by Matteo Comberti | Sep 22, 2025 | Audiovisual Market in General
Streaming platform Netflix intends to bid for the acquisition of audiovisual giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The news was reported by journalist Dylan Byres on Puck News, a US digital media outlet, a few days after it came to light that Paramount (Skydance) was...
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Disney+ to stream its first-ever avant premiere with The Fantastic Four: First Steps
by Matteo Comberti | Jul 18, 2025 | OTT / VOD
For the first time in its history, Disney+ (The Walt Disney Company) will live stream an avant premiere. The platform will stream the blue carpet event for the new movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps for The Entire World. All the OTT’s subscribers will have access...
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Max rebranding to HBO Max implemented worldwide on July 9
by Matteo Comberti | Jul 9, 2025 | OTT / VOD
Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform Max changed its name back to HBO Max on July 9. Although the news had been announced on May 14, 2025, the simultaneous implementation of the rebranding worldwide was unexpected, given that previous changes of this kind had...
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Acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance confirmed, there being no other bids on the table
by Virginia Anziano | Aug 28, 2024 | Audiovisual Market in General
After long months of negotiations, the transaction arranged between audiovisual giant Paramount Global and movie and TV studio Skydance Media for the acquisition of the former has been confirmed. Announced on July 7, the agreement provided for a “go-shop” period...
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Skydance Media closes agreement to take over Paramount Global
by Camila Sirolli | Jul 8, 2024 | Audiovisual Market in General
Skydance Media and Paramount Global have entered into an agreement by which the US film and TV production company is to become the holder of a controlling stake in the global media conglomerate. The transaction includes two steps. First, Skydance will acquire National...