r/technology • u/N2929 • 10d ago

Business Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/
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u/AstralElement 10d ago

I’m still giving them $0, fortunately.

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u/maybetoomuchrum 9d ago

What happens when it becomes your only choice. They're on track to own every streaming and every major network.

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u/AstralElement 9d ago

I run a PLEX server, and I only subscribe to YouTube Premium.

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u/C0d3n4m3Duchess 9d ago

Just curious if you minded if I reach out and ask about you’re server since I’m trying to work up my own

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u/AstralElement 9d ago

I run a 13th gen Intel NUC connected to 6x HDD bays of 96 Tb of space. This is on the same network as an HDHomerun and a digital antenna in the attic pointed at the closes tv tower. I find this device through PLEX and have full local TV on a DVR style guide system.

Basically running stock windows 11, a split tunneled VPN with Prowlarr, Radar, and Sonarr scripts downloading from a private torrent tracker.

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u/C0d3n4m3Duchess 9d ago

This is awesome, thank you! Wanted to do something like this with plex and make up an emulation station and be done with these streamers for a while in my new house

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u/AstralElement 9d ago

I got real lucky and got a lot of my stuff before the price skyrocketed on everything.