<p>Netflix is looking to take over the TV, film and streaming assets of Warner Bros. Now another company, Paramount, is making its own play, with a hostile takeover bid. We talk to Globe and Mail film editor Barry Hertz about the possible end results of all this: a corporate monolith with even more control over how we consume films and TV shows, and who gets to make them.</p>

The Current

CBC

Netflix vs. Paramount: The Streamer That Would Be King

DEC 9, 202512 MIN
The Current

Netflix vs. Paramount: The Streamer That Would Be King

DEC 9, 202512 MIN

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<p>Netflix is looking to take over the TV, film and streaming assets of Warner Bros. Now another company, Paramount, is making its own play, with a hostile takeover bid. We talk to Globe and Mail film editor Barry Hertz about the possible end results of all this: a corporate monolith with even more control over how we consume films and TV shows, and who gets to make them.</p>