• Re: [NEWS] Sky TV New Zealand to replace Paramount channels

    From Mutley@3:633/10 to All on Thu Nov 13 08:52:29 2025
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    On 2025-11-12 03:23:55 +0000, Mutley said:

    I just wondering what they are going to do with the old WBD
    channels on Freeview which were elegily bleeding red ink. Not much
    has changed except Three seems to be running a lot of old HGTV
    stuff.

    With Warner Bros on the look out for new owners, I guess it will be up
    to whoever buys it to decide.

    Apparently the recent Paramount offer to buy Warner Bros has been rejected.

    Warners already sold it to Sky back in August so Sky will decide
    but so far nothing new.

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thu Nov 13 10:41:42 2025
    On 2025-11-12 19:52:29 +0000, Mutley said:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-12 03:23:55 +0000, Mutley said:

    I just wondering what they are going to do with the old WBD
    channels on Freeview which were elegily bleeding red ink. Not much
    has changed except Three seems to be running a lot of old HGTV
    stuff.

    With Warner Bros on the look out for new owners, I guess it will be up
    to whoever buys it to decide.

    Apparently the recent Paramount offer to buy Warner Bros has been rejected.

    Warners already sold it to Sky back in August so Sky will decide
    but so far nothing new.

    Sorry, I misread you're original post.

    Yep, Sky bought Warner Bros' New Zealand operations (TV3, etc.) for $1
    and was rebranded as "Sky Free" <https://www.skyfree.co.nz> as opposed
    to the ex-Prime channel which is "Sky Open"
    <https://www.sky.co.nz/skyopen>

    Presumably the two might at some stage be merged, if they manage to
    survive long enough.


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