Warner/Discovery

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Great - just what we need: Another service to sign up to, another set of credentials to manage and more excslusivity.

Nope. Aint signing up for Disney or AT&T or anything else that tries to fence off their content. I can live without it. TONS of stuff to watch. I have a healthy disc catalog, I have Netflix/Amazon prime and whatever is on network TV(OTA).

Whats hilarious is the cable-cutters(Im one of them but I "get it") who cant do math end up being subscribed to like 8 streaming services and are paying MORE monthly than they used to for cable or satelite. DUH?

Maybe. Cable's, what, $40 on the loooow end? normally $60-$100 easily. 8 steaming services at maaaaybe $10 each is not bad if you ask me. Also many cell phone plans pay got one of the big ones.

[cheez avenger]

Whats hilarious is the cable-cutters(Im one of them but I "get it") who cant do math end up being subscribed to like 8 streaming services and are paying MORE monthly than they used to for cable or satelite. DUH?

It can be a bit of a wash. The point being that one will watch MORE content than they would would if they had regular cable tv and even one or two of the added "premium" channels, with their cable tv subscription.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

Maybe. Cable's, what, $40 on the loooow end? normally $60-$100 easily. 8 steaming services at maaaaybe $10 each is not bad if you ask me. Also many cell phone plans pay got one of the big ones.

That’s true, it’s just the point that if the idea was to save money there are some folks that really aren’t. They have ditched cable and that’s good but the monthly outlay isn’t that different. And yes, if you get this stuff cheaper with a cell phone deal then of course that helps.

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

It can be a bit of a wash. The point being that one will watch MORE content than they would would if they had regular cable tv and even one or two of the added "premium" channels, with their cable tv subscription.

I sort of agree. The streaming services do have some premium stuff but let’s face it, they are also loaded with B movie garbage. Like page after page of it. Like half the movies or more that are available on Netflix or amazon prime are Mystery science theater material, lol.

But, I admit that we have MORE to watch now than we ever did with cable. Can’t even keep up with the shows. So many choices.

[mwynn]

Big Bang Theory’ ups the ante in TV's red hot streaming wars

WarnerMedia has closed a massive deal to exclusively stream the smash CBS sitcom, “The Big Bang Theory,” on the planned new HBO Max streaming service. It is the the latest salvo in the streaming arms race which has seen billions spent in a matter of hours.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/wa...streaming-deal


On Monday, Netflix scooped up the rights to the classic comedy "Seinfeld" for a price reportedly north of $500 million. Less than 24 hours later, Warner swooped in on "Big Bang" for a reported $1 billion. Both of these come on the heels of:

NBCUniversal, paying $500 million for exclusive domestic streaming rights to "The Office" for its new service, Peacock -- NBC unveiling that name today.
Peacock also revealed it has picked up the rights to another hit comedy, "Parks and Recreation" for an undisclosed sum.
HBO Max striking again paying out $425 million over five years ($85 million per year) to move mega-hit Friends from Netflix and onto its fledgling service

[CyberpunkCentral]

Originally Posted by mwynn

On Monday, Netflix scooped up the rights to the classic comedy "Seinfeld" for a price reportedly north of $500 million.

[mwynn]

Dee Dee Myers Stepping Down as Warner Bros. Communications Chief

Dee Dee Myers is stepping down as executive vice president of worldwide corporate communications and public affairs for Warner Bros., Variety has learned. Her decision ends a five-year run at the studio for Myers, who joined the company after a distinguished career that included a stint as White House press secretary during President Bill Clinton’s first term. She was first woman to hold the position.

In an interview with Variety, Myers said she isn’t sure what the future will hold for her, but she felt that it was the right time to make the move.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/d...ns-1203512261/

[mwynn]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-c...niverse-first/

Layoffs at Warner Bros have been widely expected over the weekend, and this morning Bleeding Cool learned that this would indeed DC Comics as well, including editorial staff. Variety has numbered 650 layoffs coming from Warner Bros while HBO is expected to lose up to 175 staffers, topping 800 staffers.

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/war...bo-1234729976/

[Batman1980]

I wonder what this will do to the DCU and the Snyderverse going forward.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

I wonder what this will do to the DCU and the Snyderverse going forward.

If they move all of the shows from DC Universe to HBO max, the only thing it will have is the comics. How long before they kill it when the memberships start to drop.

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by mwynn

If they move all of the shows from DC Universe to HBO max, the only thing it will have is the comics. How long before they kill it when the memberships start to drop.

Technically, the memberships will go up because the vast majority of people haven't even activated their membership. HBO Max only had 4 million subscribers as of June 30, which probably isn't sustainable.

https://variety.com/vip/hbo-max-subs...ed-1234715002/

It has a chance of not even getting off the ground if they keep up their fight with Roku and Amazon devices.

[captveg]

I wonder if part of the negotiations with Amazon for HBO Max involves Comixology taking over the comics aspect of DC Universe subscribers.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by ctujackbauer

Technically, the memberships will go up because the vast majority of people haven't even activated their membership. HBO Max only had 4 million subscribers as of June 30, which probably isn't sustainable.

https://variety.com/vip/hbo-max-subs...ed-1234715002/

It has a chance of not even getting off the ground if they keep up their fight with Roku and Amazon devices.

Talking about DC universe losing memberships.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by captveg

I wonder if part of the negotiations with Amazon for HBO Max involves Comixology taking over the comics aspect of DC Universe subscribers.

That would be interesting.

[Poya]

Originally Posted by mwynn

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-c...niverse-first/

Layoffs at Warner Bros have been widely expected over the weekend, and this morning Bleeding Cool learned that this would indeed DC Comics as well, including editorial staff. Variety has numbered 650 layoffs coming from Warner Bros while HBO is expected to lose up to 175 staffers, topping 800 staffers.

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/war...bo-1234729976/

Wasn’t HBO meant to be running independent among the company? Don’t want it to be WB’s premium channel.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by Poya

Wasn’t HBO meant to be running independent among the company? Don’t want it to be WB’s premium channel.

HBO is independent of WB Studios, but both answer to AT&T now, so lots of redundancies between them (and Turner) are being consolidated.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Talking about DC universe losing memberships.

DC Universe's days are numbered.

[mwynn]

Layoffs before fandome is a punch in the gut.

[Batman1980]

Yeah talk about smiling for the cameras through clenched teeth.

[mwynn]

Hearing that Jim Lee might be out as coo.

[Batman1980]

That's horrifying news if true.