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Warner Bros. Discovery and the BBC have championed record ratings at the Paris Olympics. Having spent the day number crunching viewing over the past fortnight or so, the behemoths have spotlighted rocketing views to sporting events compared to the prior games three years ago. WBD, which…

Fubo CEO David Gandler traded jabs Tuesday with attorneys Disney and Fox Corp., two of the three media companies behind streaming joint venture Venu Sports. Last February, Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. The suit…

Lawyers butted heads Tuesday in a key hearing in the antitrust lawsuit Fubo filed against Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery, a case with broad implications for the pay-TV business. The parties met at U.S. District Court in Lower Manhattan after Fubo’s request for a preliminary injunction. If…

UPDATED with latest: U.S. stocks, which plunged at the market open Monday, saw little respite during the session and closed at or near their lows in a major correction. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended off 1,033 points, down 2.6%. The Nasdaq fell by 3.4%, and the S&P 500 by 3%. PREVIOULSY, 8:10…

Warner Bros. Discovery Strikes Film Deal With Former Staffer; ‘The Intern’ To Be Remade Warner Bros. Discovery is getting into business with one of its longest-serving execs in Asia and will remake The Intern as part of the agreement. The entertainment powerhouse has struck a first-look film deal…

Warner Bros Discovery has been talking a good game about its Olympics coverage ambitions and the early signs are the work is paying off. The entertainment giant, which holds the rights to the Olympic Games in Europe, has claimed stats showing the number of unique streaming viewers on its Max service…

(Updated with NBA statement) Just hours before the Opening Ceremony is set to kick off in Paris, David Zaslav wants to remind everyone that the Olympics are not the only game in town, as expected filing a lawsuit against the NBA over TV rights. Not that the NBA seem that impressed “Turner…

As we near the official opening of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the rooftop of the swanky Hotel Raphael, a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe and the Avenue Champs-Elysée, is a hive of activity. The space will be home to Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe’s top presenter and commentator talent for…

Discovery+ and Max provide “equally” good, “if not better,” value for Olympic Games coverage than Europe’s public broadcasters, Warner Bros Discovery’s President of Sports in EMEA has said. During a call with journalists this morning, Andrew Georgiou built the case for consumers paying for the Paris…

Warner Bros Discovery may have been late to the game, but the TNT owner isn’t about to let Amazon Prime Video snatch its NBA ball without a fight. “We have matched the Amazon offer, as we have a contractual right to do, and do not believe the NBA can reject it,” TNT said in a statement Wednesday…

UPDATED with WNBA details: Warner Bros Discovery and its TNT network is out of the game with the NBA. However, as a part of overall bundled deals between the league and the outlets, the burgeoning WNBA has reupped its agreements with Disney’s ESPN as well as Amazon’s Prime Video and inked a brand new deal…

For traditional TV networks, the summer Olympics in Paris feels at something of a crossroads. As hoards of sports fans descend on the French capital and camera crews ready themselves for what will undoubtedly be their most intense three-week period of the year, industry observers and folks from the…