Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has taken another slow yet steady step in its European conquest with HBO Max/Max set to launch in Germany next January as long-held licensing agreements with Sky finally come to an end. Fronting advertising sales for HBO Max in Germany is Ad Alliance, the ad sales arm of RTL Deutschland, which inked exclusive free-TV rights to the WBD content library way back in 2022. The announcement, made during RTL Deutschland and Ad Alliance’s showcase event “ONE RTL – All Platforms”, comes as HBO Max is due to be unbundled from Sky next year in Germany, as well as in Q2 2026 for the UK and Ireland. None of this is a surprise. WBD has been expanding…