WBD Acquisition Thread

[Leviathan]

I think it says a lot about animation fandom, that for a lot of them, the only thing they can think of is Nickelodeon/Cartoon Network crossovers.

Shades of people rooting for Disney buying Fox "so X-Men and Fantastic 4 can be in the MCU".

 

[JulianRO]

Nick is WBD's creation, and I see this merger as a meeting between "father and son".

Paramount Skydance Targets Q3 Closing Date for Warner Bros. Discovery Transaction as David Ellison Vows to ‘Honor the Legacy of Two Iconic Companies’

Paramount Skydance has set an ambitious target of closing its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery transaction by the third quarter of this year.

variety.com

Closing the deal between July and September of this year? Ummm......

 

[idk_1141]

I think Paramount will shut down Cartoon Network and Cartoonito and move the CN shows to Nickelodeon/NickToons, and the Cartoonito shows to Nick Jr.

 

[RandomMe]

Nick is WBD's creation, and I see this merger as a meeting between "father and son".

MTV too. Now you feel like @TVArchive with that.

 

[JulianRO]

MTV too. Now you feel like @TVArchive with that.

That should be pretty obvious if you know these channels's background history.

 

[RandomMe]

That should be pretty obvious if you know these channels's background history.

Yeah I already know

 

[Perla Magica]

I think it says a lot about animation fandom, that for a lot of them, the only thing they can think of is Nickelodeon/Cartoon Network crossovers.

Yeah, knowing that old Looney Tunes shorts used to air on Nick back in the 80's make me think that the franchise might have a sightly bright future. Imagine if Bugs Bunny and Spongebob's team-up will win some fans.

I think Paramount will shut down Cartoon Network and Cartoonito and move the CN shows to Nickelodeon/NickToons, and the Cartoonito shows to Nick Jr.

No one knows what will happen, but I personally hope for schedule improvement for both channels.

 

[LinusFan303]

If it means anything, a guy from California I know on another forum said this:

It's a federal country ,states have tons of say.

 

[TVArchive]

If we look at the positives (for me), and don’t take into account that shows will suffer because of this

1. I grew up with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Fox Kids/Jetix/Disney, and these channels are very important to me. I’m glad that the first two channels will be together under one owner.

2. Historically, Cartoon Network, MTV, part of Comedy Central, and so on were created by Warner. And now, in essence, Paramount has completed the full buyout that began in 1986. Exactly 40 years.

3. Paramount continues to dub programs into Russian for Nickelodeon, and there is a chance that Cartoon Network will also dub shows and get rid of the boring Latvian voice-overs.

4. HBO Max has launched in many countries, including the CIS in Russian. This automatically makes it a platform available to Paramount for placing its own shows. Luckily, through a VPN I can watch HBO here (in the US) in Russian.

 

[PF9]

Of course a lot of YouTube users have never forgiven Paramount for the mass takedowns years ago when the company was known as Viacom.

 

[harry580]

Yay monopolies.
bye more cable channels
Welcome South Park rick & Morty crossovers
Good bye Warner bros pictures animation
hello rise of paw patrol with their ads telling kids to buy toys because they better than anyone else
And yupie for less jobs....

this is the greatest thing since disney buyout of fox that gotten blue sky studios to fold and increase productions on more terrible live action remakes (sarcastic)

 

[Insidus]

I think Paramount will shut down Cartoon Network and Cartoonito and move the CN shows to Nickelodeon/NickToons, and the Cartoonito shows to Nick Jr.

I think they'll keep Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and probably close everything else perhaps merge Cartoonito and Nick Jr.

Cartoon Network And Nickelodeon Under The Same Roof??? A Story For The Dark Ages

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[the greenman]

"If what you say is true, the Shaolin and Wu-Tang could be dangerous"

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[PF9]

Another show that will be under one roof worldwide is Deadwood, which HBO and Paramount Television co-produced (technically, the third season was produced by CBS Paramount Television, but it continued to use the 2003 Paramount logo even after other shows switched to CBS Paramount logos in the spring of 2006 - the series finale of Deadwood was, other than the pilot of Minority Report and all of School of Rock, the last regular use of any form of the Paramount on Parade fanfare, the television version of which sounded like the Star Wars theme, ironic given Paramount's ownership of Star Trek).

 

[GRPHX]

Amidst all the social media chatter about studios closing, employees getting laid off, projects getting canceled, and CNN turning into Fox News, some are saying that Netflix may be the ultimate winner in all this.

It’s speculated that after Paramount absorbs Warner Bros. and the Ellisons run both studios into the ground, Netflix may be able to pick up both of them on the cheap.

This is exactly what was going through my mind.

 

[RandomMe]

For me, seeing Netflix own linear networks would have been bizarre, considering they started the streaming changeover in most of the world

 

[harry580]

Amidst all the social media chatter about studios closing, employees getting laid off, projects getting canceled, and CNN turning into Fox News, some are saying that Netflix may be the ultimate winner in all this.

It’s speculated that after Paramount absorbs Warner Bros. and the Ellisons run both studios into the ground, Netflix may be able to pick up both of them on the cheap.

so, if that's the case, the whole Warner bros paramount thing is going to end up like sony ownership of mgm?, didnt last long and sony sold mgm to Gary barber?

 

[zakawer2]

https://ir.paramount.com/news-releases/news-release-details/paramount-acquire-warner-bros-discovery-form-next-generation

If regulating authorities actually do somehow approve it, then say hello to Warner Bros. Paramount, a Skydance Discovery Corporation (tentative name, not final).

 

[zoombie]

With all the money they put up, it sounds like to me Paramount is Elaine Benes, Netflix is Sue Ellen, and Warner Brothers is the Kennedy golf clubs.

 

[RandomMe]

What The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Means For Larry Ellison’s Fortune

By Forbes estimates, the elder Ellison, who is also Oracle’s largest shareholder, doesn’t have enough cash on hand to fulfill his part of Paramount’s $111 billion offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. Here’s how it could play out.

www.forbes.com

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