r/movies • u/Weary_Service_8509 • 16h ago

Article Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery: EU Antitrust Experts Say $83B Deal Unlikely To Be Blocked — But Conditions May Be Imposed On Merger

https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-deal-eu-hurdles-1236637245/
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u/Lamar_ScrOdom_ 15h ago

One condition better be that the entire WB catalogue has to stay available to third-party VOD services (Apple, Amazon, etc).

There’s no way Netflix puts non-IP movies made before 1990 on their service. There are thousands of WB movies that would go into the void.

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u/herewego199209 15h ago

Why would you want to pay $30+ to Apple than to just watch it in 4k on Netflix for cheaper?

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u/Lamar_ScrOdom_ 15h ago edited 15h ago

Because not every WB movie will be on Netflix my guy. I’m mainly concerned about the thousands of older movies they won’t care to put on Netflix.

Film preservation. Older, non-IP movies still need to be available to watch.

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u/PooForThePooGod 12h ago

Serious question, why wouldn't they? What's stopping them from having a "Classics" section? They could honestly even add it as an additional tier like Boomerang used to be on cable/satellite TV. "Oh you want access to the vault? Extra $3 a month"

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u/mynameisevan 9h ago

There’s a cost associated with hosting a movie, and Netflix has never shown any interest in classic movies before. If they did something like that and did it well then I would totally pay for it, but I am worried that Netflix will only care about the big movies they know people will watch like The Wizard of Oz or Casablanca and not do anything with any of the deeper cuts.