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Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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1741 points meetpateltech | 1 comments | 05 Dec 25 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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I-M-S ◴[05 Dec 25 12:51 UTC] No.46160598[source]▶
“The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.” - Ted Sarandos in 2013

Seems Netflix won that race.

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paxys ◴[05 Dec 25 13:59 UTC] No.46161368[source]▶
Thing is that Netflix didn't really succeed at that goal. HBO was and still is the gold standard for premium cable content. Netflix instead decided to go for the bottom 70% of the market, and the quality of their shows reflects that.

In fact the very reason for this purchase is that they desperately need help on the creative side.

Netflix is what it is today because all the studios trying to compete with their tech was an even bigger disaster than Netflix competing on content.

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1. jimbokun ◴[05 Dec 25 16:35 UTC] No.46163616[source]▶
I'm not sure how you quantify "premium cable content" but Netflix has certainly made great strides in that market.