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on Wednesday September 18 2019, @10:06AM
from the obviously,-Sheldon-Cooper-was-the-better-negotiator dept.
from the obviously,-Sheldon-Cooper-was-the-better-negotiator dept.
Just one day after Netflix secured the streaming rights to Seinfeld in a deal reportedly worth more than $500 million, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max has gone one step further, acquiring the rights to The Big Bang Theory in a deal reportedly worth more than $1 billion.
The deal gives WarnerMedia’s HBO Max the exclusive domestic streaming rights for five years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That means another streaming service could carry the show in global markets. The deal also extends the syndication deal between Warner Bros. Television and TBS through 2028.
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HBO Pays Over $1 Billion for "The Big Bang Theory" Streaming Rights
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday September 18 2019, @01:25PM (4 children)
Oh, I do care about TV. Just not about BigBang Theory, Friends and the like.
News, investigative reporting, foreign correspondence, world cinema (this terms automatically excludes Disney and Marvel)
HBO does have some interesting productions now and then, but it's not enough for me to want to be hooked on them.
You mean exclusive right on that pommy show available on national public TV here [abc.net.au], the one free of ads? Somehow I don't think their exclusivity is that exclusive as you say.
But yeah, I'm past the age when I just can't wait for the next episode or series.
Those executives may be quite desperate to take this gamble. Thanks God I'm not in the entertainment industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 18 2019, @02:26PM (1 child)
Damn, that's almost worth moving to Oz for. I could watch British television for free, without spoofing through a proxy? Awesome. Can I get you to spray for spiders before I move in?
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday September 19 2019, @12:53AM
Why should I?
A good pair of Vegemite sandwiches** at breakfast keeps them spiders away for the whole day.
** if you smear them behind your ears or in your armpits. Works for drop bears too [wikipedia.org].
A small price to pay for watching Pommy TV for free, especially that a Vegemite jar is cheaper than a good size can of insect spray and keeps you going for months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 18 2019, @07:13PM
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/13/20864305/gundala-review-indonesian-superhero-film-bumilangit-cinematic-universe [theverge.com]
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday September 18 2019, @11:50PM
I would be prepared to bet you a whole dollarydoo that the executives in charge have no real clue what they're doing, now that their industry is changing really quickly.
What they do have is access to a whole lot of money though, hence the billion for Big Bang Theory.