Warner Bros. Discovery Adds 3.1 Million Streaming Q4 Subs, Ended 2025 With 131.6 Million

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 26 reported a gain of 3.1 million fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2025) streaming video subscribers, ending the period with 131.6 million subs. Streaming includes Discovery+, HBO premium linear television and HBO Max. WBD had 12…

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WBD Board Rejects Latest Paramount Bid, Gives Company a Week to Submit ‘Best and Final’ Offer

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest “sweetened” $108.4 billion acquisition offer, telling the David Ellison-led company it has one week to submit a “best and final” offer on its existing $30-per-share all-c…

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HBO Max Launching in U.K., Ireland on March 26

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - HBO Max is set to launch in the U.K. and Ireland on March 26, priced from £4.99 ($6.80) per month. Already available in over 110 territories worldwide, streamers in the U.K. and Ireland will be able to stream the exclusive content from HBO, Warner Bros. P…

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Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer

@MarketWatch / x - Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer https://t.co/zh0tvWXHht— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 13, 2026

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Paramount won't quit, files suit against Warner Bros. Discovery over rejected bid

Andre Revilla / engadget - Paramount Skydance just does not want to take no for an answer. After having multiple bids to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) rejected, including a recent hostile bid that the WBD board recommended that shareholders reject, Paramount is turning to th…

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The case only Netflix can make for buying Warner Brothers Discovery

Anne Marie Squeo / fastcompany - The battle for Warner Brothers Discovery got hotter this week as Paramount launched a hostile bid of $108.4 billion for the company, topping Netflix’s agreement last week to pay nearly $83 billion for the company’s streaming and studio assets. It’s the la…

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A Thanksgiving Dealmaking Sprint Helped Netflix Win Warner Bros.

Michelle F Davis / bloomberg - The Netflix Inc. plans that clinched the deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. started to shape up around Thanksgiving.

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HBO Max’s Mad Men 4K release is the opposite of a remaster

Charles Pulliam-Moore / theverge - Though HBO Max was very proud to announce that it would be the first platform to stream Mad Men in 4K, the show's new rollout has been an absolute mess. When HBO Max subscribers fired up the app yesterday hoping to see Don Draper and company in glorious 4…

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Apple TV Could Get A Major Boost By Acquiring Warner Bros. Content

bgr - Apple is reportedly one of several companies thinking about acquiring the Warner Bros. content library as WBD puts itself up for sale.

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Paramount Skydance prepares bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery - Financial Times

google - Paramount Skydance prepares bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery Financial Times

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HBO Max is going to get more expensive, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Zaslav also said that the streaming service's crackdown on passwords will be coming in the future.

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HBO Max is going to get a lot more expensive, CEO promises

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, plans to make HBO more expensive, and passwords a lot harder to share, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Zaslav shared his general outlook on the state of television at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + T…

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HBO Max plans stricter enforcement on password sharing

techspot - HBO Max is officially shifting gears in its effort to make password sharing a thing of the past. The Warner Bros.-owned streaming service (formerly known simply as "Max") will soon take a more aggressive stance against users accessing the platform with so…

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HBO Max plans aggressive crack down on password sharing starting next month

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Another major streaming platform is set to crack down on password sharing. JB Perrette, head of streaming and gaming at Warner Bros. Discovery, just told investors that HBO Max will begin an "aggressive" messaging campaign about the practice beginning nex…

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