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BumRushDaShow

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Sat Jan 24, 2026, 08:34 PM 4 hrs ago

Netflix says it's 'going to keep' HBO team after acquiring Warner Bros

Source: The Independent

Saturday 24 January 2026 10:13 EST


Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters has assured that the company plans to preserve HBO’s team, even after the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, promising to give them a “bigger audience.” Last week, the streaming giant offered an amended all-cash bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets, replacing the previous stock-and-cash deal the two companies had reached last month.

As questions and concerns continue to swirl about what a merger could mean for the future of HBO Max and the talent behind its success, Peters has said he’s confident the content will remain just as strong because “we’re going to keep that HBO team.”

“That HBO team is good at working with that talent and giving them the environment that they need to tell those amazing stories,” he told Stratechery. “And they get to do it under a great brand that speaks to the kind of program they’re trying to make, and we’re going to give them a bigger audience.”

HBO has been the mastermind behind numerous smash hit Emmy-winning originals, such as Game of Thrones, Succession and The White Lotus. It recently released the soapy gay sports romance drama Heated Rivalry, which has since become one of its top-rated series.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/netflix-hbo-warner-bros-merger-b2906968.html

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Netflix says it's 'going to keep' HBO team after acquiring Warner Bros (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago OP
They had nothing to do with the production of Heated Rivalry dsc 2 hrs ago #1

dsc

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1. They had nothing to do with the production of Heated Rivalry
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 10:25 PM
2 hrs ago

that was all Crave. But it would be monumentally stupid for Netflix to mess with HBO, as they have been very successful.

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