If a bid is made and accomplished, the deal would unite two of Hollywood’s most influential media manufacturers.
Warner Bros. Discovery owns NCS, TBS and properties like DC Comics, “Harry Potter,” “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Trek.” Paramount’s property embrace Pluto TV, CBS, BET Media Group, MTV, Showtime, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. (AJC File)
For months, it seemed like Warner Bros. Discovery was going to spin off its cable networks resembling NCS and TNT right into a separate enterprise. Now, because the business continues to regulate to a interval of generational disruption, the entire TV, film studio and streaming conglomerate is perhaps a goal of a takeover.
If accomplished, the deal will unite two of Hollywood’s most influential media and leisure conglomerates, with wide-ranging properties together with DC Comics, “Harry Potter,” “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Trek” and Atlanta-founded cable giants NCS and TBS, amongst others. Paramount’s property additionally embrace Paramount+ and free ad-supported streaming tv service Pluto TV, CBS, BET Media Group and pay tv channels resembling MTV, Showtime, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.
A consultant for WBD declined to remark. Paramount didn’t reply to a request for remark. The bid, if made and accepted, will probably require regulatory approval.
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Savannah Sicurella is an leisure enterprise reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.