Who had this on their bingo card for late 2025? Not me. While the idea of monsters devouring each other plays well on the big screen, like all those “Godzilla vs.” movies, the drama of large corporations buying each other out in boardrooms is usually a snoozefest.

Netflix’s gobbling up Warner Bros., which owns a legacy studio, Discovery Channel, and HBO, in an $72 billion deal, is a staggering change to our streaming landscape. It’ll bring changes that affect us right down to the screens we have occupying wall space in our living rooms and bedrooms.

Most importantly, how’s it going to change the way we watch television?

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Tucked within Netflix’s December 5, 2025, press release is a strong implication that Netflix subscribers will gain acc

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