{
  "id": 12791615,
  "title": "What the Paramount-Warner deal means for you: Will OSN streaming price go up?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/what-the-paramount-warner-deal-means-for-you-will-osn-streaming-price",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T04:25:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/hbo-harry-potter-and-cnn-under-one-roof-what-the-paramount-warner-deal-means-for-you-1.500701451"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on October 6, 2026, forming a new media giant called Skydance. The deal is valued at around $111 billion, including debt. After several twists and turns, Netflix's $83 billion offer was rejected, and Paramount Skydance raised its all-cash bid to $31 per share. The merger was approved by the US Department of Justice in June, with a federal judge approving a settlement with US states last week.\n\nSkydance now controls major entertainment companies such as Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, HBO, CBS, CNN, MTV, Comedy Central, Discovery, TLC, Food Network, and HGTV. It also manages two streaming services, HBO Max and Paramount+. In the UAE, HBO content is exclusively available through OSN+ and OSNtv, as OSN holds an exclusive multi-year deal to broadcast HBO programming in the Middle East and North Africa.\n\nAs for streaming prices, Skydance has not announced any changes, although analysts predict a merged service to cost more than HBO Max or Paramount+ individually. In the UAE, HBO shows currently stream on OSN+, and any price adjustments would depend on OSN's licensing agreement with Skydance. The company has stated that their content pipeline remains unchanged and that they will continue to deliver value to OSN+ subscribers.",
  "summary": "Dubai: Paramount Skydance completed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, October 6, ending a bidding war that lasted more than a year. The deal is worth around $111 billion (about Dh408 billion), including debt. The combined company is now called Skydance. So what does it mean for viewers in the UAE, from what you stream at home to what you watch in cinemas? How it happened The…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}