President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav arrives for the world premiere of “The Flash” at Ovation Hollywood in Hollywood, California, on June 12, 2023.
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Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday introduced a restructuring plan to section its enterprise into linear and streaming models in a transfer that might simplify future consolidation.
Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery have been up roughly 15% in early buying and selling Thursday.
The firm’s new world linear networks division will home its networks of stories, sports activities, scripted and unscripted programming similar to CNN, TBS, TNT, HGTV and the Food Network. A streaming and studios unit will home Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie studios and streaming platform Max.
Longtime TV powerhouse HBO will likely be slotted beneath the streaming unit, based on an individual aware of the matter.
The replace comes weeks after Comcast introduced it will spin out its cable networks, together with CNBC, MSNBC, E!, Syfy, Golf Channel, USA and Oxygen.
“We proceed to prioritize making certain our Global Linear Networks enterprise is properly positioned to proceed to drive free money movement, whereas our Streaming & Studios enterprise focuses on driving development by telling the world’s most compelling tales,” Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav mentioned in a press release.
Warner Bros. Discovery expects to finish the restructuring by the center of subsequent yr.
Disclosure: Comcast is the father or mother firm of CNBC.
— CNBC’s Alex Sherman contributed to this report.
