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  • Voting Is Open for the 2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards

    Voting Is Open for the 2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards

    Fan voting has begun for the 2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards. This is the 16th year of the annual home entertainment industry honors, and the ninth year they have been presented by Media Play News. Through March 31, film and TV fans and home entertainment enthusiasts can visit MediaPlayNews.com/awards/ballot to select their favorite home … Continue reading “Voting Is Open for the 2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards”

  • DOJ Officially Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Whether Netflix/WBD Deal Hurts Competition, Industry

    DOJ Officially Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Whether Netflix/WBD Deal Hurts Competition, Industry

    The Justice Department has drilled down further into Netflix’s pending $82.7 billion all-cash acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets to determine whether the streaming behemoth “may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act or Section 2 of the Sherman Act,” according … Continue reading “DOJ Officially Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Whether Netflix/WBD Deal Hurts Competition, Industry”

  • Trump Demands Netflix Fire Board Member Susan Rice or ‘Pay the Consequences’

    Trump Demands Netflix Fire Board Member Susan Rice or ‘Pay the Consequences’

    If Netflix thought it could avoid politics (and President Trump) securing government approval of its $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets, that notion blew up spectacularly Feb. 21 when the president demanded the streamer fire board member Susan Rice, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor … Continue reading “Trump Demands Netflix Fire Board Member Susan Rice or ‘Pay the Consequences’”

  • ‘Avatar’ Director James Cameron Blasts Possible Netflix/WBD Merger as Harmful to Box Office

    ‘Avatar’ Director James Cameron Blasts Possible Netflix/WBD Merger as Harmful to Box Office

    Director James Cameron, whose theatrical releases including the “Avatar” franchise and Titanic rank among the top-grossing movies of all time, isn’t mincing words in his disdain about a possible merger between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio business. Netflix has an accepted $82.7 billion deal with WBD for its Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television and … Continue reading “‘Avatar’ Director James Cameron Blasts Possible Netflix/WBD Merger as Harmful to Box Office”

  • Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Passes DOJ Antitrust Scrutiny; Netflix Says Paramount’s Regulatory Approvals Have Not Been Met

    Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Passes DOJ Antitrust Scrutiny; Netflix Says Paramount’s Regulatory Approvals Have Not Been Met

    Paramount Skydance Feb. 20 disclosed that its hostile $108.4 billion all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery has passed the Depart of Justice’s 10-day antitrust waiting period. The waiting period expired on Feb. 19 at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The time period expired after Paramount fulfilled the DOJ’s second request for information on Dec. 23, 2025, according … Continue reading “Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Passes DOJ Antitrust Scrutiny; Netflix Says Paramount’s Regulatory Approvals Have Not Been Met”

  • Netflix Reportedly Has Cash to Raise WBD Asset Acquisition Offer

    Netflix Reportedly Has Cash to Raise WBD Asset Acquisition Offer

    Netflix reportedly has the cash to raise its current accepted $27.75-per-share all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets, according to Reuters, which cited sources familiar with the situation. Despite 10 rejected offers for the entire WBD (including television assets) from Paramount Skydance, WBD’s board this week said it was considering its newly … Continue reading “Netflix Reportedly Has Cash to Raise WBD Asset Acquisition Offer”

  • Blue Ant Readies London Screenings Slate With First-Ever Move Into Scripted Programming

    Blue Ant Readies London Screenings Slate With First-Ever Move Into Scripted Programming

    Blue Ant Rights, the distribution arm of Blue Ant Studios, on Feb. 19 unveiled an expanded slate of 40 new and returning premium titles that it will debut next week at the London TV Screenings, an annual, independent and invitation-only event for international content buyers to view new scripted, unscripted, and format content. The line-up … Continue reading “Blue Ant Readies London Screenings Slate With First-Ever Move Into Scripted Programming”

  • This Week’s MPN Video Podcast: Hollywood’s Biggest Streaming Deal Is Near Collapse

    The streaming wars just turned into a negotiation deadline. Netflix has given Paramount–Skydance one final window to improve its offer before Warner Bros. Discovery moves forward — raising the stakes in a multibillion-dollar media showdown. In this episode of Next TMT Talks, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel explain what Ted Sarandos’ public comments really signaled, … Continue reading “This Week’s MPN Video Podcast: Hollywood’s Biggest Streaming Deal Is Near Collapse”

  • Netflix Opens Expansive Mexico Headquarters in Mexico City

    Netflix Opens Expansive Mexico Headquarters in Mexico City

    Fifteen years after launching in Mexico, Netflix is marking the milestone by opening the doors to its new headquarters in Mexico City. Greg Peters, co-CEO of Netflix, toasted to the opening of the facility, described as a new gathering point for Latin America’s creative community. “We’re not just opening doors and adding desks; this space … Continue reading “Netflix Opens Expansive Mexico Headquarters in Mexico City”

  • Netflix’s Ted Sarandos to Paramount: Show Me the Money

    Netflix’s Ted Sarandos to Paramount: Show Me the Money

    On the heels of Warner Bros. Discovery’s board’s willingness to revisit Paramount Skydance’s hostile $108.4 billion bid for the entire company, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, whose company has an accepted $82.7 billion deal for WBD’s streaming and studio assets, came out swinging. Appearing on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime,” Sarandos said Paramount has been targeting WBD … Continue reading “Netflix’s Ted Sarandos to Paramount: Show Me the Money”

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