28-12-2023, 07:39 PM
This is probably their way of cutting their losses incurred by investment in streaming whilst maintaining their own service rather than giving up and selling all content to Netflix.
The streaming market in the US is only really going to sustain maybe five streaming services maximum- at the minute there’s seven. Amazon, Apple and Disney I think will have deep enough pockets to keep going, Netflix seem safe. So there’s only going to be room for possibly one more profitable service and maybe WBD and Paramount reckon by merging they can take that space.
From a UK standpoint, one service encompassing all the HBO shows, the BT Sport and Eurosport stuff (the TNT brand is terrible), Discovery documentaries and Paramount’s back catalogue sounds compelling. Dread to think how much they would charge for the privilege, mind.
Whatever the case, the regulators both sides of the Atlantic will be wanting to ask questions.
The streaming market in the US is only really going to sustain maybe five streaming services maximum- at the minute there’s seven. Amazon, Apple and Disney I think will have deep enough pockets to keep going, Netflix seem safe. So there’s only going to be room for possibly one more profitable service and maybe WBD and Paramount reckon by merging they can take that space.
From a UK standpoint, one service encompassing all the HBO shows, the BT Sport and Eurosport stuff (the TNT brand is terrible), Discovery documentaries and Paramount’s back catalogue sounds compelling. Dread to think how much they would charge for the privilege, mind.
Whatever the case, the regulators both sides of the Atlantic will be wanting to ask questions.
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