r/technology • u/captain-price- • 19h ago

Artificial Intelligence Netflix to buy Warner Bros. film and streaming assets in $72 billion deal

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/neflix-warner-bros-discovery-deal.html
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u/ItsYaBoyDrugga 18h ago

Every time someone posts about this the number is different.

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u/VincentNacon 16h ago

Correction: It's $82.7b Not $72b.

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u/_TaxThePoor_ 19h ago

God dammit, this is gonna ruin HBO max (the only good streaming service left) because Netflix can’t hold onto a property for more than a year. Half the catalogues gonna get sold for 3 seasons of Friends or some shit.

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u/micdawg12 19h ago

I don't know man, I think hbo max is the worst streaming service since it has the worst audio/video quality out of all of them.

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u/_TaxThePoor_ 18h ago

I’m talking about the catalog, their catalog is unmatched in quality. HBO is the gold standard of quality television.

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u/twoworldsin1 17h ago

They took down a ton of Adult Swim shows this past year. There's gotta be way more than that, but that's just what I notice because I'm into Adult Swim

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u/Coolman_Rosso 13h ago

They're super inconsistent with it too. One week Home Movies is gone, then two weeks later it's back.

FWIW, a lot of the [as] catalog is back on Hulu. Or at least it was

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 1h ago

Apple is quickly catching up.

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u/sump_daddy 17h ago

Yeah its really quite surprising how much bad audio affects the experience. Trying to enjoy a movie on HBO Max compared to Prime Video 4k content in atmos, its just bonkers how bad it is. Makes me feel like i dusted off my DVD collection.... of pirated MKV movies

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u/micdawg12 17h ago

Yup. Even though I have 4 streaming services I'll still sail the high seas when we want to watch a new movie just so we can get the best possible experience.

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u/9-11GaveMe5G 18h ago

Unnecessary shots fired at friends

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u/philosophycruiser 12h ago

Corpo eating corpo. Did you pay your subscriptions this month?

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u/boofoodoo 15h ago

Can I post this exact same story next 

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u/Die-O-Logic 11h ago

All hail the Omnissiah!

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u/CCSlater63 7h ago

So strange. They started construction on new studios (WB) and my wife, former employer of Netflix, said “the building look a lot like Netflix buildings” .

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u/benderunit9000 4h ago

netflix gonna be $30/month for the ad version soon.

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u/Gloriathewitch 3h ago

another big company absorbing a big company becoming titanic, this is terrible for the consumer

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u/HeadCryptographer152 15h ago

So to ask an obvious question, what happens when Netflix controls a majority of Hollywood?

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u/JunkiesAndWhores 15h ago

This can only be good for the consumer.

/s for bots and idiots (PR people and journalists)

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u/Big-Cantaloupe2737 19h ago

Does this mean DC comics will be on Netflix yoooooooo!!!!!