Netflix's proposed Warner Bros. acquisition is under intense scrutiny
The US Justice Department’s investigation of Netflix’s proposed $72-billion (R1.15-trillion) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery includes scrutiny of the streaming giant’s behaviour and whether it wields anticompetitive...
Warner Bros. board weighing new talks with Paramount
Warner Bros Discovery is considering reopening sale talks with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance after receiving its hostile suitor’s most recent amended offer, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Members of the Warner Bros...
Paramount intensifies fight over Warner Bros
Paramount Skydance ratcheted up the stakes in the months-long battle for Warner Bros. Discovery, saying it plans to nominate directors to the board to thwart a merger with Netflix.
The company, run by David Ellison, also said it filed a lawsuit...
Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
The fight over the future of Hollywood just got nastier.
Paramount launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery at $30 a share in cash on Monday, just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix Inc...
Paramount making a Call of Duty movie
Paramount Skydance Corp. has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp.’s Activision video game unit to develop and produce a live-action film based on the Call of Duty franchise, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
“We’re approaching this film with the...
Netflix and Hollywood giants accuse Cloudflare of protecting pirates
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has listed 70 platforms and companies linked to copyright infringement in its most recent notorious markets submission to the US government, TorrentFreak reports.
The MPA's members include...
alliance for creativity and entertainment (ace)
disney
motion picture association (mpa)
netflix
paramount
rarbg
sony pictures
the pirate bay
universal
warner bros
yts
Amazon and Disney lose bid for IPL streaming rights
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s media venture won the digital streaming rights to the Indian Premier League, outbidding entertainment giants including Walt Disney Co. and Sony Group Corp., according to a person familiar with the matter.
Online...
DStv bloodbath coming
DStv will lose half a million customers in South Africa over the next five years, while its revenue in the country will decline by around R3 billion.
That is according to the Africa Pay TV Forecasts report from television industry intelligence firm Digital TV Research.
YouTube offers movie rentals
YouTube announced a movie rental partnership with Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, despite the online video website’s long-running litigation with Paramount parent company Viacom Inc.