Skydance to Buy Paramount Global

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

19 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

Fox News and MSNBC aren't news channels. They exhibit political punditry (opinion). They can brand themselves however they like, but just because they call themselves "news" doesn't mean they are news. Call a potato whatever you want, but it does not make it a banana.

CNN as well despite any assurance that they are a genuine news channel.  If the channels' day is filled with punditry and opinion of ANY kind, that ship has sailed.

 

Sadly, the concept of a "news channel" is long gone.  The only thing that even comes close are the "live" variants like NBC News Now and Fox's LiveNow.

Edited August 9, 2024 by tyrannical bastard

[DENDude 259]

This is just crossing the news wires: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/27/media-exec-bronfman-pulls-out-of-race-to-acquire-paramount.html   CBS Corp & Paramount have been sold by National Amusements, Inc  to Skydance Media, LLC.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/sold-pluto-tv-paramount-have-been-sold-to-skydance-as-all-other-bidders-drop-out/?fbclid=IwY2xjawE6CvhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcPfkLCj7P_mYT5wi1UWShmtKftpxcF0oiG6mO2s1R9W3Tip0ZEnfXqWQg_aem_APDaa7BxPGjGFZUkrVdwRg 

 

 

[AmericanErrorist 267]

Skydance has promised it will “make strategic investments in the legendary newsgathering and reporting efforts of the national CBS television network and the company’s O&O local stations” in their filing to the FCC, including enhancing the online presences of the TV stations.

 

https://deadline.com/2024/09/skydance-paramount-fcc-1236079534/

[Georgie56 3661]

The merger has been greenlit.

 

 

[Dave Lampstein 287]

Article from Variety

 

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/fcc-approves-paramount-skydance-merger-deal-conditions-1236459974/
 

 

[broadcastfan9751 150]

The FCC order approving the merger. 

 

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-25-43A1.pdf

[kfc513 259]

The Paramount-Skydance merger has closed yesterday. The combined company is now called "Paramount Skydance Corporation" though its consumer-facing name will still just be "Paramount (A Skydance Corporation)"

 

Their logo is officially the same one as Paramount Global with a Skydance byline appended to it.

 

 

[Rusty Muck 4688]

... and now the countdown has begun for when Skydance offloads CBS in a fire sale. I give it six months, give or take.

[LTSC1980 130]

6 hours ago, Rusty Muck said:

... and now the countdown has begun for when Skydance offloads CBS in a fire sale. I give it six months, give or take.

I think Network 10 in Australia and Telefe in Argentina will be sold first.

[TVLurker 389]

Elison can't seem to get rid of the stupid Skydance name can he?

[channel2 1042]

Sumner never got rid of the name "Viacom," why would David Ellison get rid of the "Skydance" name?

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

BREAKING

 

In the first major move since the merger was approved, Paramount is getting seven years of U.F.C. fights.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/business/paramount-ufc-fights-deal.html

[MD TV 389]

14 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said:

BREAKING

 

In the first major move since the merger was approved, Paramount is getting seven years of U.F.C. fights.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/business/paramount-ufc-fights-deal.html

The big deal is that there's no more UFC ppvs, as everything is now on Paramount+. Like how sister company WWE did away with the traditional ppv model years ago.

 

Also, it sounds right given how Trump-friendly UFC is.

[GraphicsMan 345]

1 hour ago, TheRolyPoly said:

BREAKING

 

In the first major move since the merger was approved, Paramount is getting seven years of U.F.C. fights.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/business/paramount-ufc-fights-deal.html

im so happy I can finally watch UFC now freely. 

[channel2 1042]

9 hours ago, MD TV said:

The big deal is that there's no more UFC ppvs, as everything is now on Paramount+. Like how sister company WWE did away with the traditional ppv model years ago.

 

Also, it sounds right given how Trump-friendly UFC is.

 

It also just suits the macho ethos that Paramount and Skydance both share.

[l_miro 245]

9 hours ago, MD TV said:

The big deal is that there's no more UFC ppvs, as everything is now on Paramount+. Like how sister company WWE did away with the traditional ppv model years ago.

 

Also, it sounds right given how Trump-friendly UFC is.

 

can't be because PPV is a dead format, and UFC want to grow their audience now that they're mainstream?

 

Like you know, that Paramount+ deal for $1.1 billion a year and $7.7 billion over 7 years vs the $300-$500 million yearly UFC earned from pay per view that only hardcore fans bought into at ~$80 per ticket

[SDHIll1980 150]

6 hours ago, l_miro said:

 

can't be because PPV is a dead format, and UFC want to grow their audience now that they're mainstream?

 

So much so, that InDemand (the pay-per-view supplier to traditional cable companies) is shutting down its operations at the end of this year...

https://www.nexttv.com/news/in-demand-to-shut-down-at-end-of-2025

 

Surely with the end of InDemand, this may have played a role in UFC deciding to go exclusively with Paramount+ with PPV distribution of their events.  However, in the article I posted, it was noted that the three key owners in InDemand (Cox, Spectrum, Comcast) will each individually handle their own pay-per-view offerings going forward.  That said, with the major sports leagues having their own streaming seasonal packages on their own apps, plus a few of them also using distribution through Prime Video, we'll see how much longer the traditional TV providers keep utilizing the pay-per-view model. 

Edited August 12, 2025 by SDHIll1980

[l_miro 245]

16 hours ago, SDHIll1980 said:

 

So much so, that InDemand (the pay-per-view supplier to traditional cable companies) is shutting down its operations at the end of this year...

https://www.nexttv.com/news/in-demand-to-shut-down-at-end-of-2025

 

Surely with the end of InDemand, this may have played a role in UFC deciding to go exclusively with Paramount+ with PPV distribution of their events.  However, in the article I posted, it was noted that the three key owners in InDemand (Cox, Spectrum, Comcast) will each individually handle their own pay-per-view offerings going forward.  That said, with the major sports leagues having their own streaming seasonal packages on their own apps, plus a few of them also using distribution through Prime Video, we'll see how much longer the traditional TV providers keep utilizing the pay-per-view model. 

 

InDemand, what a throwback. Bumping into those Viewer's Choice PPV psychic shows on Primestar my first days in the US is a core memory. Might be place for PPV but even pickleball have their own TV "network" now and they don't have to revshare with Big Cable

 

[nathannah 2792]

One good sign is that BET is off the sale block, which makes me assume that no networks will die and MTV2 and VH1 will continue to be zombie feeds of UPN/WB sitcoms until their next RTC cycle.

[mre29 1967]

19 minutes ago, nathannah said:

One good sign is that BET is off the sale block, which makes me assume that no networks will die and MTV2 and VH1 will continue to be zombie feeds of UPN/WB sitcoms until their next RTC cycle.

 

That's a good thing?

 

[nathannah 2792]

As in "it won't become another feed of Byron Allen reruns" good news and at least keeps that channel and its sisters going at the very least.

[Megatron81 343]

On 8/12/2025 at 12:46 AM, SDHIll1980 said:

 

So much so, that InDemand (the pay-per-view supplier to traditional cable companies) is shutting down its operations at the end of this year...

https://www.nexttv.com/news/in-demand-to-shut-down-at-end-of-2025

 

Surely with the end of InDemand, this may have played a role in UFC deciding to go exclusively with Paramount+ with PPV distribution of their events.  However, in the article I posted, it was noted that the three key owners in InDemand (Cox, Spectrum, Comcast) will each individually handle their own pay-per-view offerings going forward.  That said, with the major sports leagues having their own streaming seasonal packages on their own apps, plus a few of them also using distribution through Prime Video, we'll see how much longer the traditional TV providers keep utilizing the pay-per-view model. 

 

 

UFC PPV events were only on ESPN+ only and it was like $80 dollars a year as an add on I believe. Surprised that ESPN or FOX didn't want to take the UFC rights again I didn't think that CBS would've gotten the UFC rights. Looks like CBS will air some UFC events on Sat nights at 8PM what FOX did when they had UFC rights. ABC only aired UFC events at 3PM on Sat afternoons never in primetime those were always on ESPN.

[AmericanErrorist 267]

The New York Times has released an article composed of interviews Shari Redstone did over the last year which were withheld until the merger closed (article gifted to here by me):

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/business/media/shari-redstone-paramount-trump-settlement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.7v9Y.7meP8uzoG7Ty&smid=url-share

[TVLurker 389]

On 8/19/2025 at 3:28 AM, AmericanErrorist said:

The New York Times has released an article composed of interviews Shari Redstone did over the last year which were withheld until the merger closed (article gifted to here by me):

Oh damn. I can't believe the amount of hate Shari got. What is wrong with people?

[Rusty Muck 4688]

Meanwhile CBS News is bleeding money.

 

A lot of money. Like, $50 million a year per Puck. (Archived copy here.)

 

Allegedly the new people in charge think right-winger Bari Weiss will magically cure all the network's ills, which only shows how little they actually want to keep the network.