Apple TV Could Gain Major Warner Bros. Titles via Acquisition

Apple is funny successful buying Warner Bros. Discovery's extended backmost catalog of contented for Apple TV, Bloomberg reports.


Warner Bros. Discovery owns HBO, CNN, Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network, and galore much brands. The media institution is liable for thousands of large TV shows and movies. Now, it is reportedly funny successful being acquired by different large subordinate similar Paramount Skydance, oregon breaking up by selling assets similar its streaming business.

According to 2 radical said to beryllium acquainted with the discussions, Apple has seemingly expressed involvement successful acquiring the company's extended movie and TV library, arsenic good arsenic accumulation assets. Other parts of the concern would person to beryllium retained oregon sold to different suitors. Netflix, Comcast, and Amazon person besides conveyed involvement successful the proposition.

If they proceed, the breakup could spot Apple oregon different streamer importantly bolstering its contented catalog. To date, ‌Apple TV‌ has mostly focused connected delivering archetypal content, alternatively than acquiring oregon licensing properties from different studios. On "The Town" podcast, Apple services main Eddy Cue responded to speculation astir Apple buying different media companies similar HBO:

I ne'er accidental nary to anything, but we're not actively looking astatine buying immoderate institution of immoderate size. We similar gathering things ourselves.

[...]

Look, we speech to a batch of folks, we similar learning and talking and listening is simply a bully mode to learn. But again, I ne'er accidental nary to thing successful the future, but it's not our approach. We similar gathering things, we similar doing things ourselves and creating them, and we deliberation that that's however we tin truly basal retired and bash unsocial things.

When asked straight if Apple would bargain Warner Bros., Cue said:

I would beryllium surprised, but again, I ne'er accidental nary to thing due to the fact that you ne'er cognize what happens successful the world.

Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly expects to statesman asking imaginable bidders to motion nondisclosure agreements arsenic aboriginal arsenic this week. Last week, Apple announced a $700 cardinal five-year concern that brings each F1 races exclusively to ‌Apple TV‌ successful the United States opening adjacent year.
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