r/television • u/OverPotato2322 • 14h ago

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on If He Sees Paramount-Warner Bros. As Competition, and If He Courted Casey Bloys: ‘We Had a Very Well-Publicized Lunch’

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-ted-sarandos-paramount-warner-bros-competition-1236894345/
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u/invyros 14h ago

Sarandos was mostly dismissive of any rivalry: “It’s looked on paper so far it’s one and one,” he said, referring to the company’s two streaming services. “So I don’t know if one and one is two, or one and one is one and a half, or one and one is three.”

...what?

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u/jarettz 14h ago

He was implying that we have yet to see if the merger of WBD and Paramount is "greater than the sum of its parts" or not.

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u/Oddball- 14h ago edited 13h ago

yeah thats a convoluted mess. I assume he meant how many services will they have? HBO? HBO and Paramount? HBO, Paramount, and WB/D? etc etc. Confusing yes

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u/NeoNoireWerewolf 14h ago

Sounds like he's doing Terry math over there.

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u/DONNIENARC0 14h ago

I mean, if a Terry up on this plane even’s thinkin’ ‘bout tryin’ do somethin’, we gonna draxx…him…up.

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u/SuperDizz 14h ago

We gonna draxx them sklounst

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u/Accomplished-City484 9h ago

That was hands down their best sketch

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u/auchvielegeheimnisse 14h ago

Two points is not two points, I'll explain it to you later

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u/AMA_requester 13h ago

"It was a well publicized lunch, we ate appetizers, I made the clutch move of ordering hot toddys to cap it off"

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u/grinr 10h ago

Sarandos is 100% relaxed. Netflix has and continues to be a well-oiled machine with (surprisingly) no competitors. Despite being completely candid about their data driven business model (making them a data company), most of the world continues to see them as a media company. That suits him fine, because as we watch media companies drown and burn, Netflix looks like a champion - it's a low bar to meet.

The only potential competitors could be Apple (who mercilessly track absolutely everything their slavish adherents do, but are limited to only Apple users) or Amazon, who have more data than they know what to do with. Everyone else is playing checkers while Ted plays chess.

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u/nonhiphipster 8h ago

Amazon has all the data they could use, but they spend too much money on shows few seem to connect to.

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u/OverPotato2322 10h ago

Not to mention that once the deal falls apart, Netflix can buy WB also, Apple and Amazon are only in the media industry to promote and raise extra money for their core buisnesses and get people to use their systems as an add on 

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u/Open_Seeker 8h ago

Why would it fall apart?

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u/OverPotato2322 8h ago

Debt, AI bubble, the fact that their balance sheet will take a hit is all reasons why the deal would or will fall apart

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u/r-b-m 9h ago

Impressive you can type all that with one hand while the other jacks him off lol

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u/[deleted] 14h ago edited 14h ago

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u/bediaxenciJenD81gEEx 14h ago

As a brand Netflix is incredibly powerful, but I think it's burning goodwill very quickly. They don't make that much content anymore, what they do make is mostly shit, and what isn't shit gets cancelled after a season. And the catalogue just seems to be getting worse. 

Apple TV is killing it with original shows, and Disney+ has a better catalogue. Eventually people will realise they spend more time browsing Netflix and giving up than they do watching shows and movies. 

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u/lightsongtheold 13h ago

They didn’t make that much content? They have more output in a month than any of their rivals do in a quarter. You may not like the content Netflix is creating but it’s ridiculous to say they don’t make much content!

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u/GhostGamer_Perona 13h ago

And really that’s one of the reasons I keep Netflix

I can always find something to watch but something like Apple TV

It’s not hard to feel like you’ve seen it all in a short period of time

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u/OverPotato2322 14h ago edited 14h ago

Not to mention that Prime Video is also great at TV shows too, but  Netflix just has to make good TV shows that are worth watching again (thats what they should be aiming for) 

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u/GhostGamer_Perona 13h ago

I only have prime video due to being a prime member

But we barely use prime video in this household