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 HBOs 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. Discoverys 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 hes confident the content will remain just as strong because were 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 theyre trying to make, and were 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.
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