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Warner Bros Discovery Sets Stage For Potential Cable Deal By
Shares jump 13% after reorganizing statement
Follows course taken by Comcast’s new spin-off business
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Challenges seen in selling debt-laden linear TV networks
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By Dawn Chmielewski, Deborah Mary Sophia and Aditya Soni
Dec 12 (Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery on Thursday decided to separate its decreasing cable television TV companies such as CNN from streaming and studio operations such as Max, preparing for a possible sale or spinoff of its TV service as more cable television customers cut the cable.
Shares of Warner leapt after the company stated the new structure would be more deal friendly and it anticipated to complete the split by the middle of 2025. Warner shares closed at $12.49, up more than 15%.
Media business are considering alternatives for fading cable businesses, a long time cash cow where incomes are deteriorating as millions of customers welcome streaming video.
Comcast last month unveiled plans to divide the majority of its NBCUniversal cable television networks into a brand-new public business. The brand-new company would be well capitalized and positioned to obtain other cable networks if the industry combines, one source informed Reuters.
Bank of America research study expert Jessica Reif Ehrlich composed that Warner Bros Discovery’s cable tv possessions are a „extremely sensible partner“ for Comcast’s brand-new spin-off business.
„We strongly think there is capacity for relatively substantial synergies if WBD’s linear networks were integrated with Comcast SpinCo,“ composed Ehrlich, utilizing the market term for traditional television.
„Further, we think WBD’s standalone streaming and studio possessions would be an attractive takeover target.“
Under the new structure for Warner Bros Discovery, the cable organization consisting of TNT, Animal Planet and CNN will be housed in a system called Global Linear Networks.
Streaming platforms Max and Discovery+ will be under a separate division together with movie studios, including Warner Bros Pictures and New Line Cinema.
The restructuring reflects an inflection point for the media market, as investments in streaming services such as Warner Bros Discovery’s Max are finally paying off.
„Streaming won as a behavior,“ said Jonathan Miller, primary executive of digital media financial investment business Integrated Media. „Now, it’s winning as a company.“
Brightcove CEO Marc DeBevoise stated Warner Bros Discovery’s brand-new business structure will distinguish growing studio and streaming assets from profitable but diminishing cable television company, offering a clearer investment image and likely setting the stage for a sale or spin-off of the cable television unit.
The media veteran and advisor forecasted Paramount and others might take a similar course.
CEO David Zaslav, a veteran deal-maker who led through its acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive before obtaining the even larger target, AT&T’s WarnerMedia, is positioning the company for its next chess move, wrote MoffettNathanson expert Robert Fishman.
„The concern is not whether more pieces will be moved around or knocked off the board, or if further combination will occur– it is a matter of who is the purchaser and who is the seller,“ wrote Fishman.
Zaslav signified that circumstance throughout Warner Bros Discovery’s financier call last month. He said he expected President-elect Donald Trump’s administration would be friendlier to deal-making, opening the door to media industry debt consolidation.
Zaslav had participated in merger talks with Paramount late in 2015, though a deal never materialized, according to a regulatory filing last month.
Others injected a note of care, noting Warner Bros Discovery carries $40.4 billion in financial obligation.
„The structure modification would make it simpler for WBD to sell its linear TV networks,“ eMarketer analyst Ross Benes stated, describing the cable service. „However, discovering a buyer will be tough. The networks owe money and have no signs of growth.“
In August, Warner Bros Discovery wrote down the value of its TV properties by over $9 billion due to uncertainty around charges from cable and satellite suppliers and sports betting rights renewals.
This week, the media business announced a multi-year deal increasing the total fees Comcast will pay to distribute Warner Bros Discovery’s networks.
Warner Bros Discovery is sports betting the Comcast arrangement, together with an offer reached this year with cable television and broadband service provider Charter, will be a template for future settlements with suppliers. That could help stabilize prices for the domestic pay TV market. (Reporting by Deborah Sophia and Aditya Soni in Bengaluru, Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar, Arun Koyyur, Keith Weir and David Gregorio)