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martyb
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 gtomorrow on Wednesday September 18 2019, @03:18PM
You misunderstand me (story of my life :D ). It's not, at least in my case, a dislike of TBBT. It's just that it's literally on all the time on various channels. They must be making a billion dollars on worldwide syndication rights alone. Check your local listings. Last I remember on American TV, it was on its regular network, plus TBS, WGN, and various other local networks, sometimes even Big Bang programming marathons! YIKES!
Unavoidable, I tell you!
That said, why would anybody pay so much money for something you can see all the time for free* on OTA TV? Taking it out of circulation for the next 20 years would only do us all a favor!
*incessant American-4-minutes-of-commercials-between-every-seven-minutes-of-programming nonwithstanding.