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Netflix revised its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO Max streaming and studio operations. Amid a hostile takeover bid for WBD by Paramount Skydance, Netflix amended its original deal to offer all cash rather than a mix of cash and stock. The transaction’s value remains $72 billion. Warner Bros. Discovery’s board unanimously approved the new offer, according to a Tuesday SEC filing. The company also submitted a preliminary proxy statement seeking shareholder approval, saying the revised structure “simplifies the transaction, provides greater certainty of value for WBD stockholders, and accelerates the path to a WBD stockholder vote.”
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CNN is projected to see $1.8 billion in revenue and $600 in adjusted profit in 2026, according to an SEC filing from Warner Bros. Discovery. Those numbers accompanied the announcement of the revised Netflix deal, which will send WBD’s cable networks spinning off into a separate company, Discovery Global. CNN’s revenue is expected to rise to $2.2 billion by 2030, as EBITDA falls to $500 million next year and remains at $600 million through 2030. WBD projected its overall networks business will decline as CNN rises, with Discovery Global set to hit to $17 billion in total revenue and $5.4 billion in adjusted EBITDA for 2026.
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Netflix and Paramount may be battling it out for Warner Bros. Discovery, but it’s all quiet on the distribution front. A new content licensing deal will bring about 20 Paramount TV shows to Netflix, including “Mayor of Kingstown,” “Watson” and “SEAL Team.”
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Black audiences are looking for more thoughtful representation in media,according to Nielsen’s 2026 Black Diverse Intelligence Report. Black consumers are the most likely to expect the retailers they buy from to support the causes they care about with nearly 1 in 4 saying they strongly agree versus 17% overall. For advertisers taking an uninformed or surface-level approach, this is a risk, notes the report – Black viewers are among TV’s most-addressable audiences with nearly four out of five minutes they view being ad-supported.
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NBC mockumentary “Stumble” will have a special post-Olympics telecaston Friday, February 20 at 10:30p. The cheerleading comedy airs Fridays at 8:30p with encores on Mondays at 8:30p.
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Tuesday, February 17 is premiere night for two Telemundo series. Reality show “La Casa de los Famosos” returns for a new season at 7p, and thriller drama “Lobo: Morir Matando” debuts at 10p.
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Apple TV shared the trailer for season two of “The Last Thing He Told Me,” starring and executive produced by Jennifer Garner. The eight-episode sophomore run will launch Friday, February 20.
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Season three of reality series “House of Villains” premieres with three episodes on Thursday, March 5 on Peacock. The show previously aired on E! Entertainment Network.
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WNBA star Angel Reese has joined the season two cast of “The Hunting Wives.” The hit Netflix drama follows an elite circle of women with dangerous secrets.
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Coinbase is aiming to reach younger, digital-first sports fans with “NBA Rookie Firsts,” a four-part series launching with Charlotte Hornets rookie and 2025 NBA Draft 4th overall pick Kon Knueppel. The show offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the league’s most talked-about newcomers are navigating the NBA season.
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Prime Video has greenlit adult animated series “Lore Olympus,” based on the comic by Rachel Smythe. The reimagining of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone comes from Webtoon Productions, The Jim Henson Company, and Amazon MGM Studios.
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YouTube megastar Alan Chikin Chow (130 million followers) is teaming with Netflix, in collaboration with HybeAmerica, to develop a Korean scripted seriescentered on K-pop. The show will follow a misfit crew of aspiring pop idol rejects who have enrolled at an arts academy to form a co-ed band.
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McG (“Charlie’s Angels”) has been tapped to direct the first episode of Fox’s lifeguard drama reboot, “Baywatch.” He is also an executive producer through his Wonderland Sound and Vision company and has signed a development deal with Fox Entertainment.
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Zoë Worth and Chris Kaye (“Thelma”) announced the launch of Bandwagon, a production company for original film and television projects with a focus on comedy. The inaugural slate of projects includes a follow-up to “Thelma” and a women’s basketball comedy produced by Worth and Kaye alongside Aubrey Plaza (“Parks and Recreation”).
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ESPN has a docuseries about Nick Saban in the works. “Saban,” a six-parter from ESPN and Word + Pictures, tells the story of the coach who won seven college football championships. The series will include “more than 30 hours of interviews with Saban, and more than 80 interviews with former players, assistant coaches, rivals, family, friends, and observers, the series offers a rare look at how he became the most successful and influential figure that the game of college football has ever known,” said ESPN.
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Sports Illustrated has launched SI TV, a new FAST channel featuring original shows, live events, and a mix of sports lifestyle and archival content – marking the latest evolution of SI’s editorial business under operator Minute Media. Programming includes shows like “College Road Trip,” fantasy football cheat sheet “Fantasy Dirt,” and “Mountain West Conference Network.”
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Streaming network wedotv has acquired sports programming rights for its FAST channel wedotv sports, available in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, including renewed agreements with HBA Media, distributor of international horse racing rights. In addition, wedotv sports will have the Asian Tour, including the Saudi Open, the Jakarta International Championship, Philippine Open, New Zealand Open, and the International Series Japan; SailGP, the annual international sailing competition featuring high-performance F50 foiling catamarans; Power Slap; and Pro Bull Riding.
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Tennis Channel founder Steve Bellamy announced the launch of TYPTI, a new racquet sport played on a standard pickleball court with a 22-inch strung racquet, a 3.5-inch diameter channeled foam ball, and a new scoring system. A combination of badminton and tennis, TYPTI is nearly noiseless (unlike pickleball), with low shock on impact and no overhead serve. Strategic investors include Tony Robbins, Drew Brees, Chris Pine, JJ Abrams, Tiffany Haddish, Kyle MacLachlan and Giovanni Ribisi, to name a few.
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“Marty, Life Is Short” debuts on Netflix on Tuesday, May 12. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan (“The Big Chill”), the film documents the story of comedian Martin Short.
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