Looks like Netflix/Warner Bros. is happening.

[KAB]

Netflix Wins Bidding War For Warner Bros. Discovery, Will Start Exclusive Deal Talks

Netflix has emerged victorious with what appears to be the highest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and the two sides are set to start exclusive talks.

deadline.com

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Wonder what this will mean for AEW Wrestling? I can't see them having AEW and WWE both on Netflix.

 

[osu1991]

Netflix & Warner Bros. Discovery Confirm $82.7B Mega-Deal That Reshapes The Industry

Netflix is officially buying Warner Bros. Discovery for a total enterprise value of $82.7B.

deadline.com

Netflix is officially buying Warner Bros. Discovery for a total enterprise value of $82.7B.

The industry-changing deal will see Netflix paying $27.75 a share for the venerable Hollywood studio, with a total equity value of $72B. Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO, subject to regulatory conditions – of which there will be several.

The deal will follow after WBD's global networks division, Discovery Global, spins out into a new publicly-traded company, a move that is now expected to happen in Q3 2026.

 

[reubenray]

How much will their rates jump up to now?

 

[b4pjoe]

Linear TV networks not included in the deal above.

 

[AZ.]

We just keep letting these companies get larger, control more content and control pricing.

 

[savarese04]

Wonder what this will mean for AEW Wrestling? I can't see them having AEW and WWE both on Netflix.

I thought WWE was only on Netflix overseas and in the US, it's on ESPN now?

Isn't AEW a US only product, so no conflict of interest?

 

[satjay]

I thought WWE was only on Netflix overseas and in the US, it's on ESPN now?

Isn't AEW a US only product, so no conflict of interest?

Monday Night Raw is shown on US via Netflix

 

[MikeD-C05]

We just keep letting these companies get larger, control more content and control pricing.

Soon there will be 4 companies owning everything and you will have sub to all of them to get all the content you want and your back to cable all over again.

 

[lakebum431]

Netflix & Warner Bros. Discovery Confirm $82.7B Mega-Deal That Reshapes The Industry

Netflix is officially buying Warner Bros. Discovery for a total enterprise value of $82.7B.

deadline.com

Netflix is officially buying Warner Bros. Discovery for a total enterprise value of $82.7B.

The industry-changing deal will see Netflix paying $27.75 a share for the venerable Hollywood studio, with a total equity value of $72B. Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO, subject to regulatory conditions – of which there will be several.

The deal will follow after WBD's global networks division, Discovery Global, spins out into a new publicly-traded company, a move that is now expected to happen in Q3 2026.

Not buying WBD. Only buying WB. The Discovery Global business (all of the linear networks) will be spun off separately prior to the transaction.

 

[Bruce]

Not buying WBD. Only buying WB. The Discovery Global business (all of the linear networks) will be spun off separately prior to the transaction.

Basically, keeping the parts that have lost the most value and continue to lose more every day.

 

[Bruce]

Speaking about Netflix, this, from 2021, did not age well-

Netflix's reign as king of the streaming wars is under threat, with Disney projected to take its crown in 3 years

Though Disney was years late to the streaming wars, it's already set to overtake Netflix as the biggest player in the market by 2024.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I thought WWE was only on Netflix overseas and in the US, it's on ESPN now?

Isn't AEW a US only product, so no conflict of interest?

No Raw is in Netflix.

Outside the US all WWE is on Netflix this includes Smackdown and all PLE's.

I use a VPN to watch them.

AEW is international not just the US. Their PLE's air on all providers however their home is HBo Max in the US.

 

[navychop]

Letting Netflix buy a major competitor in a narrow field? Leaving only Disney as major competition?

Not seeing Amazon as major competition. Yet, anyway.

 

[AZ.]

Letting Netflix buy a major competitor in a narrow field? Leaving only Disney as major competition?

Not seeing Amazon as major competition. Yet, anyway.

Just look at the conglomeration of local TV stations? Handful of companies own the majority of them, some own 2 or 3 affiliates in some cities. Then we wonder why satellite carry fees exploded in the last 10 or 20 years?

 

[comfortably_numb]

Just look at the conglomeration of local TV stations

It was FM radio before that. Clear Channel (now iHeart) was allowed to swallow up a majority of terrestrial radio stations in nearly all markets in the late 90's. Now radio is sh*t.

 

[meStevo]

I mean, as technology and trends advance how many of these things would just be lost / go away if they didn't merge? WB is going away regardless, just a matter of who the bidder will be and how many parts it has to be chopped into.

I'm not concerned about things getting more expensive, if the value isn't there then they don't get my money, it's pretty easy.

Paramount is reportedly going to try and launch a hostile bid.

 

[comfortably_numb]

if the value isn't there then they don't get my money, it's pretty easy.

Amen.