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Warner Bros. Discovery is real – now comes the hard part

Tim Mulligan

12 Apr 2022

Warner Bros. Discovery

Streaming

Warner Media

On Friday, Discovery, Inc . and AT&T Inc . announced that they have concluded their transaction to combine the WarnerMedia business with Discovery. This combination finally completes a process that...

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The rediscovered power of time-seasoned brand equity

Tim Mulligan

4 Jun 2021

Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros.

discovery

Discovery CEO David Zaslav has proposed that the new combined Discovery / Warner Media entity will be known as Warner Bros. Discovery . This is a recognition that leveraging brand equity will be crucial...

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Blockbuster disruption comes to the streaming wars courtesy of HBO Max

Tim Mulligan

8 Dec 2020

SVOD

HBO Max

Warner Media

An unprecedented year for the entertainment industry has now taken yet another decisive turn. Last Thursday Warner Media’s CEO Jason Kilar announced that all Warner Bros’ 2021 releases will be available...

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HBO Max Now Has Its Launch Date-Will This Turn Out To Be Good Or Bad Timing?

Tim Mulligan

24 Apr 2020

Covid-19

d2c

On Tuesday, AT&T subsidiary Warner Media announced the launch date for its forthcoming D2C streaming video service HBO Max. On May 27 th HBO Max will launch into a world radically different from the one...

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Why Warner Media Is Investing in Incoming CEO Jason Kilar

Tim Mulligan

3 Apr 2020

d2c

hulu

Jason Kilar

On Wednesday AT&T announced that Jason Kilar will become the new CEO of Warner Media on May 1 st 2020. The choice of Kilar speaks volumes about how the US communications major is...

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Disney+ Recovers From Initial Blunder to Surpass 10 Million Sign Ups on Debut!

Alistair Taylor

14 Nov 2019

21st Century Fox

all-encompassing offering

AppleTV+. Market saturation

Disney claims unexpected traffic on its newly-launched service was at fault for the buffering and technical issues of Disney+’s launch Tuesday . The issues highlight just how difficult it is transitioning...

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Could a Recession Change the Tide for Sports Rights Allocation?

Alistair Taylor

24 Sep 2019

additive services

all-encompassing offering

AppleTV+

Revenue remains rights holder’s priority qualifier for allocating rights. However, with an impending recession, we are likely nearing an inflection point whereby rights holders may start to look towards...

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HBO, Game of Thrones and the Warner Media D2C Dilemma

Tim Mulligan

26 Jun 2019

game of thrones

HBO

Online video

May 2019 saw the controversial final episode of HBO’s flagship scripted drama series, Game of Thrones. With the final season alone taking up an estimated quarter of HBO’s entire original content budget,...

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Disney’s Latest Earnings Are Buoyed by Growth in Their Theme Park and Direct-to-Consumer Revenues

Alistair Taylor

10 May 2019

21st Century Fox

additive service

assets

On Wednesday night the Walt Disney Company reported quarterly earnings for its second fiscal quarter ending March 31st 2019, beating analyst estimates with a 3% increase in year-on-year (YoY) quarterly...

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The Video Subscription Challenge In 2019

Tim Mulligan

1 Feb 2019

Comcast

hulu

NBCU

Amid all the excitement in the media world around the 2019 launches of direct-to-consumer services from such illustrious content producers as Disney and Warner Media, one clear question remains unanswered...

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Friends for Life? Warner Media and Netflix Renegotiate Frenemy Deal

Tim Mulligan

6 Dec 2018

cbs all access

Friends

hbo now

The revelation that Warner Media (previously Time Warner, and acquired by AT&T in June 2018) has negotiated a clause in its 2019 licensing agreement with Netflix for ageing sitcom Friends highlights...

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DC Universe Is The First Strategic Move In The Next Round of Direct-To-Consumer Offerings

Alistair Taylor

25 Jul 2018

AT & T

comic-con

Comics

Warner Bro’s long awaited DC Universe subscription video on demand (SVOD) service is nearing its grand unveiling, having now decided upon a pricing plan. This is the latest of a long list of examples...

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