Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery: Concerns Over Price Hikes and Content Control
Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in an $82.7 billion deal, significantly reshaping the entertainment industry by giving Netflix control over major assets like Warner Bros. and HBO. The agreement includes WBD’s extensive TV archive and TNT Sports UK & Ireland but excludes its cable channels like CNN, TBS, and TNT, which will be spun off. The deal has raised competition concerns and is expected to undergo a lengthy regulatory process, with Netflix anticipating substantial annual savings. Paramount also bid for WBD, but the acquisition was fraught with accusations of an unfair auction process.
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