‘Heated Rivalry’ will Finally Stream on HBO MAX Philippines

Fans and fujoshis rejoice! You can finally stream Heated Rivalry in the Philippines.

HBO Max Philippines announced earlier today that the hit Crave Original will finally be streamingStreamingListening to music or watching video on demand over the internet through platforms like Spotify and Netflix, rather than owning copies. Streaming has changed how artists earn and how audiencesGo to Streaming Glossary on HBO Max Philippines starting December 19.

The popular Canadian TV series stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie as hockey superstars Shane and Ilya, respectively. The two are locked in an intense rivalry and yet, outside the rink, their bodies are intertwined and engaged in a fiery relationship that they struggle to keep a secret lest their careers and reputations be ruined.

The show premiered on November 28, but it has already received a warm reception from fans, especially those who followed Shane and Ilya’s story from the source material, Rachel Reid’s Game Changer series of novels. It is currently one of the Top 10 shows on streaming as of this date, along with Netflix’s Stranger Things and Apple TV’s Pluribus.

Five episodes into the first season and the show was already renewed for a second season.

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Don Jaucian is one the leading cultural writers and critics today. His extensive list of accomplishments include being an editor in broadsheets, magazines, and digital publications as well as consultant for Udine, Italy’s Far East Film Festival. He is the author of two books: Brief Histories (2022) and Are You Still Watching? (2025).

For Rolling Stone Philippines, he has written about film and television and has interviewed the likes of international filmmaker Isabel Sandoval, director and FIlm Development Council of the Philippines chairman Jose Javier Reyes, and media mogul Vic Del Rosario, Jr.

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