Tag: Warner Bros. Discovery
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Warner Bros. Discovery Plans to Shut Down Its New Zealand News Service
Warner Bros. Discovery has been pushing to cut costs so it can lower expenses. This has resulted in some movies being canceled even after they were made and MotorTrend shutting down its streaming service. Now Warner Bros. Discovery has announced plans to close its New Zealand TV news provider, according to a report from Reuters.…
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ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s New Sports Streaming Service Will Have a Bundled Version With Max
Earlier this month Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they were forming a joint venture to create a new sports-centric streaming service that would bundle together the three media giant’s content. Today, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed that this new service will be bundled with Max. Disney has already confirmed that you will…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Ended 2023 With a Profit on Streaming, Beating Disney & Paramount to Making Cord Cutting Profitable
One of the biggest questions in streaming was when it would become profitable for major studios. Now Warner Bros. Discovery has announced it ended 2023 with $103 million in profit, becoming the first major studio to become profitable with streaming. This comes as Netflix has long been seen as one of the few streaming services…
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John Oliver Says HBO is Delaying Posting ‘Last Week Tonight’ Clips on YouTube
Fans who ritually watch Last Week Tonight With John Oliver YouTube clips on Mondays will be sorely disappointed: HBO has decided to wait a few days before posting them online. Oliver himself broke the news on X (formerly Twitter), saying that HBO will wait until Thursday to post the main story clip. Variety’s Todd Spangler…
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The Recap: A Possible Peacock-Paramount+ Marriage, Sports JV Drama, and More
A busy week was capped off by another shocking revelation: Paramount and Comcast discussing combining their respective streaming services, Paramount+ and Peacock. We also continued to see the ripple effects of last week’s announcement from Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a streaming sports joint venture, with a lot more unhappy…
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FOX is Reportedly Developing the Platform For the ESPN-FOX-Warners Sports JV
FOX will be responsible for developing the platform for the sports streaming joint venture between it, Walt Disney’s ESPN, and Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a tweet from Wall Street Journal media reporter Joe Flint. Flint noted that the platform will be based on News Corp.’s Kayo Sports platform, which is a live sports subscription…
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Justice Department Will Review Disney, FOX, and Warner’s Monster Sports Streaming JV
The sports streaming joint venture between Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery faces a potential regulatory hurdle. The U.S. Justice Department will review the deal to see if the service could harm consumers, as well as competitors and the sports leagues that work with the companies, according to Bloomberg. The review will begin once…
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NFL Execs May Try To Stop Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s New Sports Streaming Service Plans
The NFL’s top brass are reportedly furious over Disney-owned ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to launch a new joint sports streaming service in the fall. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Chief Business Officer Brian Rolapp were told about the joint venture just hours before it was announced publicly, according to Puck News (a…
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Could the ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports JV Get Snagged By Regulators?
While the joint venture between Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch a new sports-centric streaming service may not be blocked by Congress nor the Federal Communications Commission, there are enough vocal companies affected by the deal that it could see some hurdles. That’s the opinion of Blair Levin, a former…
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Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Update: What’s Going on With the Merger and is the Deal Dead or Alive?
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount made waves in the entertainment industry when the CEOs of the two companies reportedly talked about a potential merger in December. A deal would combine two of the largest media companies in the world, bringing together powerful studios, cable networks, and one of the major national networks. One of the…