Tag: Warner Bros Discovery
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Local FOX & ABC TV Stations Want to Get Paid for the New Sports Streaming Service from Disney, FOX, & Warner Bros. Discovery
This week Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a partnership that would see a new sports-focused TV streaming service launch this fall. This service would offer 14 live channels of sports, including ESPN, BTN, FOX Sports, and sports from TNT—to name a few. It would address one of the main complaints of streaming services—the…
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CBS in Talks With Warner Bros. Discovery for Young Sheldon Spinoff Series
Young Sheldon will reportedly get its own spinoff series. CBS is finalizing a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a sequel to the prequel to The Bing Bang Theory. The Young Sheldon spinoff will focus on Sheldon’s older brother, Georgie, played by Montana Jordan, and his fiancee, Mandy McAllister, played by Emily Osment (Hannah…
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Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Comcast, & Paramount Lost More Than $5 Billion on Streaming in 2023
Cord cutting has been dominating cable TV, and legacy media companies have yet to figure out how to turn the millions of Americans who are streaming into revenue. According to a report from the Financial Times, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Comcast, and Paramount together have lost more than $5 billion on streaming in 2023. Comcast…
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The Best Action Show on Max Will Soon Be Headed to Netflix
A mash-up between a Boardwalk Empire-like period piece and martial arts shouldn’t work. But with Warrior, the genres blend together into a satisfying, surprisingly deep, and wild ride. The drama, based on a concept by Bruce Lee, follows the brutal Chinatown gang (known as tongs) wars and political machinations of late 1800s San Francisco, started…
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Cable TV Is Increasingly Dominated By Re-Runs as Original Shows Flee to Streaming
What’s the one thing that The Mandalorian on Disney+, Squid Game on Netflix, and The Boys on Amazon Prime have in common? They’re not found on cable television. Increasingly, the buzziest and most-talked about scripted shows are found on streaming services, as media companies have spent billions of dollars on the kind of programming that…
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A24 Films Like ‘Dream Scenario’ Are Heading to Max, HBO and Cinemax in Exclusive Deal
A24, the independent film studio that’s become a critical darling thanks to hits like Everything Everywhere All At Once, Midsommar, and Uncut Gems, inked a multiyear deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring its old and new movies to Max, HBO and Cinemax. The agreement is structured as a so-called pay-1 deal, which means that…
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Sony Playstation Will Delete Discovery Reality Shows That Were Already Purchased By Users
Sony warned users that it plans to delete Discovery reality shows like Mythbusters and Naked and Afraid from their digital libraries despite being purchased. Sony began alerting users in recent emails, according to Kotaku. Sony’s Playstation site has put up a page with a full list of shows that will be deleted from user libraries.…
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The Recap: Disney Spills Hulu-Disney+ and ESPN Plans, More Bally Sports Drama, and More
Earnings season trucks on, but Walt Disney took the spotlight based on just how much it spilled this week. We got updates on its efforts to integrate Disney+ and Hulu, as well as ESPN, and even its password-sharing crackdown plans. DISH likewise offered a lot of nuggets of info in its earnings. Bally Sports, meanwhile,…
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Max’s Sports Tier With NBA, MLB, and NHL Games Launches Tomorrow For Free Through February and $9.99 After
Warner Bros. Discovery is taking big step in the burgeoning world of live sports on streaming services with the launch of its Bleacher Report Sports add-on tier on Max, which will be available to everyone starting tomorrow. The tier will stream the same games that appear on TNT and TBS, which include action from the…
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Warner Bros. Discovery touts TLC, TBS, Adult Swim, HGTV Ratings Even As Cord Cutting Cuts Into Cable
Warners Bros. Discovery touted the ratings of its marquee cable networks even as cord cutters continue to flee traditional pay-TV services in a steady defection. The media giant on Monday touted the performance of TLC, which it said ranked No. 1 among women 25-54 and 18-49 and was the top cable network without sports among…