#streamingwars

Been away a bit (nixos2 drama, more about that soon), but the Paramount-Warner Bros. saga kept moving without me: EU cleared it with conditions, then Paramount agreed to freeze the whole deal until a trial happens — maybe not until June 2027. Both sides are calling it a win. Let's see why. https://blog.ppb1701.com/deep-freeze #streaming #paramount #warnerbros #antitrust #consolidation #streamingwars #mediaconsolidation #blog

The DOJ cleared Paramount-WBD with zero conditions in June. Turns out career staff wanted to sue and got overruled before they could say so. Now 12 states just sued anyway — and Oregon wants to know if Paramount helped write the DOJ's own clearance letter. https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-other-states-have-entered-the-chat #streaming #paramount #warnerbros #consolidation #streamingwars #mediaconsolidation #antitrust #blog

Salon.com | With Roku, Fox just won the streaming wars for the right by Sophia Tesfaye AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. In a week that reshaped American media, Fox Corporation announced a $22 billion purchase of Roku while the Justice Department cleared David Ellison’s $111 billion merger of Paramount with Warner Bros. Discovery, giving the son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison control of both CBS News and CNN. Together these deals concentrate the most powerful levers of the streaming era—distribution, data and advertising—into the hands of a handful of right‑wing billionaires. By pairing Fox’s news, sports and ad empire with Roku’s operating system, Fox will dominate the TV home‑screen discovery layer, while Ellison’s merged empire will control a vast swath of content production. The article argues that this consolidation marks a shift from the old cable‑carriage model to a new “distribution‑as‑gatekeeper” paradigm, allowing conservative owners to shape what Americans see and hear across the country’s dominant streaming platforms. Read more: https://www.salon.com/2026/06/21/with-roku-fox-just-won-the-streaming-wars-for-the-right/ #Roku #FoxCorporation #billionaires #streamingwars #DavidEllison #LarryEllison