Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026
Netflix announced this week that it had reached … Axios : Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for nearly $83 billion Alex Pigman / Taipei Times : Warner Bros acquisition by Netflix sparks backlash Victory Emm...
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder
for now Sal Romano / Gematsu : Sony Group Corporation and Kadokawa Corporation to form strategic capital and business alliance Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle : Sony is now Kadokawa's largest s...
Letterboxd's founders sell a majority stake to Canadian company Tiny; a source says the deal values the film-focused social network with ~10M users at $50M+
Post article to X Post article to Facebook Copy article link Tiny : Tiny Announces Majority Acquisition of Letterboxd Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter : Letterboxd, Film Discussion Platform, Sells...
Sources: AT&T couldn't get an HBO Max distribution deal for Amazon's Fire TV devices before WarnerMedia agreed to extend its contract for AWS services
Jessica Toonkel / The Information : Tweets: @matthewkeyslive , @whatsonhbomax , and @tzm_tmt See also Mediagazer Tweets: Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive : This is a terrific scoop by Jessica. My writ...
Spotify and Chernin Entertainment agree to a multi-year partnership for Chernin to develop movies and TV shows based on Spotify's podcasts
Producers of French TV shows agree to give Salto, an OTT service for French content, extensive and exclusive content rights, blocking sales to Netflix, others
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
Sources: Apple has set a budget of ~$1B to procure and produce original content over the next year, could acquire and produce as many as 10 TV shows
Company immediately becomes a considerable competitor in crowded market for original shows — Apple Inc. AAPL 1.09% has set a budget …
Hulu phases out its own free streaming service, inks deal with Yahoo to provide TV episodes to Yahoo View, Yahoo's new ad-supported TV streaming site
Hulu inks deal with Yahoo to provide free, ad-supported episodes of TV shows — Hulu is moving to an all-subscription model …
Sources: YouTube seeks streaming rights for TV shows and movies to support its new subscription service Red
Wall Street Journal :
Sources: YouTube seeks streaming rights for TV shows and movies to support its new subscription service Red
YouTube Seeks Streaming Rights to TV Shows, Movies — Efforts come as YouTube looks to bolster $9.99-a-month subscription service called Red — YouTube is seeking streaming rights …