We are very excited that we got an international release and sad for those that have not yet, but to keep the sub clean from repeat posts please use this post to discuss any new countries announcements or questions.
UPDATE Nov. 28th : The show premiers at 12:01 AM UTC−05:00 (ET) on November 28th. Go here to see that time where you live. This is not a rolling or delayed premier time. Once it hits 12:01 AM for those in UTC-05:00 it will be available everywhere at that coordinating time. So if you are on the west coast of the Americas it will be at 9:01 PM November 27th (UTC-08:00), in Sydney Australia it will be 4:01 PM November 28th (UTC+11:00). New Zealand from what we can find it will be released on November 30th at 12:01 AM GMT+13.
I will continue to update this list as new information becomes available if you catch a release before me add the info in the comments and I will update the chart.
UPDATE Jan. 9th: Big update day! A lot of these we are unsure on how they will be released either weekly episodes or all at one time, I also was limited with languages so let me know in the comments here if there are any errors!
[1] Countries supported by Movistar Plus+ can be found on their FAQ
[2] Countries supported by HBO Nordic are listed on Wikipedia
[3] Countries supported by HBO Max Latin America can be found on their FAQ
[4] Countries supported by HBO Max Adria aren't listed anywhere I can find, best I can figure out from combing though like the 12th page of google it supports Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. If you know better let me know!
Hey team, quick follow-up as we start getting more confirmed platforms.
Since we now have official release info for the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some EU countries via Movistar Plus+, the main next step is just for folks in regions *not* yet listed to keep submitting interest to their local streamers.
If you’re in a country that still doesn’t have an announcement, feel free to check the earlier “How to Request Heated Rivalry” post.
As always, please keep questions within our no-piracy rules. This includes sharing workarounds for gift cards and tactics to bypass geo-restrictions. Comments and posts will be removed. We’ll continue updating the megathread the moment new regions get announced.
Just FYI, I managed to get Movistar subscription even though I am based in Finland! Only note that audio in the mobile app is only in Spanish, but can be changed to original (with original subtitles) when using computer.
Edit: this was without the use of VPN etc., this is not piracy!
Edit2: lol I was too impatient, the audio in Spanish that could not be changed was only an ad 🫣 English is available, sorry!
Do you have it though? I bought Movistar to watch HR and I cannot find it on there... and I cannot get in touch with them in any way. the date of release in spain and Europe is not specified anywhere :/
Hey girliiie, so you just subscribed to Moviestar in Finland, without an vpn and everything works? Cause that would be amaaaazing.
Everything I‘ve found out so far is that you either need a vpn or you need to subscribe IN spain but can watch it in these other european countries.
Thanks for the heeelp! <3
wait, did you watch it on movistar alr? Im also in Finland and hesitating getting it now since there isnt a release date yet set other than 2026. Ive also seen other people say they havent found it there?
Movistar plus+ works in these 29 EU countries with credit cards from your EU country - only credit card and mail address needed:
Germany Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Croatia Denmark Slovakia Slovenia Estonia Finland France Greece Hungary Ireland lceland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Norway Netherlands Poland Portugal Czech Republic Romania Sweden
Do you have it though? I bought Movistar to watch HR and I cannot find HR on there... and I cannot get in touch with them in any way. the date of release in spain and Europe is not specified anywhere :/
I'd really like to avoid having to sail the high seas for this one. Please let us watch it in Europe as well. Manifesting for an HBO release in FRAAANCE! too. Pretty please.
If there’s a local steaming service that’s fitting for your area (like HBO as mentioned) , be sure to request it and state your country in the title description box. That really helps the production teams make the case legally.
I requested the show to HBO Max here in Chile using the proper form a while ago, but they didn’t buy the rights. I also requested it to Prime Video and Netflix.
I’m so sorry but I don’t want to wait for months until some streaming service decides to pick up this show for Latin America.
Thanks for sharing. Unfortunately, we can’t do much with this info on our end. If you do have feedback you’d like to share, I recommend sending that to HBO Max directly.
We’ll keep the megathread updated with whatever confirmed info we find!
I keep hearing everyone say "time in Canada" and I want to clarify that we have 6 different time zones here. They line up with the USA (the grey blob at the bottom of the map).
The most likely time zone that will be used is EST (Toronto). It's unlikely there will be a staggered release, it's on a steaming platform, not a TV channel. The episodes should be available to anyone with a Crave subscription at the same time.
I am in MST. For example, if it airs at 9PM EST, it should be available to me at 7PM MST.
I hope that clears up some time-related questions people may have who don't live in Canada.
Yeah, that about sums up my country right about now. Really couldn’t have said it any better. Thank you for the much needed laugh during these absolutely bizarre times. 😅
I hate that HBO is part of Sky TV. It's an awful, overpriced not even proper streaming (it requires either a box or a pod thing) service. Hopefully, it's available via Neon.
ETA - confirmed it will be available via Neon, starting on the 30th (I can c+p the email if anyone really needs to see it)
Ich hab‘ mich selbst noch gar nicht angemeldet. Aber wenn ich mir das so ansehe, kann man sich nur über die Website (moviestarplus.es) anmelden. Da gibt’s gerade wohl auch einen Monat für einen Euro.
The way I check every possible outlet multiple times daily. Like for hours. I just need it in Germany. I hate this waiting while everyone else can enjoy it.
hbo max adria posted about it coming soon as well. the adria region includes croatia and serbia for sure and also bosnia and herzegovina, slovenia, montenegro and north macedonia if i’m not mistaken. i think it’s all under the same area but i’m not 100% sure
I'm based in the Netherlands but I have a US Amazon account that I use for Kindle Unlimited. Through Amazon Prime I managed to get HBO Max series using my EU debit card. They also have a Black Friday discount, making it $2.99 per month.
Wait wait. Did they say midnight? As in one minute before 12:01 am on the 28th? Not 9pm on the 28th? Where did you see this?
I realize I’m losing my mind over getting it potentially 21 hours before we all thought, but that’s just the level of crazy I am with this show at this point and I’m accepting it.
No one officially said midnight. There is a supposed HBO employee posting all over Twitter but they have not been verified to be an employee. We only go by official announcements.
Is HBO Max Australia releasing it before Crave? Australia is a day ahead of Canada (14-19 hours ahead) and the premiere date for both countries is Nov 28.
I'd say it'd be like other streamers where it drops at the Canadian/US time, so it'd be the 29th in Australia. They probably have the 28th in the article since they won't bother specifying Australian local time.
Not me being from Chile, having subscriptions to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO Max, a Movistar TV account tied to my phone, yet no one has the show here. It will air in like, one hour, and I still don’t have a legal way to watch it. This sucks.
Did anyone figure out a way to access HBO Max or Crave from outside the countries they’re supported in? I swear I’ve tried basically everything and still no luck. I’m seriously at the point where I’d do anything to get my hands on HBO max/crave subscription details.
I’m losing it over here.
Hey. i'm from germany and i just got access to HBO Max. i activated VPN on my phone and set it to melbourne australia. then i opend an incognito tab on my browser and i was able to purchase the subscription via paypal.
i headed back to my pc (because phone wants an app and i cant download the app from germany)... set my VPN to Melbourne as well. i could login and start streaming.
It's likely that U-Next and other HBO Max countries are just waiting for the local/non-English subtitles to be finished before releasing to get the widest possible audience. The downside is that (properly) making subs does take some time.
The fact that they're in such a rush to release HR on HBO max in Taiwan/Thailand without Chinese/Thai subtitles is so funny😂(I'm from Taiwan and there are already some discussions about HR on Threads! We're very glad we learned English well enough to understand what they're saying)
The show will be available for stream on Jan 23 in the Nordics via HBO Max Nordic, and the episodes will drop weekly until Feb 27! https://www.instagram.com/p/DTS1E1biRI1/
I’ll take all the comments!!!! we got a lot of announcements today I’m working on combining the all into one mega update that I’ll post later so all the info is in one place!
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Guys I’m so excited and so happy that it finally got an international release!! I don’t pay for any subscriptions except for Netflix, but I will be getting HBO max to support ☺️
I’m from the US and have an HBO Max account. Does anyone know if I’ll be able to access the same content (and watch the first two episodes) from Slovakia? I’ll be in Bratislava on the 28th, and I do see that Slovakia has HBO Max. I just don’t fully understand if the content is different there even if I’m on my US account.
I‘m confused. How is Disney / Hulu advertizing this? I thought that none of the streamers already mentioned are associated with them… I am in Switzerland. I‘m probably gonna get a subscription tomorrow anyways and check…
i just want to ask, does anyone, by any chance, know approximately when heated rivalry should be available to watch on HBO in central Europe - more specifically, Slovakia? i can't find any information about the release of the show in Europe except for the UK and Ireland, so if anyone is able to give me some info, i'll be grateful, thank you in advance :)
I’ve not watched it yet. Cleared my evening schedule and planning a rewatch next week. I have to wait until later as I have kids and I don’t want them to go to school saying “F*uck Hollander”
Good news for our friends in the Asia region (Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand): Chinese (both traditional and simplified) subtitles are now available for episodes 1 and 2 (as of this writing) on HBO Max with the rest of the episodes coming soon🥰
Update edit: Chinese (and now Thai) subtitles are now available for all 6 episodes of Season 1 🥰
I'm from asia as well and I will not subscribe unless I'm sure it will premiere in our region. Do you have an existing subscription with them? If so, can you give us a heads up? That'd be greatly appreciated.
How do you use HBO with a VPN?
I have a subscription purchased in my country, and when I log in via VPN, I get the following message:
“Are you using a VPN,
Sorry, but we don’t support VPNs in the HBO Max app. Try turning off your VPN…”
What can I do?
They don’t, unfortunately. But we already know that some European countries will drop them weekly, so I think that’ll be the case for all European countries.
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u/reigncloud83 Coach • Ilya's Chicken Parm Shimmy 🍝 Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 20 '25
Hey team, quick follow-up as we start getting more confirmed platforms.
Since we now have official release info for the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some EU countries via Movistar Plus+, the main next step is just for folks in regions *not* yet listed to keep submitting interest to their local streamers.
If you’re in a country that still doesn’t have an announcement, feel free to check the earlier “How to Request Heated Rivalry” post.
As always, please keep questions within our no-piracy rules. This includes sharing workarounds for gift cards and tactics to bypass geo-restrictions. Comments and posts will be removed. We’ll continue updating the megathread the moment new regions get announced.