Tag: WarnerMedia
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Discovery Shareholders Vote to Approve WarnerMedia Merger
Discovery announced today that the company’s shareholders have met and voted on the upcoming merger with WarnerMedia. The company’s stockholders have officially voted to approve the merger, according to a press release Friday morning. The merger will bring together WarnerMedia’s entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery’s nonfiction and international entertainment and sports businesses, forming…
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Sony Pictures Television and WarnerMedia Extend Content Deal to Bring ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ and More to HBO Max
WarnerMedia has extended its existing content deal with Sony Pictures Television open the door for more films to come to HBO platforms, including Spider-Man No Way Home, to HBO Max and streaming on HBO Channels in Europe. “The extended partnership with Sony Pictures Television allows us to make available even more fantastic titles for audiences…
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WarnerMedia Discovery Merger Gets Go-Ahead from FTC & Justice Dept
WarnerMedia and Discovery are one step closer to finalizing their merger. The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice did not challenge the merger, according to an SEC filing from Discovery Wednesday morning. The filing says “The HSR Act statutory waiting period has expired or otherwise been terminated, and any…
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WarnerMedia and Discovery Merger Now Expected to Close This Spring
Things are heating up with AT&Ts pending merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery. The $43-billion deal was supposed to close halfway through 2022, but now has been moved up to Q2 according to information shared on Wednesday’s earnings call. “We’re encouraged with how the process for the WarnerMedia deal is progressing,” said AT&T CEO John Stankey…
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Redbox is Adding WarnerMedia and Sony Pictures Titles in New AVOD Deal
Redbox is expanding its streaming library again with select titles coming from WarnerMedia’s iconic catalog thanks to a new AVOD deal with the company. The deal will bring new WarnerMedia titles Redbox’s ad-supported streaming library on a monthly basis, beginning with The Astronaut’s Wife, Collateral Damage, and The Long Kiss Goodnight, among others. In addition, Redbox also…
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Discovery+ and HBO Max May Combine into One Streaming Service After Merger
It was a good summer for Discovery. According to this morning’s earnings call, the company closed Q3 with 20 million paying subscribers across its services including Discovery+, up 3 million from the previous quarter. During the call, president and CEO of Discovery Streaming and International, JB Perrette, also hinted at the high possibility that Discovery+…
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CNN Eyeing Its Own Streaming Service With Exclusive, New Content
While CNN’s parent company, WarnerMedia, is prepping for a mega-merger with Discovery Incorporated, the news network is reportedly exploring its own streaming service venture. The Wall Street Journal reports that it’s being referred to internally as CNN+, and it features new shows leveraging the network’s current hosts, like Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon. Those shows…
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WarnerMedia and Discovery Will Name New Company Warner Bros. Discovery
Discovery, Inc. announced today that the new company being formed through the WarnerMedia and Discovery merger will be called Warner Bros. Discovery. Along with a new name, the company shared a potential slogan – “the stuff that dreams are made of,” from the Warner Bros. movie The Maltese Falcon. “Warner Bros. Discovery will aspire to…
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WarnerMedia Announces New Animated Superman Series Coming to HBO Max
WarnerMedia has given the green light to two seasons of My Adventures With Superman, a new kids and family-friendly animated series coming to HBO Max and Cartoon Network. The series will follow the adventures of Clark Kent and Lois Lane as they work at the Daily Planet. The series was announced at the WarnerMedia Upfronts…
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Warner Bros. Movies Will Return Exclusively to Theaters in 2022
With global lockdowns putting movie theaters out of commission in 2020, WarnerMedia announced an unprecedented move to release its entire 2021 film slate on HBO Max the same day as theaters. It seems to be panning out well for both parties so far. Right off the bat, the streamer saw a spike in subscribers with…