Star Trek: Discovery is completely independent of the Star Trek media franchise.
 On March 14, 2022, after Discovery shareholders approved the merger, CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels stated that the merged company planned to pursue a merger of HBO Max with Discovery+ as a long-term goal, following the process proposed by Perrette earlier
== Programming ===== Original programming ===Original programming carried by Discovery+ includes spin-offs of programs from Warner Bros

