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Saar13 t1_j099akf wrote

"Of course, if and when WBD decides to sell itself to Comcast or Apple or Amazon in 2024? Well, all bets are off."

The question is whether anyone will want to buy it. Amazon has dozens of IPs to work with and Apple seems confident that 100% original content and live sports are their backbone. Anyway, it seems to me that Zaslav bought it hoping the era of "content is king" would last longer.

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Platano_con_salami t1_j09ogbj wrote

Every company will be bending backwards to get the HBO catalogue and wb franchises(Harry Potter, Game of thrones, DC to name a few)

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UltraVires33 t1_j09fhqv wrote

>Anyway, it seems to me that Zaslav bought it hoping the era of "content is king" would last longer.

But then why is it that literally very single move that's been made since the merger was to reduce or eliminate content?

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Haltopen t1_j0ajbe6 wrote

Because Zaslav comes from Discovery. Where he rose to the top of the pyramid by rebuilding discovery as the home of cheap to produce low brow reality television that pulls in a lot of viewership numbers despite being the most mind numbingly inane content with zero value or worth.

To quote moviebob, he's the fucking honey boo boo guy.

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WeeBabySeamus t1_j0aw8yk wrote

Which makes HBO feel still like such a terrible fit. God I hope HBO can maintain production of new high caliber shows but I’m so doubtful

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MulciberTenebras t1_j09ba52 wrote

Except he hates that and wanted more cheap reality shows in the first place.

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reddig33 t1_j09kjn5 wrote

Someone like Apple should pick up every canceled HBO show just as a huge fuck you to Zazlav.

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Noyiz t1_j09m9fd wrote

Shit HBO passed/lost/impatient on the Masters of the Air show(Band of Brothers/The Pacific). It will be on Apple TV Plus. IDK how they fucked that up.

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vision2062 t1_j0a7qwx wrote

Wasn’t it very expensive so they didn’t go through with it

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MulciberTenebras t1_j09kw0a wrote

They're already circling for Batman: Caped Crusader (one of Kevin Conroy's final projects)

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WeeBabySeamus t1_j0awbq6 wrote

I thought Apple TV+ was strapped for resources. Would be smart to raid HBO

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