The news of HBO Max’s European beachhead being delayed put a slight dampener on the premature celebrations from the WarnerMedia streaming arm – picking up 2.8 million new domestic HBO Max subscribers in Q2 2021 to total 47 million on home turf. At the close of Q1, Faultline ran the headline ‘Time to tar AT&T with the same brush as Netflix’ – but still we wince as HBO Max is given preferential treatment while Netflix is routinely crucified in the press. With AT&T projecting only between 70 million and 73 million total global subscribers by year end for HBO Max, the company is setting the bar exceptionally low at just 2.5 to 5.5 million per quarter, which on a global…