Netflix just dropped $82.7 billion to buy Warner Bros. and HBO, which is the biggest deal they've ever done and basically turns them into a media monster overnight. The streaming giant went from mailing DVDs in red envelopes back in the late 90s to owning a century's worth of Hollywood history, and they got there by slowly grabbing up Millarworld, Roald Dahl's entire catalog, animation studios, and random movie theaters along the way.
Subscribers will get access to stuff from both libraries, like Stranger Things mixed with Harry Potter and The Sopranos, but you'll probably still need separate subscriptions to actually watch everything. Discovery content is getting spun off into its totally separate thing next year, and Disney+ and Amazon are also consolidating hard after their recent mega-mergers.
The whole streaming wars thing might actually be wrapping up with fewer giant players instead of more options, and there's already less fresh content getting made compared to a few years ago when everything peaked.
Subscribers will get access to stuff from both libraries, like Stranger Things mixed with Harry Potter and The Sopranos, but you'll probably still need separate subscriptions to actually watch everything. Discovery content is getting spun off into its totally separate thing next year, and Disney+ and Amazon are also consolidating hard after their recent mega-mergers.
The whole streaming wars thing might actually be wrapping up with fewer giant players instead of more options, and there's already less fresh content getting made compared to a few years ago when everything peaked.
