So, it is about cutting costs (that $3B Zaz has promised investors). It may also be about migrating content to streaming, as the new company may want to place most of what it invests in scripted stuff into streaming.
But I think the main way to understand all of this is consolidation. The new company is not going to have 2 or 3 basic cable channels making and running mid level scripted content. They are pausing new spending as much as they can until they figure out how to streamline and reorganize what they have. I would expect a lot of cuts where there is duplication and overlap. I don’t know what contracts and other commitments allow, but I suspect they will want all premium first run movies on one platform, all premium scripted serials on one, all reruns of old television and movies, all sports, all news. They will eventually have a kind of multi channel streaming service, probably one day including HBO and a streaming version of news, plus stripped down and focused cable channels. On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 at 11:32 AM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > Amending my previous comments - "The Last O.G." was cancelled this morning. > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-last-o-g-canceled-as-tbs-originals-continue-to-dwindle-1235136476/ > > On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 2:19:54 PM UTC-4 David Bruggeman wrote: > >> I know it's not scripted, but this seems to make Conan's move to HBOMax >> prescient, when it was much more likely a coincidence, given how long ago >> that choice was made and the not-hurry they are in to produce any episodes. >> >> David >> >> On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 09:36:11 AM PDT, Tom Wolper < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> This is just another sign that the industry is shifting resources from >> cable to streaming. >> >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 8:17 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The new Warner Media Discovery CEO David Zaslov has told his board that >> he's making $3 billion in savings. Only so much of that will be >> centralising accounts, HR and IT or whatever. And even cancelling >> CNN+ probably didn't save that much since the cash will have been spent. So >> a whole lot of programming cuts seem inevitable. >> >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 3:44 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I guess money’s tight after the merger? >> >> >> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tnt-tbs-scripted-programming-development-scrapped-warner-bros-discovery-1235241348/ >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a8198ce1-d849-41ea-8c81-dbcf1ff45d2bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a8198ce1-d849-41ea-8c81-dbcf1ff45d2bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJ2dDrjTG_CGEcLXiKX2v-dahkzZuTQSuXXY-rrj971mw%40mail.gmail.com.
