{"id":22390,"date":"2026-01-14T09:26:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/netflix-prepares-all-cash-offer-for-warner-bros\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:23","slug":"netflix-prepares-all-cash-offer-for-warner-bros","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/netflix-prepares-all-cash-offer-for-warner-bros\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0&#8216;Netflix prepares all-cash offer for Warner Bros&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The changes are designed to expedite a sale, which will take months to close and has faced opposition from politicians and rival bidder Paramount Skydance, according to the source.\u00a0<i>Bloomberg<\/i>\u00a0News reported on the news earlier in the day. Netflix declined to comment on the \u200cBloomberg report, while Warner Bros did not immediately respond to a\u00a0<i>Reuters\u00a0<\/i>request for \u200bcomment. Upon close on Tuesday, shares of Netflix were up 1.02% and Warner Bros closed 1.62% higher. Paramount shares remained flat. Netflix&#8217;s $82.7 billion deal initially consisted of cash and stock for Warner Bros&#8217; film and streaming assets, \u200dwhile Paramount offered $108.4 billion in cash for the whole company, including its cable TV business.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Still, Warner Bros has favored Netflix&#8217;s deal despite amendments to Paramount&#8217;s bid, including a $40 billion equity backing by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and father of Paramount Chief Executive Officer, \u2060David Ellison. Warner Bros&#8217; board has argued that Paramount&#8217;s offer hinges on a significant amount of debt financing that \u200dheightens the risk of closing and the offer &#8220;remains inadequate.&#8221; Paramount and Netflix have been in a heated battle for Warner Bros, \u200cits prized \u200cfilm and television studios, and its extensive content library. Its lucrative entertainment franchises include &#8220;Harry Potter,&#8221; &#8220;Game of Thrones,&#8221; &#8220;Friends&#8221; and the DC Comics universe, as well as coveted classic films such as &#8220;Casablanca&#8221; and &#8220;Citizen Kane.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The bidding war has become Hollywood&#8217;s most closely watched takeover battle, as studios navigate a landscape increasingly dominated by streaming platforms and volatile \u2060theatrical revenues.\u00a0Meanwhile, lawmakers across \u2060the political spectrum have \u200bvoiced concerns that further media consolidation could drive up prices and reduce consumer choice.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16233,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-22390","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Netflix is preparing to make an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery's studios \u200cand streaming businesses, a source familiar with the matter told\u00a0Reuters\u00a0on Tuesday","published_date":"2026-01-14 00:00:00","news_description":"Netflix is preparing to make an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery's studios \u200cand streaming businesses, a source familiar with the matter told\u00a0Reuters\u00a0on Tuesday","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25706,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22390\/revisions\/25706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}