This could be the end of streaming as we know it. Netflix is entering the fray for TVN owner's assets.
Netflix is exploring the possibility of bidding on Warner Bros. Discovery's film studio and streaming division. According to Reuters, this would allow it to gain control of franchises and rights to Superman and the Harry Potter series, among others.
In June, WBD announced plans to split the company into two companies, Warner Bros. and Discovery Global, by the end of this year, which would allow it to accelerate the development of various business segments.
The case concerns streaming and new techniques for transmitting images and data, which are becoming increasingly popular, especially among subscribers in the United States.
Meanwhile, in Europe, the still older technology of cable and satellite television is developing and attracting new people willing to watch HBO.
Television stations are also important , including CNN, TNT Sports, Eurosport, and in Poland TVN and TVN 24.
Skydance and Paramount have made offers to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders to acquire the entire business and, if they accept, to receive an additional share premium.
The management board is analyzing the proposal , but also maintains the adopted strategy of separating the television, streaming and film production parts.
Journalist, graduate of political science at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. Associated with the media for over 40 years. After graduating in 1982, he worked on the editorial staff of "Gazeta Krakowska" and "Kurier Polski." A member of the editorial team of "Przegląd Techniczny." He has published articles in "Student," "Przekrój," and "Życie Literackie." Since the economic and political transformation, he has been associated with Reuters as a correspondent in Krakow for over 20 years. For the next three years, he conducted practical classes with students at the Institute of Journalism, Media, and Social Communication of the Jagiellonian University. Since December 2021, he has joined the PTWP Group and works for the WNP.PL portal. His main professional interests include economics and politics at the global level and the participation of Polish business in this field, particularly companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Winner of the "Ostra Pióra" award, granted for "spreading economic education" by the BCC, as well as the Golden Pear - a journalistic award of the Małopolska Branch of the Association of Journalists of the Republic of Poland.
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