US EditionNetflix agrees to buy Warner Bros studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Netflix will unite iconic franchises like Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, expecting $2 billion to $3 billion in annual cost savings by year three, pending regulatory approval.
- Netflix has agreed to an $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros Discovery's TV and film studios, which includes popular content libraries.
- The deal values Warner Bros Discovery at approximately $72 billion in equity and $82.7 billion including debt.
- This acquisition may trigger strong antitrust scrutiny in Europe and the U.S. due to Netflix gaining ownership of HBO Max.
- The acquisition grants Netflix control over major franchises like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and DC Comics.
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Netflix Deal Could be a Catalyst for Film Industry Expansion
On December 5th 2025, Netflix announced a deal to buy Warner Brothers that has caused shockwaves around the world. Anyone remotely related to the film industry has an opinion. The amount of film industry people I have watched suddenly support a position that President Trump has (he wants Paramount to own Warner Brothers because he likes David Ellison and his family) is wild. The anti-Netflix rhetoric is based (supposedly) on Netflix not wanting …
Netflix's possible acquisition of film producer Warner Bros. may have an impact on Danish moviegoers.
Netflix’s Warner Bros deal betrays its original purpose
Netflix promised to liberate American households from the tyranny of the cable bundle. Instead, the company has just agreed to pay $83 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, absorbing one of Hollywood’s most storied studios and creating precisely the kind of content monopoly that cord-cutters once celebrated escaping. The deal hands Netflix control over Warner Bros’ century-old production apparatus, HBO’s prestige programming, and franchises includi…
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The fact that Netflix has reached an agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind brands such as Harry Potter and HBO Max, threatens to give a new form to the audiovisual industry. Yesterday it was announced that the streaming company agreed to buy the studio for $72 billion, which would make it the great colossus of entertainment. There is still no approval from the regulators of the sector in the United States, but i…
The astonishing monthly cost of watching every streaming service as HBO Max launches
It’s the home of “prestige TV”, winning awards for groundbreaking dramas from The Sopranos to Succession. But do viewers, already paying £1,000 a-year to watch the six most popular streamers, love HBO enough to invest in yet another subscription? HBO Max, bringing together HBO’s drama and comedy series, Warner Bros movies and superhero films from the DC Universe, will land in an already crowded UK TV marketplace in March 2026, the company announ…
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