KONTAN.CO.ID - NEW YORK. AT&T Inc's $43 billion deal on Monday to spin out its WarnerMedia business and combine it with Discovery Inc was among the most ambitious yet in the streaming era. Media bankers and analysts said it will not be the last. The agreement adds Discovery's 15 million subscribers to the 64 million subscribers that WarnerMedia's HBO Max has globally. The size of the subscriber base drives revenue and the budget for new content. The bigger scale of the combined company gives it a fighting chance against Netflix Inc and Walt Disney Co., which have 207.6 million and 103.6 million subscribers, respectively.
AT&T-Discovery deal puts pressure on streaming video rivals
KONTAN.CO.ID - NEW YORK. AT&T Inc's $43 billion deal on Monday to spin out its WarnerMedia business and combine it with Discovery Inc was among the most ambitious yet in the streaming era. Media bankers and analysts said it will not be the last. The agreement adds Discovery's 15 million subscribers to the 64 million subscribers that WarnerMedia's HBO Max has globally. The size of the subscriber base drives revenue and the budget for new content. The bigger scale of the combined company gives it a fighting chance against Netflix Inc and Walt Disney Co., which have 207.6 million and 103.6 million subscribers, respectively.