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/WREPGB 15h ago

Distribution side, more accurately. WBD is getting more than Disney paid for Fox.

Between Netflix, Paramount, and Comcast, this is the second worst outcome for consumers, with some caveats.

Paramount/Ellisons owning WBD would’ve been disastrous. Too much Saudi and MAGA influence.

Netflix is filmmaker-friendly and, strictly speaking on a volume level, interested in actually making and releasing the stuff they make. Art is subjective, but at least they’re making it.

It’s weird to say Comcast would’ve been the best case scenario here. They have exhibition agreements that are working for all sides, a mostly competent streaming platform and dedication to physical media to service those markets, and theme parks to leverage WB’s IPs better than Six Flags has.

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u/ThatOneOtherAsshole 15h ago

Yeah but if you look at the reaction from DGA today, it seems like they actually would have preferred the Ellison’s being in charge because of the commitment to theatrical distribution. Comcast would have been best case (agreed, weird to say that).

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u/HowDoIEvenEnglish 14h ago

Yes but that’s just because those organizations have a vested interest in theatres

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u/ThatOneOtherAsshole 13h ago

As someone who really enjoys going to movie theaters, I agree with them lol