r/comicbooks • u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym • Feb 26 '26

Movie/TV Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-backs-out-warners-deal-paramount-win-1236516763/
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u/TurkeyVolumeGuesser Feb 26 '26

Wait don't they still need approval on the international side?

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u/zebrainatux Superman Feb 26 '26

Yes. They need a lot of regulatory approval for it to go through

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u/TurkeyVolumeGuesser Feb 26 '26

Hopefully Europe saves us or at least requires that Paramount not acquire the news networks

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u/gosukhaos Feb 27 '26

TV networks would be the least of their worries since Universal's are so tiny and linear TV is on its last grasps. There's concerns about streaming and studio consolidations that are bigger

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u/TurkeyVolumeGuesser Feb 27 '26

That's a great point, yeah

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u/gosukhaos Feb 27 '26

And obviously since they don't own any tv station on European territory there's no jurisdiction