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HBO Pays Over $1 Billion for "The Big Bang Theory" Streaming Rights

posted by martyb on Wednesday September 18 2019, @10:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the obviously,-Sheldon-Cooper-was-the-better-negotiator dept.

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/17/20870140/big-bang-theory-hbo-max-streaming-exclusive-worth-billion-seinfeld-netflix-friends-the-office

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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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday September 18 2019, @08:35PM (2 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday September 18 2019, @08:35PM (#895802) Journal

    You know, part of me wonders whether passive consumption of video a la television hasn't run its course. I read Millennials and younger don't really watch TV, preferring to spend their time on social media instead. I'm Gen-X and the bloom is definitely off the rose; you mentioned Trek, which I loved for decades, but now can't be bothered.

    Maybe TV will really die with the Baby Boomers?

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday September 18 2019, @09:15PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday September 18 2019, @09:15PM (#895843) Journal

    I don't watch TV anymore: I search for "Best British comedies", etc, and then acquire them...errrr...with ways.

      Watching Misfits currently.

    When I do watch TV now....oh Dog, the COMMERCIALS! KILL ME!

    Shows acquired with...ways...I'd sit through some commercials.

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Thursday September 19 2019, @12:49PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday September 19 2019, @12:49PM (#896067) Journal

      I hear you. Commercials killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. The way the jacked up the volume to top-notch was the straw that broke the camel's back for us. We asked DirecTV several times to stop it, but of course they didn't. So we cut the cord, got fiber & Netflix streaming, and never looked back. They spent the next 6 years begging us to come back.

      Actually the fiber company reps were mystified when we told them clearly and directly and with an increasingly firmer tone that, no, we did not want Cable bundled into our package, even if it only cost $5/mo more, because we did not want that crap coming into our home.

      Voting with your feet and dollars is the only kind of voting that still matters.

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