Tag: streaming M&A

Major media companies are shifting the streaming conversation from scale at any cost to disciplined growth built around cash flow, monetization, and returns on capital. Across content, sports rights, advertising, distribution, and M&A, companies are prioritizing assets that can improve…

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is weighing whether to reengage with Paramount Skydance after it submitted a revised $30 per share offer that covers the $2.8 billion Netflix break fee, backstops refinancing, and adds shareholder protections. WBD remains under agreement to…

Netflix has reportedly retained Moelis & Co. to evaluate a potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets, signaling serious interest in a transformative deal. The focus is strictly on WBD’s high-value IP engines like Warner Bros. Pictures,…

Radial Entertainment has launched following Oaktree Capital’s acquisition of FilmRise and merger with Shout! Studios. The combined entity brings together 70,000 titles, creating one of the largest independent distributors in film and TV. Oaktree plans to scale Radial through additional…

Roku reported strong Q1 results with $1.02 billion in revenue, up 16% YoY, driven by platform revenue growth and increased streaming hours. The standout move was its $185 million acquisition of Frndly TV—not for its content, but for its business…