US EditionThe High Stakes Behind the Netflix/Paramount Bidding War For Warner Bros.
Netflix and Paramount compete with offers totaling $83 billion for Warner Bros., aiming to dominate streaming with strategic growth and cost-cutting amid rising industry consolidation.
- Last week, Netflix was reported to be involved in discussions regarding Warner Bros. studios and streaming assets, while Paramount Global launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery including CNN.
- Amid pressure to be profitable, buyers seek Warner Bros.' vast content libraries and subscriber bases to dominate streaming markets while bank lenders push for cost savings after large debt.
- Observers noted Warner Bros. Discovery's unusual move in going directly to shareholders with its hostile offer, bypassing traditional corporate routes, days later.
- Whichever platform wins, it will gain enormous control over stories sold, while consolidation would reduce bidders and shrink TV and film production.
- If the Netflix agreement closes, it is expected to occur in 12 to 18 months, while century-spanning film libraries could train AI, echoing the Paramount Decision and antitrust scrutiny.
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Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, and Netflix both want to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery but would face similar antitrust issues and might have to alter plans to satisfy regulators, according to a competition law guru. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) agreed to sell its film and television studios and streaming platform, HBO Max, to Netflix in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $27.75 per share. But then Paramount announced Monday an all-cash tender…
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Several Hollywood unions, including the Writers Guild of America and Teamsters, have expressed serious concerns over a potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery or its assets to Netflix or Paramount.
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Opposition to Netflix-Warner deal grows in Washington
The ScoopA key Republican senator Friday joined the mounting opposition in Washington to Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.Sen. Tim Scott (R, S.C), chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and a close White House ally, said the deal raises “significant antitrust problems” and could hurt “moviegoers, on-camera talent, writers, producers, and everyone who loves the entertainment industry.”In a letter to the Trump administra…
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