WBD Acquisition Thread

[AdrenalineRush1996]

I beg to differ on that there wouldn't be any loss if Ellison succeeds in shutting down HBO Max. Sorry but I do plan on subscribing to the service when it arrives in the UK next month.

You forget that the streaming service does have non-premium tiers and I'm actually fine with the name since I'm in the opinion that not every streaming service owned by a major film studio needs to be named after themselves.

 

[GRPHX]

While SKYShowtime in parts of Europe is a bigger loss, the catalog is mostly empty since launch

Same with HBO Max. Moreover, cartoons are overly censored in my country. It's not really a loss. I'm so sorry I don't feel like some of the members here.

 

[GRPHX]

I beg to differ on that there wouldn't be any loss if Ellison succeeds in shutting down HBO Max. Sorry but I do plan on subscribing to the service when it arrives in the UK next month.

You forget that the streaming service does have non-premium tiers and I'm actually fine with the name since I'm in the opinion that not every streaming service owned by a major film studio needs to be named after themselves.

HBOMax have been failed very much in delivering and caring about non-prestige tiers. Disney+ has a better overall catalogue of general entertainment/prestige branches than its crappy localization and its failure to add dubbing to episodes/shows. I feel sorry for you. But because some select content like Friends, TBBT, Ben10, Regular Show was added to a service, it's not a good WB GE Streaming.

 

[JulianRO]

With Netflix I had the biggest hopes as this is most of their business, streaming, but with Paramount, I don't have them anymore. And even after closing HBO Max, no one knows if they'll add the shows that were removed from HBO Max on Paramount+ or SkyShowtime.

 

[RandomMe]

Same with HBO Max. Moreover, cartoons are overly censored in my country. It's not really a loss. I'm so sorry I don't feel like some of the members here.

Even the Nickelodeon catalog there was limited at launch

Some franchises lacked some titles

 

[GRPHX]

With Netflix I had the biggest hopes as this is most of their business, streaming, but with Paramount, I don't have them anymore. And even after closing HBO Max, no one knows if they'll add the shows that were removed from HBO Max on Paramount+ or SkyShowtime.

It was obviously Netflix or nothing for me. "Never" one happened. The goal of movie lobbies/unions were to bring Amazon or Comcast into bidding-game. But they are smart. They've didn't dare it.

I wish good(!) luck them(cinema lobies and unions) with arrogant bastard Ellison.

 

[GRPHX]

Even the Nickelodeon catalog there was limited at launch

Some franchises lacked some titles

I have been very critical of Disney for purging the Fox Kids/Saban catalog, but I see that Disney is a good example for network legacy streaming. Excludes localization and dubbing. Paramount+ & HBO Max are really terrible.

 

[JulianRO]

Speaking of channels, here's an interesting opinion posted by Hollywood Reporter:

Paramount and Warner Bros. Could Be a TV Studio Colossus — But Uncertainty Abounds

More than 100 productions fall under the two companies’ various studios.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[GRPHX]

If the Justice Department really thinks that this nonsense is not a monopoly, no one should say to me that there is transparency and democracy in the United States.

This is looks like an incident could happen in Russia, Turkiye, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Argentina, Maduroland, Mexico or India.

Western democracy and justice in collapse.

I felt ashamed while talking to my Western friends because of the disgrace happening in my country. Fortunately, our fate is the same now.

 

[JulianRO]

Really, Zaslav wanted a $33/share offer from PSKY, but got pleased with $31. And since Netflix also gave up.

 

[GRPHX]

Netflix could bid 29$ per share. Probably this is only about politics and they withdrawled.

 

[JulianRO]

CNN staffers in a panic over Paramount takeover — what’s likely in store for cable news giant

On one hand, viewers can expect a more Trump-friendly CNN now that it will be owned by the media conglomerate known as PSKY. But that doesn’t mean that CNN will be automatically transformed i…

nypost.com

I don't believe that CNN won't be MAGA-friendly in the future with this acquisition. But yes, the effects of politics....

 

[RandomMe]

I was told, that if the merger passes through, they will initially own 85 TV networks, including three OTA networks Weigel owns that supplies content for them.

Then the number will gradually fall.

 

[Insidus]

Really, Zaslav wanted a $33/share offer from PSKY, but got pleased with $31. And since Netflix also gave up.

If you do factor in the breakup fee that's technically $33/share

 

[Checkerboard]

I feel like many of my predictions i made months ago will come true in two years. Lol.

 

[RandomMe]

Quite the impressive catalog of linear channels, until you find out that, over time, the effects of the bursting of the linear TV bubble will be put into gear.

 

[themidnightlore]

...Zero international channels.
Where are Space, Tooncast, Real Time, Giallo, Quest, Really, Quest Red, DMAX, K2, Frisbee, Nove, TVN, Kanal 9... And I'm definitely missing more! The world isn't just the States.
(And Super!, 10 and (Channel) 5 for the Paramount side. Missing 5 and 10 is pretty questionable.)

 

[JulianRO]

Quite the impressive catalog of linear channels, until you find out that, over time, the effects of the bursting of the linear TV bubble will be put into gear.

Where did you find this photo?

 

[RandomMe]

Where did you find this photo?

Some Discord server I'm in

 

[TVArchive]

not owned by WBD

MeTV Toons is operated through the joint venture WAM TV Limited Partnership. This structure is used only for this channel, and Weigel has always stated that the channel operates in partnership with Warner. So logically, Warner has a stake (%) in the channel through WAM TV.