Wouldn't that just create another Disney+/Hulu situation? (Or, to cite a more direct example, an HBOMax/Discovery+ situation?) What's the advantage to maintaining 2 services that more or less serve the same purpose?
On Friday, December 5, 2025 at 3:06:22 PM UTC-5 Tom Wolper wrote: > I don’t want to put too much into this morning’s corporate call, but > Netflix knows that a lot of people subscribe to both Netflix and HBO Max > and they might be in no hurry to combine the services. So AEW could > continue on HBO Max. > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This deal is huge for TNA, as it gets them back into the realm of 'basic >> cable' for the first time in a long while, but it's terrible for AMC as it >> completes their scope-creep into essentially being a clone of TNT or USA >> Network. >> >> Speaking of, the potential Netflix/WB deal could stir the pot some where >> the *rasslin' *landscape is concerned - Netflix is tied up with WWE, but >> their biggest competitor, AEW, is heavily embedded with the Turner networks >> and HBOMax. I know the cable channels aren't part of Netflix's offer, but >> it'll be interesting to see how this all shakes out - assuming Netflix >> consolidates HBOMax into their existing footprint, AEW will likely need to >> find a new streamer - possibly Prime Video, as I think they're one of the >> few major streamers that aren't somehow tied up with WWE. >> >> On Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 3:35:49 PM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: >> >>> The TNA promotion's Thursday night show, currently on co-owned AXS TV >>> (BTW, Mark Cuban and Seacrest presently seem to have nothing to do with >>> AXS), moves to AMC and AMC+ on Jan. 15, in what seems like a desperation >>> move for the cable channel that pissed off classic movie fans from its >>> American Movie Classics days to become the symbol of Prestige TV on basic >>> cable (although admittedly they've been ODing on the "Walking Dead" >>> franchise lately), but that's what basic cable has come to: >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tna-wrestling-thursday-night-impact-amc-watch-1236439411/ >>> >> -- >> 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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8eb76d6c-ded2-4f0f-9465-f97b98fcd025n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8eb76d6c-ded2-4f0f-9465-f97b98fcd025n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/af152965-c882-4af9-a8aa-9f486afb475bn%40googlegroups.com.
