Netflix sweetens Warner Bros bid with all-cash offer to block Paramount

January 20, 2026

Streaming company says proposal speeds up completion and allows WBD investors to vote as soon as April

Netflix has sweetened its $82.7bn (£61.5bn) offer for the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) by making it an all-cash deal, streamlining its potential completion in the face of a hostile bid from Paramount Skydance.

The streaming company had originally secured the unanimous backing of the WBD board last month with a cash-and-shares proposal that valued the business at $27.75 a share.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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