HBO Max - AT&T & WarnerMedia's Streaming Service - May 2020

[Tyrath]

Uhh do that many people actually have Showtime or Paramount? In reference to that 2nd tweet

[Qalbert]

I'm sure Max has a bigger base, but it's not wrong about it being run like shit

[Krandor]

Paramount is very consistently putting out new content and has stuff like Yellowstone which is huge with the older demographic. WBD/Max seems to be doing everything possible to sabotage themselves on a daily basis in search of the next few pennies to save.

But this goes back to the debate from the writer/actor strikes where the metrics on this stuff aren't widely available

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/s...77146334736872

[Qalbert]

sigh

[Tyrath]

lol whyyy

[Cantih]

Because Fuck You, That's Why.

[Tyrath]

Well fuck them right back, this is why I never fully stopped pirating

[arus2001]

Who watches the watchmen? Nobody, obviously.

[chazzyphizzle]

it hasnt been pulled

[Melena]

Yeah, was a false alarm and was put back up a few hours later

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[Qalbert]

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wa...ks-1235847958/

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global have held talks about a potential merger of the two media companies, Variety has confirmed.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish on Tuesday in New York to discuss a possible merger, sources said. Zaslav also has spoken to Shari Redstone, whose National Amusements Inc. owns a controlling stake in Paramount Global, about a potential combination of the companies.

Reps for Paramount Global and WBD declined to comment. Axios first reported the talks.

Terms of a possible merger of the companies could not be learned. As of the end of Q3, Paramount Global reported long-term debt of $15.6 billion, considerably less than WBD — whose debt load stood at $43.5 billion. But in terms of market value, Warner Bros. Discovery is the bigger fish, with a market capitalization of $28.4 billion as of close of trading Dec. 20 compared with $10.3 billion for Paramount Global.

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount would be looking to pool their assets, which span TV, film, sports and streaming, to gain greater scale and operational efficiencies. Specifically, WBD and Paramount would have an interest in combining their Max and Paramount+ premium streaming services to better compete with the likes of Netflix and Disney’s Disney+ and Hulu.

[Krandor]

Zaslav's fetish is clearly acquiring as many media properties as possible and then killing them.

[chazzyphizzle]

max, paramount+ and showtime. how about you add hulu and peacock and charge oh i dont know, 100 bucks a month for everything? then we'd be cookin with gas

[Melena]

Disney is not going to give up Hulu.

That said, Zaslav is turning into the media version of EA with these acquisitions.

[Cantih]

I guess I need to sub to paramount and catch up on stuff before it gets pulled.

[Qalbert]

i feel like Zaslav would cancel Strange New Worlds just to be a dick

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/shinobi602/statu...80785285288346

[Qalbert]

Yar har, fiddle de dee

[Qalbert]

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/s...29011514405123