more like depressed Amirity TV?
The merger of Warner Bros. Seismic Discovery leads to a brutal, bloody summer in TVwith a rowdy slate of both old, new, and upcoming unceremoniously canceled in the name of the company’s belt-tightening (or, in the words of John Oliver, “to please Wall Street”).
While HBO Max was the WBD entity most affected, all corners of the conglomerate giant’s portfolio were affected, including original flavor HBO, as well as TNT, TBS and CNN.
Downsizing comes as WBD prepares HBO Max and Discovery+ combined into a single, unified streaming service. The name of the combined service, which is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2023, will be announced at a later date.
“Our strategy is to embrace, support, and drive the incredible success of HBO Max,” David Zaslav, President and CEO of WBD, said on an earnings call earlier this month. [the content] to be wider. And we, as one company, will support that. We believe [the combined HBO Max/Discovery+ service] It will be wonderful. It is about organisation. It is about quality. It’s all about the quality.”
But as we’ve learned over the past several months, there won’t be a number of high-profile shows (and movies) at the aforementioned service’s ribbon-cutting party next year. Scroll down for a comprehensive list of merger victims.
