Skydance details cost cuts, sets streaming bundle for early next year
Skydance said the first step toward a full merger is a single package that could lower churn and boost retention across 203 million subscribers.
- On Monday, Skydance reported $7 billion in third-quarter revenue, its first earnings since completing the October 6 acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, and announced plans to bundle Paramount+ and HBO Max in early 2027.
- The merger left Skydance operating with over $80 billion in net debt, prompting the company to initiate major restructuring to streamline operations, unify technology stacks, and eliminate overlapping corporate functions.
- Skydance targets at least $6 billion in annual cost savings within three years while maintaining more than $30 billion in annual content investment to serve 203 million aggregate subscribers across both platforms.
- Leveraging AI tools to accelerate the transition, Skydance said it will align backend systems within a year and deliver a "unified product," allowing consumers to subscribe to both services at an "even greater value."
- Skydance committed to releasing at least 30 theatrical films annually over five years and aims to reduce its net leverage ratio to 3x adjusted EBITDA by 2029, balancing content ambition against debt management.
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welingelichtekringen.nlLOS ANGELES (ANP/RTR/BLOOMBERG) - Skydance plans to cut at least 6 billion dollars in costs over three years following the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the American media group has announced. The merged company also announced that it will launch a streaming bundle of HBO Max and Paramount+ early next year...
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