And then video stores will make a triumphant comeback.![]()
Generationally embarrassing how badly the Zaslav regime has fumbled utilizing their core IPs on their own streaming service.
And to have a free streaming service doing a better presentation of their IP, no less.Generationally embarrassing how badly the Zaslav regime has fumbled utilizing their core IPs on their own streaming service.
What in the knock off Mickey is that thing!
Space Jam 2 is why he wanted to kill them.And to have a free streaming service doing a better presentation of their IP, no less.
That would be Foxy.What in the knock off Mickey is that thing!![]()
HBO2 will now be called HBO Hits. HBO Signature is now HBO Drama. HBO Zone will henceforth be known as HBO Movies.
Plus, Warner Bros. Discovery is reviving the Cinemax name. MoreMAX is now Cinemax Hits. ActionMAX will now be called Cinemax Action. And 5starMAX is renamed Cinemax Classics.
Wouldn't it be a lot more cost-effective to just get rid of David Zaslav?![]()
HBO Changes the Names of 6 TV Channels as HBO2 Becomes HBO Hits and More
HBO has changed the names of six of its U.S. linear channels, as HBO2 becomes HBO Hits and the Cinemax name is revived.variety.com
HBO Signature and Zone used to be my background noise.
Especially when it becomes a part of Paramount.![]()
David Zaslav Says There's 'Real Opportunity' to Raise HBO Max Prices
He also said HBO Max would begin a more aggressive push on its password sharing crackdownwww.thewrap.com
Greetings from Los Angeles and welcome back to In the Room. Last Friday, after I published my latest missive on David Ellison’s presumptive all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, a well-placed Hollywood source called to suggest to me that Netflix was also considering a bid for David Zaslav’s assets. This once-implausible scenario had already gained some traction in the analyst community, and I’ll concede that my imagination started running wild when Ted Sarandos showed up with Zaz at the Crawford–Álvarez fight in Las Vegas the next night.
It seems hard to imagine—maybe Netflix would want the studio and streaming division—but the whispers, themselves, are indicative of this feverish new era of M&A activity, catalyzed in large part by Ellison’s entry into the space. Ellison’s seemingly limitless cash and ambition have accelerated Hollywood’s consolidation process, and his decision to bid for all of WBD now—in an attempt to preempt potential rivals—is forcing nearly everyone to dust off their models. NBCUniversal, which is in the worst position to acquire Zaz’s assets from a regulatory perspective, spent the weekend “running the numbers on WBD,” per a source familiar, though a Comcast source cautioned that such a takeover was implausible, especially as it was spinning off Versant. (Reps for Netflix and Comcast did not comment.)
Paramount Max+
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