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Is the new Warner Bros-Netflix deal putting cinemas at risk?

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Mon, 8 Dec 2025, 5:11pm
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Is the new Warner Bros-Netflix deal putting cinemas at risk?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 8 Dec 2025, 5:11pm

Netflix is set to acquire Warner Bros Studios in a Netflix agrees to acquire Warner Bros Studios in a $125B deal including HBO Max. 

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has said theatrical releases will become more limited, as Netflix sees them as not 'consumer friendly'.

Media commentator Duncan Greive told Ryan Bridge: "historically, Netflix has been at best tepid, probably more accurately hostile, towards movie theatres."

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