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WarnerMedia Is Merging With Discovery But The Big Questions Still Don’t Have Answers

May 17, 2021 11:00 am

On Friday, people left work, came home and sat down with their friends and/or family, and watched something on TV. But John Stankey, the CEO of AT&T, and David Zaslav, the Discovery CEO, were holed up in t...

AT&T CEO Calls WB/HBO Max Release Strategy “A Bold And Aggressive Swing”

Charles Barfield

January 27, 2021 10:45 am

Box Office, News

One of the biggest stories of last year, perhaps even the biggest story when it comes to the long-term effect on the film industry, is the move by WarnerMedia to shift its 2021 WB film slate to HBO Max. It’s a...

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AT&T CEO Says Theaters Still Have “A Role In Society” But Watching Content At Home Is “Getting Better & Better”

Charles Barfield

December 7, 2020 2:27 pm

Box Office, News

When the news hit that WarnerMedia was shifting its entire 2021 WB film slate to debut on HBO Max and in theaters on the same days, the industry gasped. People were shocked that one of the biggest studios in t...

AT&T CEO Admits ‘Tenet’ Release Wasn’t A “Home Run” & Is “Not Optimistic” About 2021 Being Better For Films

Charles Barfield

October 22, 2020 10:59 am

Box Office, News

There are few people in Hollywood that have serious power over the future of the industry. One of those men is John Stankey, the CEO of AT&T. Not only is he in charge of a massive telecom corporation but h...

WB Promises ‘Tenet’ Will Not Hit Streaming First But Other Films Might If The COVID-19 Delays Continue

Charles Barfield

July 23, 2020 10:37 am

Box Office, News

We are still unsure when Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” will arrive in theaters, as Warner Bros. hasn’t yet announced a new release strategy for the film after its most recent delay. However, according to the CEO...

WarnerMedia Execs Reassure Cinemas That The Studio Still Supports The Theatrical Experience

Charles Barfield

April 23, 2020 10:45 am

Box Office, News

It was only yesterday that John Stankey, COO of AT&T (parent company of WarnerMedia), was saying on a conference call that his film studio was going to “rethink” its theatrical release model in light of th...

AT&T Executive Says WarnerMedia Is “Rethinking The Theatrical Model” Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

Charles Barfield

April 22, 2020 12:16 pm

Box Office, News

The writing has been on the wall for a while now, amplified by the catastrophic effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, but no one with any real power or clout in the studio system has outright said it until now—the ...

WarnerMedia Will Give HBO Max Away For Free To Subscribers Of DirecTV And AT&T TV Now

Charles Barfield

October 25, 2019 12:59 pm

News, Television

Free samples are a quick way to get customers hooked. Whether it’s a specific grocery item at a big box store or a TV streaming service, if you give people a free taste of what’s to come, then you might be able...

FilmStruck Saved? WarnerMedia CEO Reportedly Interested In Finding A Way To Keep Streaming Service Alive

Charles Barfield

November 15, 2018 3:53 pm

News

After a petition with tens of thousands of digital signatures and almost every major filmmaker in the world coming out in support for the service, it appears that the streaming service FilmStruck may just live ...

New HBO Executive Presents New Plan For The Network To Become Broader And Bigger

Charles Barfield

July 9, 2018 12:42 pm

News, Television

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One of the more interesting results of the AT&T/Time Warner merger is the effect the new sale would have on HBO. The premium cable network has built a name and reputation for being a network with recent Hol...

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