Jimmy Kimmel Alive is back on ABC, but broadcast network owners Sinclair and NextStar have both refused to air the show on their ABC affiliate networks. The boycott sparking analysis that Disney could maybe divest from its linear TV business. Laura Martin from Needam, for example, argued that Disney should shut down ABC entirely.Joining me now with an investor playbook for media stocks is Rich Greenfield Lightshed Partners partner and media and technology analyst. There is a lot to weigh as a result of this ...

Um, all right. Uh, moving guys from, um, new media to old media. No, I'm going to, uh, Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery. I wanted to give people a bit of an update here and a story obviously we were talking a lot about a week ago when we first learned of the um, plan at Paramount to make an offer to buy all of Warner Brothers Discovery. Earlier this week, I'd indicated that while some had believed, and I had even uh been led to believe as well, perhaps a a said offer would be forthcoming in the near ...

Welcome back to NextGen Investing. It's now time to discuss our under 30 name today which has been actually one of note over the last month or so. That is Warner Brothers Discovery with some rare pessimism today.Really centered around the of course potential merger with Paramount Sky Dance. Joining us now is George Celis though senior markets correspondent to help us discuss more on really the likelihood and sort of the expectations that we actually see this deal or this proposed deal right now go through. ...

潜在合并交易 - 市场传闻派拉蒙Skydance可能收购华纳兄弟探索公司 但双方公司均未确认交易或发出交易文件 [1][2][3] - 投资银行据报参与协助准备对华纳兄弟探索公司的收购报价 [4] - 若交易成功 将创造全球最长的媒体公司名称 [4] 内容资产组合 - 派拉蒙拥有《星际迷航》《变形金刚》《汪汪队立大功》《惊声尖叫》《碟中谍》和《海绵宝宝》等知名IP [5] - 华纳兄弟探索公司拥有DC超级英雄电影、《指环王》、《权力的游戏》和《哈利·波特》等重磅IP [7] - 合并后将形成极其庞大的内容库 [4] 体育流媒体权利 - 派拉蒙新签协议 获得TKO旗下UFC赛事的全年转播权 将在Paramount+上播放 [5][6] - 华纳兄弟探索公司拥有NHL、美国职业棒球大联盟(MLB)、NCAA篮球疯狂三月、法国网球公开赛和NASCAR的转播权 [7] - 合并后实体将拥有全部四大职业体育联盟（MLB、NBA、NFL和NHL）的赛事转播权 [18] - 派拉蒙目前拥有CBS上播出的NFL周日比赛的转播权 并在Paramount+上流媒体播放 [18] - 华纳兄弟拥有MLB比赛的转播权至少到2028年 [18] 用户规模与市场地位 - 华纳兄弟的HBO Max拥有约1.25亿订阅用户 [9] - Paramount+目前拥有约7700万流媒体用户 [9] - 若完成收购 用户基础将扩大近三倍 [9] - 华纳兄弟是过去一年票房收入第二大的电影制片厂 [9] - 派拉蒙是票房第五大的电影制片厂 [9] 新闻业务重叠与监管关注 - 交易可能使CBS新闻和CNN处于同一公司旗下 将全球两大主要新闻机构置于同一实体下 [8] - 这可能引发潜在监管问题或受到严格审查 [8][13][14] - 联邦通信委员会(FCC)此前曾表示希望CBS更加公正无偏 [13] 市场反应与股价表现 - 两家公司股票交易表现仿佛交易已成定局 [2] - 市场看好交易可能性 [3] - 华纳兄弟探索公司股价在交易时段上涨近19% 本周累计上涨58.5% [21] 竞争格局影响 - 合并将创造出一个规模足够大的媒体集团 足以与ESPN竞争 [17] - 迪士尼股价下跌约1% 可能与该交易传闻有关 [20] 运营与整合挑战 - 交易可能导致数千个工作岗位流失 因为两家公司业务相似存在大量冗余 [22] - 需要解决 competing streaming services 的整合问题 [22] - 华纳兄弟探索公司此前宣布计划将其有线电视网络与流媒体和制片业务分离 若收购整个公司 该计划存在不确定性 [10]

Chris Paul. Mary covers this for us out in Hollywood and he joins us right now to kind of make sense of this. I mean, there are a lot of moving pieces to this, but at the end of the day, we're talking about two or I guess we should say at least one newly formed media company potentially gobbling up one of its biggest competitors.Yeah, huge deal. And we'd heard about this a little while ago and we're just still trying to figure out. That made sense because, you know, David Ellison has only just taken over Pa ...

潜在收购交易 - 派拉蒙SkyDance正与投行合作准备对华纳兄弟探索公司发起全现金收购要约 [1] - 收购方认为提前行动可避免亚马逊或Netflix等科技巨头竞购资产 可能需多支付数十亿美元 [3] - 交易若达成将创造拥有约2亿流媒体用户的实体 成为Netflix和迪士尼的有力竞争者 [8] 战略协同价值 - 合并华纳有线网络与派拉蒙现有资产可形成规模效应 对标Versent等公司的业务模式 [4] - 华纳兄弟拥有DC系列、老友记等顶级IP资产 这些派拉蒙缺乏的知识产权被视为特许经营机器 [8][9] - 可能保留华纳兄弟和派拉蒙独立品牌 但后端运营将完全整合 产生大量协同效应 [10] 流媒体业务整合 - 合并后将形成约2亿流媒体用户基础 但派拉蒙+与HBO Max存在用户重叠问题需要解决 [8] - 流媒体业务被视为皇冠上的明珠 工作室资产的整合将创造强大内容生产能力 [7] 新闻业务调整 - 可能合并CBS新闻与CNN新闻运营 这是电视新闻领域寻求效率提升的举措 [12] - 交易若达成可能导致数千人被裁员 新闻采集业务将进行效率优化 [13] - CNN品牌在美国已被政治化 但新闻采集能力仍被视为优质资产 [13] 监管与政治考量 - 收购方通过聘请与右翼智库有联系的监察员等举措 向特朗普政府展示新闻网络去自由化倾向 [15][16] - 认为在Barry Weiss交易（约1.5亿美元）等配合下 特朗普政府监管机构可能批准这些交易 [14] - 政治操作旨在让监管机构认为新闻运营正在向右翼或中间立场移动 从而提高交易通过可能性 [14][17]

on news that Paramount Sky Dance is preparing an offer for that company. David Faber joins us now on the CNBC News line. The first person I obviously thought of, David, of having to hear from to get your insight and your take on all this.What do you make of it. Yeah, sorry I wasn't up there with you. A couple of appointments got in the way, but I we can confirm at this point, Scott, that the Wall Street Journal story is uh correct as as is.uh a source close to the situation telling me there is a bid being p ...

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery surged more than 30% Thursday afternoon following reports that Paramount Skydance is preparing a takeover bid for the broadcast rival. The Wall Street Journal reported the mostly cash offer would be for the entire company, which would give the parent company of the Paramount Plus streaming channel rights to all of the HBO Max catalog. Paramount Skydance is backed by the Ellison family, which saw a tremendous surge in wealth yesterday, with the sharp rise in Oracle stock. ...

核心观点 - Paramount与UFC母公司TKO Group达成独家转播协议 自2026年起7年内支付77亿美元 将UFC所有赛事移至Paramed平台包括Paramount Plus和CBS [1] - 该协议改变美国观众观看UFC的方式 从ESPN转向Paramed平台 需订阅Paramount Plus而非按次付费 [2][3] - 此举是Paramed加强体育直播内容的战略 UFC因其年轻化全球观众成为流媒体争夺的优质资产 [2][4] 交易细节 - 交易金额为7年77亿美元 折合年均11亿美元 覆盖2026至2033年所有UFC赛事 [1] - 部分精选赛事将在CBS同步直播 其余内容均为Paramount Plus订阅专属 [2] - 协议签署时间点与Paramed完成收购重组同步 8月7日从Shari Redstone处收购Paramount Global后与Skydance合并 [3] 行业影响 - UFC总裁Dana White称此协议使UFC跻身全球顶级体育赛事行列 通过Paramed和CBS的曝光度为运动员和观众带来双赢 [4] - 流媒体竞争加剧背景下 媒体公司需锁定必备直播内容以防止用户流失 UFC内容被视为争夺主导权的关键筹码 [4] - UFC观众群体年轻化且全球化 与流媒体平台目标用户高度契合 此前South Park与Paramount Plus达成15亿美元协议显示其对垂直内容的投入 [2][4]

公司分拆计划 - 华纳兄弟探索公司(WBD)正式宣布将分拆为两家独立媒体公司 分别命名为Streaming & Studios和Global Networks [3][4] - Streaming & Studios业务包含华纳兄弟影业 影视资料库 HBO Max以及HBO有线网络 由现任CEO David Zaslav领导 [4] - Global Networks业务包含Discovery频道 CNN TNT Food Network等传统有线网络 由现任CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels领导 该实体将承担Discovery收购华纳媒体时遗留的大部分债务 [5] 行业分拆案例 - 时代华纳曾成功分拆时代华纳有线业务(后被Charter收购) 但Time Inc杂志业务分拆后表现不佳 Entertainment Weekly停刊 Sports Illustrated名存实亡 [6] - 维亚康姆与CBS经历合并-分拆-再合并(现为派拉蒙全球) 目前陷入与Skydance Media的收购困境 [7] 未来战略方向 - Streaming & Studios可能收购狮门影业(已剥离Starz) 整合其《疾速追杀》《饥饿游戏》等IP 但HBO Max品牌可能阻碍与Peacock等流媒体平台的合并 [8] - Global Networks将重点关注体育内容 计划获取罗兰加洛斯网球和足球俱乐部世界杯等赛事版权 但面临传统媒体与科技巨头的激烈竞争 [9] 行业竞争格局 - CNN与CBS新闻面临严重经营困境 CBS新闻因特朗普政府关系管理层动荡 CNN数字化未来存在不确定性 [10] - 二级有线电视频道(VH1 Disney XD等)面临转型压力 需决策是否将投资转向数字平台 [10]