The upcoming report from Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is expected to reveal quarterly loss of $0.18 per share, indicating an increase of 64.7% compared to the year-ago period. Analysts forecast revenues of $10.07 billion, representing a decrease of 2.8% year over year. The current level reflects a downward revision of 66.7% in the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter over the past 30 days. This demonstrates how the analysts covering the stock have collectively reappraised their initial projections over th ...

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) closed the most recent trading day at $8.65, moving -1.48% from the previous trading session. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 1.08% for the day. At the same time, the Dow added 0.75%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.64%. The operator of cable TV channels such as TLC and Animal Planet's stock has climbed by 21.94% in the past month, exceeding the Consumer Discretionary sector's loss of 0.08% and the S&P 500's loss of 0.44%. The investment commun ...

The earnings report, which is expected to be released on August 7, 2024, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower. Zacks Consensus Estimate Revenues are expected to be $10.14 billion, down 2.1% from the year-ago quarter. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 66.67% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collec ...

"Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ("TBS") and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ("WBD") bring this action against the National Basketball Association ("NBA") to enforce TBS's contractual rights to distribute NBA games through the 2035-2036 season," reads a heavily redacted suit filed Friday in New York state court by WBD and its Turner Sports subsidiary. Today, WBD took its shot. Click to read the WBD/TBS lawsuit against the NBA. Outside of the filing itself, TBS said in a statement to Deadline: "Given the NBA's ...

"We just need an opportunity for deregulation, so companies can consolidate and do what we need to be even better," Zaslav told reporters at Allen & Co.'s annual Sun Valley conference. Now, Zaslav sees the same dynamic repeating with Warner Bros. Discovery, whose shares have fallen 36% in the past year as the company focuses on turning its flagship streaming service Max into a globally profitable business and grapples with the possibility of losing NBA media rights after nearly 40 years as a partner. What's ...

Warner Bros Discovery will sue the National Basketball Association in New York after the league rejected its matching bid for TV broadcasting rights, a source familiar with the matter said Thursday. The NBA on Wednesday rejected an offer from Warner's TNT sports division — ending four decades of partnership — and announced new agreements with Walt Disney's ESPN, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal and Amazon in an 11-year deal worth $77 billion. Warner Bros Discovery and the NBA did not immediately respond to Reuter ...

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) stock is taking a beating on Thursday after the NBA rejected a deal to continue its rights agreement with the media company. Warner Bros. Discovery was offering $1.8 billion per year to maintain its rights deal with the NBA. However, this was rejected in favor of an offer with Disney (NYSE:DIS), Comcast's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) NBC and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime Video. That new deal is set to last for 11 years and will bring in about $76 billion for the NBA. Warner Bros. Discover ...

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) stock rose Friday, lifted by a a Financial Times report saying the company might separate its movie studio and Max streaming service from its legacy TV networks. Warner Bros. Discovery owns Turner Sports, which has broadcast "Inside the NBA" on TNT for over a decade. The NBA's media rights deal also includes games broadcast by Disney and Universal for a total $76 billion package over 11 years. WBNA games, also included in the package, make up about $2.2 billion of the total. Key ...

The unlikely rally actually makes sense given how much investors were hoping someone would say what was just said. The thing is, these assumptions aren't crazy. You know the company. Warner Bros. Discovery was created via the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery Inc., the company behind cable channels including TNT, The Food Network, CNN, Animal Planet, and, of course, The Discovery Channel. Perhaps most notably, Warner Bros. Discovery also owns streaming platform Max (formerly HBO Max). At the same time, t ...

文章核心观点 - 华纳兄弟发现公司(WBD)正在考虑将其数字流媒体和电影工作室业务与其传统电视网络业务分离[3][4] - 这一拆分计划反映了华纳兄弟发现公司合并后未能实现预期效果,即无法通过与发现频道的结合来更好地应对Netflix和科技公司的竞争[6][7] - 分拆计划可能是为了将公司的衰落资产(如有线电视网络)与增长业务(如HBO Max和电影工作室)分离,以提高后者的吸引力[11][12][13] 根据目录分别总结 公司业务现状 - 华纳兄弟发现公司合并后未能创造出更大更好的公司,反而变得更弱[6][7] - 公司的传统有线电视网络业务(如CNN)正在衰落,但仍产生大量现金流,帮助支持其他业务[11] - 公司正面临如何平衡衰落但利润丰厚的电视业务与不确定且成本高昂的流媒体业务的挑战[16] 拆分计划分析 - 拆分计划可能是将衰落的电视网络资产与HBO、电影工作室等增长业务分离[4][11][12] - 分离后,HBO和电影工作室业务可能会更具吸引力,成为潜在的并购目标[13] - 即便无法按照目前提出的方式拆分,公司也可能会逐步出售资产来应对这一挑战[14] - 这一拆分计划反映了公司管理层试图解决这一难题的努力[16]