Warner/Discovery

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Expect plenty more price hikes to come for everything else on other streamers.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Expect plenty more price hikes to come for everything else on other streamers.

Which is fine for me, as long as there is good new content.

[mwynn]

Roku, Tubi Announce Licensing Deals For Warner Bros. Discovery Shows Including ‘Westworld’
In December, WBD announced it would be licensing bundles of its shows to FAST streaming services.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...0f0740c6f56c40

The Fox-owned Tubi will add more than 225 free channels from WBD and 14 WB-branded FAST channels, including the launch of three brand-specific channels, WB TV Reality, WB TV Series and WB TV Family, to feature some of WBD’s popular content, including all seasons of Westworld, Raised by Wolves, Legendary, FBoy Island, The Nevers, Finding Magic Mike, Head of the Class and The Time Traveler’s Wife. The titles will begin rolling out in February.

[Justin2000]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Warner has been bleeding for sometime, which is why sales keep happening. Eventually someone has to close that wound.

Then sell some rights to properties they own.

Here: Here's the rights to MADtv and most of the WB Shows

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Justin2000

Then sell some rights to properties they own.

Here: Here's the rights to MADtv and most of the WB Shows

See post above yours.

[-JKR-]

Originally Posted by Justin2000

Then sell some rights to properties they own.

Here: Here's the rights to MADtv and most of the WB Shows

Ahhhh, the Internet. Telling people and companies to "just do shit" from behind their screens.

[drb999]

Nice to see that these shows will be available somewhere instead of being locked away.

[s2mikey]

Uh oh - Once Warner loses the rights for all their stuff, I assume we can expect the shitty remakes and retries to start flooding the market? .

What classic title or IP will get butchered first?

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Uh oh - Once Warner loses the rights for all their stuff, I assume we can expect the shitty remakes and retries to start flooding the market? .

What classic title or IP will get butchered first?

Loses rights? It is a licensing deal until Warner can get their own FAST up and running. The shows that do not move the financial needle at HBO Max can live on at another service. That service gets ad revenue and new viewers, Warner/Discovery gets a bigger payment. That’s what Paramount, Disney, and Sony have been doing.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Uh oh - Once Warner loses the rights for all their stuff, I assume we can expect the shitty remakes and retries to start flooding the market? .

What classic title or IP will get butchered first?

Why would Warner lose rights?

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Why would Warner lose rights?

Glad they arent - I assumed somehow this was gong to lead to content being under different umbrellas and able to be screwed with. If thats not the case then good.

[Justin2000]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Uh oh - Once Warner loses the rights for all their stuff, I assume we can expect the shitty remakes and retries to start flooding the market? .

What classic title or IP will get butchered first?

WB has been fine doing it themselves (Jack the Giant Slayer, PAN, Legend of Tarzan, Space Jam 2, Green Lantern, BvS, King Arthur)

[Bubbles-11]

Originally Posted by Justin2000

WB has been fine doing it themselves (Jack the Giant Slayer, PAN, Legend of Tarzan, Space Jam 2, Green Lantern, BvS, King Arthur)

All except for three of these are based on stories not owned by Warners..

[mwynn]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu..._term=10028177

Discovery+ Now Expected to Survive As Standalone Streaming Service As HBO Max Expands
The plan would allow the company to retain subscribers who don't want to pay more for the combined super-service's scripted entertainment fare.

In a slight pivot to its streaming strategy, Warner Bros. Discovery expects to keep Discovery+ as a standalone streaming service, even after it launches its combined super-service with HBO Max later this year, a source familiar with the plans tells The Hollywood Reporter.

WBD announced the plan to combine HBO Max and Discovery+ last year, arguing that they have complementary content and subscriber bases. The combined service is expected to launch in the spring under a new name.

The new service would bring together HBO content like The Last of Us, HBO Max content like Hacks and Discovery content like shows from Magnolia Network, HGTV and Discovery. That will still be the case under the new plan, however, the company will keep Discovery+ as a lower cost option for people who don’t want the scripted entertainment programming, potentially allowing it to retain subscribers that would otherwise churn out instead of paying more.

[Lee A Stewart]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . . . The best laid plans of mice and men.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . . . The best laid plans of mice and men.

The start, stop, smell the flowers, change your mind and go home nature of this is interesting.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by mwynn

The start, stop, smell the flowers, change your mind and go home nature of this is interesting.

I'm getting the impression he sits in his office throwing darts at a dart board labeled with possible decisions.

He's great at saving money and cutting costs. Now lets see how good he is at producing content fit for WBD.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

I'm getting the impression he sits in his office throwing darts at a dart board labeled with possible decisions.

He's great at saving money and cutting costs. Now lets see how good he is at producing content fit for WBD.

Yeah I am curious to see what they come with next. With Last of Us being such a hit for them, will they go after more video game properties?

[Jumpman]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Yeah I am curious to see what they come with next. With Last of Us being such a hit for them, will they go after more video game properties?

They don’t need to when you have House of the Dragon (and another Game of Thrones spin off on the way), Succession, Euphoria, and a few others. I am sure other studios/streamers will now gobble up all the video game properties to replicate what HBO has done here with the Last of Us but none of the other streamers are HBO.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

They don’t need to when you have House of the Dragon (and another Game of Thrones spin off on the way), Succession, Euphoria, and a few others. I am sure other studios/streamers will now gobble up all the video game properties to replicate what HBO has done here with the Last of Us but none of the other streamers are HBO.

God of War is already with Netflix. Still plenty out there to snatch up.