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LZR0 t1_j9fjx8d wrote

Reply to comment by Jolly_Diamond7592 in Paramount’s $1.5 Billion Write-Down Is the Bill for Peak TV Coming Due | Analysis by flowerhoney10

Yeah but I wonder who would buy Hulu, Comcast is the obvious choice but with the rumors of them buying WBD next year I don’t think they’re interested in Hulu, other than Comcast every other media company has already a streaming service and given their losses I seriously doubt they’ll dump almost 30 billion into a service that includes no content so it’s really impossible to predict right now, everything could happen.

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TraptNSuit t1_j9fqypm wrote

Sony has nothing on that scale. But it would be kinda strange still.

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LZR0 t1_j9frnd7 wrote

You’re right but I don’t think Sony would be able to dump 30 billion in Hulu, I think the biggest buyout they’ve ever done is Bungie for 3.5 billion, so almost ten times that for a platform with no content I don’t think it’s worth it.

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TraptNSuit t1_j9fup77 wrote

Yeah, the ship has sailed on new entries to the streaming wars. Some could argue Sony won by staying out of it. Hard to say.

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pathofdumbasses t1_j9hypea wrote

Sony is worth ~100 billion. Total.

There is a 0% chance that Sony thinks that the name and platform of hulu with 0 content is worth 1/3 of their company.

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progress10 t1_j9h1a3i wrote

The FTC would block any Comcast WBD merger. No way would that be allowed.

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LZR0 t1_j9h4mzv wrote

Well they already approved the Fox and Disney merger so it’s not out of question, however there would have to be some or several structural remedies such as getting rid of CNN as they already own NBC.

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progress10 t1_j9h5c3s wrote

The Fox Disney deal was approved under a Republican FTC, this would be going before a Democratic FTC, Democrats would be pounding the table to block this. In an election year Biden might also be. No way does it get approved.

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LZR0 t1_j9hirps wrote

You’re absolutely right, perhaps they’ll just wait and see what happens in the election before making a deal with WBD, only time will tell.

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progress10 t1_j9hjka6 wrote

I just don't see it happening becouse it would never get approved. Even the Republicans might be turned against it, Comcast would probably be forced to sell almost all of WBD off only to end up with the cable channels minus CNN which they probably don't want. Better chance Comcast buys Netflix or something.

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Radulno t1_j9hhx5c wrote

No one really. Especially if Disney leave, Hulu has nothing it would be a service with users but no content.

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