Viacom is dead, long live Paramount...

[tyrannical bastard 3948]

As long as Paramount is the surviving company. 

Warner Brothers should have been killed off a long time ago, even before AT&T ran them further into the ground.

If they somehow get their hands on MGM, they can re-label all of the stuff Warner took over from Ted Turner when he kept their pre-1986 library.

[Adam MadMan 285]

2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

As long as Paramount is the surviving company. 

Warner Brothers should have been killed off a long time ago, even before AT&T ran them further into the ground.

If they somehow get their hands on MGM, they can re-label all of the stuff Warner took over from Ted Turner when he kept their pre-1986 library.

Based on the article and the companies' respective market values, it looks more like WBD would take over Paramount should the deal come to fruition.

[tyrannical bastard 3948]

6 hours ago, Adam MadMan said:

Based on the article and the companies' respective market values, it looks more like WBD would take over Paramount should the deal come to fruition.

Great...more things for David Zaslav to run into the ground.

[ATLNewsExpert 455]

21 hours ago, MD TV said:

Axios is reporting that Paramount is in talks to be merged with WBD:

 

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/warner-bros-paramount-merger-discovery-streaming?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social

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[GoldenShine9 1513]

Could there be a bidding war? One possibility is Comcast-Universal gets involved - and they would have to sell either CBS or NBC...

 

https://policyband.com/blog/an-fcc-rule-could-hinder-an-nbc-cbs-merger-2

[compubit 673]

Yet we wonder why Gray is moving away from network affiliation identification on their stations....

Edited December 22, 2023 by compubit
Clarification

[tyrannical bastard 3948]

10 hours ago, compubit said:

Yet we wonder why Gray is moving away from network affiliation identification on their stations....

What's their largest affiliate base?

[HSV cheesehead 99]

37 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

What's their largest affiliate base?

I would say either Nexstar or Gray.

[MediaZone4K 2172]

1 hour ago, HSV cheesehead said:

I would say either Nexstar or Gray.

I think HSV means tv channel affiliation.

[HSV cheesehead 99]

1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said:

I think HSV means tv channel affiliation.

Yes, I do, and this is just based off of scrolling thru Wikipedia, not firsthand knowledge.

[TVLurker 198]

*popcorn gif*

[tyrannical bastard 3948]

Rough estimate,  CBS is the largest affiliate member of Gray's stations.

 

IIRC, Gray is also the largest affiliate group of CBS as well.

 

 

[Megatron81 258]

I would think the government would say no to WBD buying Paramount and Comcast isn't a no go even if they have to sell either NBC or CBS but I could be wrong. I just don't see the government syringing onto these mergers in my opinion.

[CoopInTheHouse 68]

Someone requested this subject be moved to this chat, so well, I’m gonna do it.

 

This morning (December 29th, 2023) at 6:00am EST, Dabl rebranded from a lifestyle network to a Black-oriented channel, primarily airing sitcoms from the CBS Media Ventures library. In addition, it discontinued streaming free as a FAST network online. The network is now managed by Weigel Broadcasting.

[mre29 1519]

On 12/29/2023 at 5:50 PM, CoopInTheHouse said:

In addition, it discontinued streaming free as a FAST network online.

 

No wonder I couldn't find it in any of the FAST services I have on my iPad.

 

Edited January 4, 2024 by mre29