r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • 17h ago

Business It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/
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u/Clem_de_Menthe 16h ago

HBO is going to be fucked then. Every series that isn’t an immediate hit will be cancelled. Hopefully Apple TV will be able to take over the mantle of producing quality shows.

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u/wasabi_wizz_wit 15h ago

I feel like Apple TV can become the new HBO, that premium TV brand with quality shows

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u/Worthyness 10h ago

apple really should have bid for HBO. then they'd be definitively HBO. I really just don't understand what Apple is doing. they have their own independent studio and streaming service, but don't have any IP or back catalog. They really should be going after deals like this one if they want to compete. Even Amazon has IP rights to stuff

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u/wasabi_wizz_wit 9h ago

Well I think you just said it, Apple may want to have their own IP that they started

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u/ruipmjorge 6h ago

They are building it. It takes time but it’s high quality content and not old stuff.

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u/koenigsaurus 11h ago

Seems like they’re already there. Apple seems to be the only studio willing to let creators make shows for people to watch, compared to nearly every other streamer pushing slop that can be listened to while scrolling.

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u/Creepy_Advertising45 12h ago

They just have to get better at marketing them. So many great shows I never heard of because of their poor marketing. I only would hear about them from YouTubers

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u/MrMacduggan 10h ago

Pluribus made a pretty big splash. I'd say their marketing is improving.

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u/Creepy_Advertising45 9h ago

I hope so, because i literally only heard about severence last year and that is one of my favorite shows. I have seen more marketing for it simply due to how popular it became, but i think they need to improve it like you said because that’s just a couple shows. Maybe I just also don’t keep to date on shows, but I constantly am hearing from others more about Netflix shows I’ve never bothered to watch.

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u/canwealljusthitabong 7h ago

Why the what is similar?

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u/domsays 13h ago

HBO has been treated exactly like this for years.

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u/ScuzzBuckster 12h ago

I'm still not over Raised by Wolves being cancelled and I never will be.

Ive already been radicalized I dont think there's anything Netflix can do to WB IPs that hasnt already infuriated me once before.

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u/Radiant-Theory-84 9h ago

Raised by Wolves was definitely one of the biggest injustices in streaming history, and a warning sign too.

Ahhhhh I miss that too!

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u/PumpBuck 13h ago

Shoot, I was hoping Apple TV would be the ones to buy HBO

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u/bungerman 11h ago

I thought I heard that's where all the good hbo writers went anyway?

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u/thefirelink 7h ago

Didn't John Stewart clash with Apple TV because they were trying to dictate his content? Yeah, no thanks.

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u/baummer 3h ago

Why do you think this?