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ITV agrees to invest £3m in fitness app created by Joe Wicks

The Body Coach app, launched in pandemic, will advertise on ITV’s channels and video platform ITVX under deal

The Guardian - UK

2025’s Most Downgraded Stocks: Buy, Sell, or Hold in 2026

Analysts downgraded and lowered price targets for these stocks in 2025 but shifted gears late in the year, setting them up to rebound in 2026.

MarketBeat

The Netflix-Paramount saga caps a 2025 turning point, S&P says: Cable TV is in the 'decline stage,' with a long, slow bleedout ahead

"These decisions signify a shift in the media industry as companies abandon cable networks in favor of streaming services."

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Universal Studios UK theme park given planning permission in Bedfordshire

Attraction part-funded with £500m of public investment will be constructed on site of a former brickworks

The Guardian - UK

‘The UK needs some media free of US control’: Comcast’s move for ITV starts to focus minds

With public service broadcasters starting to look like ‘endangered species’, many want Channel 4 and BBC to work more closely

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 poaches new chief executive Priya Dogra from Sky

Head of advertising and data at Sky will lead C4’s response to threatened Comcast takeover of ITV

The Guardian - UK

Netflix Head Honcho Ted Sarandos Does Not Seem To Be Sweating That Paramount Counter Deal

Netflix is chill.

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Netflix's 'throne is secured,' BofA said just before Paramount mounted one last streaming war, hoping to keep Superman off the super app

Warner Bros.' "crown-jewel IP portfolio" is suddenly everything that everyone in Hollywood wants—except Comcast.

Fortune

Comcast pulls out of WBD bidding war, president says: 'We roll on with a lot of focus. But I think we're better for having taken a look'

Mike Cavanagh, who was a rower in his undergraduate days at Yale, said the NBCUniversal empire is keeping its "eyes in our own boat."

Fortune

Former Amazon Studios boss warns the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal will make Hollywood ‘a system that circles a single sun’

“A Netflix merger with Warner Bros. would create a monopsony problem: too few buyers with too much bargaining power.”

Fortune

Netflix Buys Warner Bros In Biggest Entertainment Merger Yet: Is This the End of the Studio Era?

Netflix's US $82.7 billion takeover of Warner Bros. marks the largest entertainment merger in history, raising questions about cinemas, creators, and the future of Hollywood's studio system.

International Business Times UK

Netflix’s bombshell deal to buy Warner Bros. brings Batman and Harry Potter to the big red streamer and infuriates theater owners and the Ellisons

Just days before Netflix emerged as the highest bidder, Paramount tore into the “myopic process” that had become “tainted.”

Fortune

Netflix strikes £54bn deal to buy Warner Bros studios

Streaming giants had battled with Paramount Skydance and Sky owner Comcast to buy the studio business, which also runs HBO

Evening Standard

Netflix Enters Exclusive Negotiations After Victory in Warner Bros. Discovery Purchase

Netflix secured victory in the 2025 bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming assets, reshaping Hollywood amid antitrust scrutiny.

International Business Times UK

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The Guardian - UK

Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal

Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones

The Independent UK

Paramount fumes that Warner Bros. Discovery sale process is ‘unfair’ as Netflix jumps into the lead

While Paramount chief David Ellison thought he had a ‘Trump card’ in his bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery, it appears he is growing less confident that he’ll add the studio giant to his growing media empire.

What Hi-Fi?

HBO Max is coming to the UK next year – here's what it means for Sky customers

The broadcasters' partnership continues – but a lot of uncertainty surrounds the launch of HBO Max

International Business Times UK

Netflix Wants Warner Bros. Discovery: Streaming Giant Makes Bold Cash Bid That Could Reshape Hollywood

Netflix's intensified 'mostly cash' bid for Warner Bros. Discovery could trigger one of Hollywood's biggest-ever shake-ups, redefining content production, distribution, and the future of global streaming.

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Netflix would be ‘killing three birds with one stone’ by buying Warner Bros. Discovery, BofA says

The global media industry is standing at the edge of a “historic transformation,” with Warner Bros. Discovery at the “epicenter,” Bank of America said.

International Business Times

Netflix's Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Faces Scrutiny From White House Officials

Netflix's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery faces White House antitrust scrutiny over potential Hollywood market dominance.

Tom’s Guide

Here's when you can stream 'Hamnet' at home

Here's when you'll be able to stream "Hamnet" at home on PVOD and Peacock.

Benzinga

Comcast CEO Eyes $28 Per Share Bid For Warner Bros. Assets, Outbidding Paramount, Netflix

Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:CMCSA) CEO Brian Roberts is pushing aggressively into the second round of bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD) as he looks to revive the company's weakening media portfolio.

Barchart

Is Comcast Corporation Stock Underperforming the Nasdaq?

Although Comcast Corporation has underperformed the Nasdaq Composite over the past year, analysts remain fairly bullish about the stock's growth potential.

Benzinga

Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys Continue Thanksgiving Day NFL Tradition: Here's Why These 2 Teams Always Play On Holiday

For years, NFL fans have come to know that the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys always play on Thanksgiving Day. These games often see high viewership with family gatherings taking place and people off of work with many places closed for the day, including the country's major stock markets.

The Independent UK

James Cameron says Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery would be a ‘disaster’

Warner Bros. Discovery is up for sale, valued at around $50 billion

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