Hannes Heyelmann, who was named EVP and General Manager of Warner Bros Discovery Germany, Switzerland and Austria in June, has unveiled his management team. “In the past few weeks I have been working on the future strategy for Warner Bros Discovery in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, including the formation of the management team for our […]
Credit ratings agency S&P Global Ratings has confirmed its positive outlook on Warner Bros Discovery (WBD; BBB-/positive/A-3) is unchanged after the company reported its first quarterly results post-merger and lowered its 2022 and 2023 EBITDA guidance. “A positive outlook implies a 33 per cent chance we will raise the ratings, but also up to a […]
Analysts from MoffettNathanson (MN), having examined in some detail the pro-forma numbers from Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) are concerned. WBD says its EBITDA guidance for 2023 will be about $12 billion (€11.7bn), and thus two billion less than previously expected. MN says even these reduced numbers are dependent on profits from linear cable networks which […]
Following submission to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), BT Group and Warner Bros Discovery have welcomed the decision to approve the BT Group agreement with Warner Bros Discovery to form a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) company that will create a new sports offering for the UK & Ireland. The CMA’s decision now allows […]
The first event of the PTO Tour will be beamed live around the world in over 160 territories thanks to a raft of broadcast deals led by an exclusive 3-year partnership with Warner Bros Discovery. The inaugural PTO Canadian Open in Edmonton (July 23rd to 24th) will be live on Eurosport 1 with the exclusive […]
Beyond Rights has struck first time representation relationships with four new producer partners: Lou Reda Productions from the US, Canada’s White Pine Pictures, Ronde Media from Australia, and Magnetic Pictures from New Zealand. Working with Lou Reda Productions, a company best-known for its archival non-fiction titles, Beyond Rights has acquired Eyewitness WWII: Invasion Italy (2 […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has extended its long-term partnership with Toshiba TV brand to launch a new short-form content series that tells the stories of creative and practical craftsmanship around its TV products. Three unique films will be produced by WBD to tell viewers around the world the stories of Toshiba TV’s creative brand heritages […]
Warner Bros Discovery UK has today announced the commission of season 2 of 90 Day Fiancé UK as fans eagerly await the premiere of the UK edition. Dropping globally on discovery+ on July 24th, the inaugural series of 90 Day Fiancé UK will bring a unique British spin to the successful global franchise. The UK […]
The Professional Triathletes Organisation and Warner Bros Discovery have announced an exclusive multi-year partnership to broadcast live and on-demand coverage of the new PTO Tour – a series of global events featuring the world’s best triathletes. Starting with the PTO Canadian Open in Edmonton on July 23rd-24th live on Eurosport 1, the agreement will see […]
Redge Technologies has extended its contract with TVN Warner Bros Discovery for the licensing of the Redge Media SDP platform and the provision of Redge Media VDP services. Player.pl has been operating on the Redge Media platform as an end-to-end deployment since 2017. Player.pl is the largest and most popular VoD service in Poland. According […]