, prices and catalogues all move. Every factual claim on this page links to the page it came from.
HBO Max is a third-party service and is not affiliated with USip. HBO Max controls account eligibility, prices, catalogues, supported devices and content rights, and all of them change.
Confirm what your account is actually entitled to. Connect the residential U.S. address before you open HBO Max. Use a clean browser session. Then play one ordinary on-demand title your plan includes — not the newest thing, not a live game. That single result tells you more than an evening of retrying will.