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Paramount has officially closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery completing a deal valued at roughly $111 billion including debt. The combined company, Skydance, puts Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., HBO, CBS, CNN and two major streaming services under David Ellison’s…

Paramount’s $6 billion-plus synergy plan now has to work around protections for theatrical output, production spending, studio lots, and cable negotiations, putting more pressure on duplicated corporate and technology operations. With roughly $79 billion of net debt expected at closing,…

Paramount secured a settlement with California and 11 other states that would clear its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, pending court approval. The deal locks in theatrical output, U.S. production spending, and separate cable negotiations, but it doesn't require…

Disney+ reached 1.1 million additional UK homes in Q2 2026, largely through Sky’s inclusion of Disney+ Standard with Ads. The deal shows how bundled distribution can drive reach, ad inventory and upgrade opportunities in a flat streaming market without relying…

Antenna estimates that 31% of traditional pay-TV cancelers add a streaming service within 30 days, five times the normal signup rate. That makes cable cancellation a high-intent window for streamers, broadband providers and TV platforms to capture redirected TV spending.

Charter Communications has closed its $34.5 billion combination with Cox, adding 5.9 million internet customers and giving Spectrum a much larger base to cross-sell mobile, streaming and video products. The added scale also strengthens Charter’s leverage with programmers as broadband…

Streaming’s 2026 primetime upfront commitments surged 30% to $17.2 billion, topping broadcast and cable combined as advertiser budgets continued shifting toward connected viewing. Linear TV’s increasingly becoming a customer-acquisition engine for streaming, giving media companies with owned networks a cost…

The DGA and IATSE are backing a settlement that would let Paramount's $110 billion WBD acquisition move forward in exchange for nine binding conditions protecting production volume, theatrical windows, third-party licensing, domestic production, HBO distribution and Paramount's Los Angeles headquarters.…

Paramount is offering AMC and Regal three-year contracts requiring a combined Paramount-Warner Bros. to release at least 30 films annually, with 45-day theatrical exclusivity and a 90-day subscription streaming holdback. The commitments could strengthen Paramount's defense of its $110 billion…

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Q2 results showed HBO Max emerging as its strongest growth engine, with streaming revenue topping $3 billion and adjusted EBITDA rising 75% to $512 million, while Global Linear Networks still generated $1.45 billion in adjusted EBITDA despite…