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Warner Bros Discovery Sets Stage For Potential Cable Deal By

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<p>Shares dive 13% after reorganizing announcement</p>
<p>Follows course taken by Comcast's brand-new spin-off business</p>
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<p>Challenges seen in selling debt-laden direct TV networks</p>
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<p>By Dawn Chmielewski, <a href="https://video.clicktruths.com/@melisapelzer1?page=about">Deborah Mary</a> Sophia and Aditya Soni</p>
<p>Dec 12 (Reuters) <a href="https://openedu.com/@monac265383795?page=about">- Warner</a> Bros Discovery on Thursday decided to separate its declining cable television TV organizations such as CNN from streaming and studio operations such as Max, preparing for a prospective sale or spinoff of its TV organization as more cable customers cut the cable.</p>
<p>Shares of Warner jumped after the business said the brand-new structure would be more deal friendly and it expected to finish the split by the middle of 2025. Warner shares closed at $12.49, up more than 15%.</p>
<p>Media business are considering options for fading cable <a href="https://shiatube.org/@oxybertie77830?page=about">television</a>; TV organizations, a <a target="_blank" href="https://bookoffuck.com/@cliffhodgson65?page=about">longtime money</a> cow where incomes are eroding as millions of consumers accept <a target="_blank" href="https://www.kukustream.com/@alinemontes553?page=about">streaming</a>; video.</p>
<p>Comcast last month revealed strategies to split the majority of its NBCUniversal cable <a href="https://www.tvcommercialad.com/@florriewatters?page=about">television networks</a> into a new public business. The brand-new business would be well capitalized and positioned to obtain other <a href="https://my.buzztv.co.za/@ignacioespinal?page=about">cable networks</a> if the market consolidates, one source told Reuters.</p>
<p>Bank of America research analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich composed that Warner Bros Discovery's cable television service possessions are a "very sensible partner" for Comcast's new <a href="https://seychelleslove.com/@violetbarker75">spin-off company</a>.</p>
<p>"We highly think there is potential for relatively sizable synergies if WBD's direct networks were combined with Comcast SpinCo," wrote Ehrlich, using the market term for conventional television.</p>
<p>"Further, our company believe WBD's standalone streaming and studio possessions would be an attractive takeover target."</p>
<p>Under the new structure for Warner Bros Discovery, the cable <a target="_blank" href="https://veedzy.com/@sebastianfuers?page=about">television service</a> consisting of TNT, Animal Planet and CNN will be housed in a system called <a href="https://purednacupid.com/@albertamartin">Global Linear</a> Networks.</p>
<p>Streaming platforms Max and Discovery+ will be under a different division together with film studios, including Warner Bros Pictures and New Line Cinema.</p>
<p>The restructuring shows an <a target="_blank" href="https://flixtube.info/@ninaonslow2927?page=about">inflection</a>; point for the media industry, as financial investments in streaming services such as Warner Bros Discovery's Max are finally settling.</p>
<p>"Streaming won as a habits," stated Jonathan Miller, primary executive of <a href="https://myclassictv.com/@unacady491757?page=about">digital media</a> investment business Integrated Media. "Now, it's winning as a company."</p>
<p>Brightcove CEO Marc DeBevoise stated Warner <a href="https://video.clicktruths.com/@katex91407778?page=about">Bros Discovery's</a> brand-new business structure will separate growing studio and streaming properties from <a href="https://video.etowns.ir/@sallyk90837717?page=about">profitable</a>; however shrinking cable television business, giving a clearer financial investment picture and likely setting the stage for a sale or spin-off of the <a href="https://purednacupid.com/@albertamartin">cable television</a> unit.</p>
<p>The media veteran and consultant forecasted Paramount and others might take a comparable path.</p>
<p>CEO David Zaslav, a veteran deal-maker who led Discovery through its acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive before acquiring the even bigger target, AT&T's WarnerMedia, is positioning the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.virsocial.com/debbra70795395">business</a>; for its next chess move, wrote MoffettNathanson expert Robert Fishman.</p>
<p>"The question is not whether more pieces will be moved or knocked off the board, or if further debt consolidation will take place-- it refers who is the purchaser and who is the seller," composed Fishman.</p>
<p>Zaslav signaled that circumstance during Warner Bros Discovery's investor call last month. He said he anticipated President-elect Donald Trump's administration would be friendlier to deal-making, unlocking to media market combination.</p>
<p>Zaslav had actually participated in merger talks with Paramount late last year, though a deal never ever emerged, according to a <a href="https://botcam.robocoders.ir/@marisolstidham?page=about">regulative filing</a> last month.</p>
<p>Others injected a note of caution, <a href="https://demo.pixelphotoscript.com/wolfgangwardel">keeping</a>; in <a href="https://aiviu.app/@merryarthur274?page=about">mind Warner</a> Bros Discovery brings $40.4 billion in debt.</p><a href="https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig"; target="_blank" aria-label="Register at Bet9ja with promotion code YOHAIG - Opens in new window"><img src="https://www.yohaig.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bet9ja-mobile-registration-15.jpg"; width="300" height="250" alt="Register at Bet9ja using the promotion code YOHAIG for a N100,000 welcome bonus" title="Use promotion code YOHAIG when registering at Bet9ja to claim your N100,000 bonus" loading="lazy"></a>
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<p>In August, Warner Bros Discovery wrote down the worth of its <a target="_blank" href="https://crownmatch.com/@rubymacansh75">TV possessions</a> by over $9 billion due to <a href="https://playtube.evolutionmtkinfor.online/@krystledegaris?page=about">unpredictability</a>; around fees from cable television and satellite suppliers and <a href="https://dating.checkrain.co.in/@holliemais1202">sports betting</a> rights <a href="https://celflicks.com/@luciecorey9294?page=about">renewals</a>.</p><a href="https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig"; target="_blank" aria-label="Register at Bet9ja with promotion code YOHAIG - Opens in new window"><img src="https://www.yohaig.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bet9ja-mobile-registration-18.jpg"; width="300" height="250" alt="Register at Bet9ja using the promotion code YOHAIG for a N100,000 welcome bonus" title="Use promotion code YOHAIG when registering at Bet9ja to claim your N100,000 bonus" loading="lazy"></a>
<p>Today, the <a href="https://csmtube.exagopartners.com/@rickiecorral9?page=about">media company</a> announced a multi-year deal increasing the overall costs Comcast will pay to distribute Warner Bros Discovery's networks.</p>
<p>Warner Bros Discovery is <a href="https://cutenite.com/@margo953843487">sports betting</a> the Comcast arrangement, together with a deal reached this year with cable and broadband service provider Charter, will be a design template for future settlements with distributors. That might assist stabilize prices for the domestic pay TV market. (Reporting by Deborah Sophia and Aditya Soni in Bengaluru, Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar, Arun Koyyur, Keith Weir and David Gregorio)</p><a href="https://bit.ly/AviatorGameOnlineBET9JA"; target="_blank" aria-label="Play Aviator betting game - Opens in new window"><img src="https://www.yohaig.ng/wp-content/uploads/images/gambling/sports betting/bet9ja/Bet9ja-Aviator-banner-001.gif" width="728" height="90" alt="Play Aviator virtual betting crash game on the Bet9ja platform" title="Click to play Aviator - The popular virtual betting game at Bet9ja" loading="lazy"></a><iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0DAKmmG_ecQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen style="float:right;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border:0px;"></iframe>

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