The Media Show: Netflix’s Hollywood takeover drama

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  Welcome to the explanation from the BBC World Service.

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  This is Rosakins and Katie Razzle, and this is The Media Show.

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  We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.

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  This week on The Media Show, it's a real Hollywood drama.

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  as both Netflix and Paramount do battle for control of Warner Brothers.

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  We're going to find out why they both want to take over the home of Harry Potter and Game of Thrones and what it might mean for us the viewers.

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  And as meta slashes spending on the metaverse,

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  we assess whether Mark Zuckerberg's vision of the future was completely wrong.

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  The fight in Hollywood to buy Warner Bros.

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  Discovery has turned into a blockbuster.

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  Paramount Skydance, backed by the billionaire Ellison family, had been wooing Warner Bros.

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  for months, but Warner had spurned its takeover proposals.

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  Then, last week,

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  Warner announced a deal to sell its studio and streaming divisions to Netflix instead.

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  That prompted Paramount to hit back with a hostile takeover bid.

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  Well, to help us understand what's going on,

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  Natalie Jarvey, reporter at The Ancler, joined us from LA.

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  It's an interesting moment in Hollywood right now.

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