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DarthAragorn
12/20/2023
04:05 PM
#1
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/warner-bros-paramount-merger-discovery-streaming
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EmilyTheCEman
12/20/2023
04:05 PM
#2
LOL this fucking shit is slowly becoming cable TV again.
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Starks
12/20/2023
04:11 PM
#3
But still better than cable.

Even though cable companies are trying to make their own streaming boxes or modernize somewhat, they still try to restrict when and how you can watch.

Nothing pisses off a cable company more than watching YouTube TV or Hulu TV customers take their TV on vacation wherever they go.

Most cable companies still expect you to have your phone or tablet on your home Wi-Fi to access your content.

I don't like how science channel keeps getting screwed though. It's really hard to get it live or include the American narrator for how it's made.
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Prestoff
12/20/2023
04:12 PM
#5
How are these mergers happening with the anti-trust legislative in place?
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Giant_Aspirin
12/20/2023
04:13 PM
#6
i still hang onto Max because I love HBO. if this means I get content from Paramount+ as well, then cool deal.
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AceMos
12/20/2023
04:17 PM
#7
on the one hadn fuck making megacorps bigger

on the other hand this one makes more sense than every other merger WB has been involved with this past decade
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Punished_Blinx
12/20/2023
04:18 PM
#8
Looney Tunes being on Nickelodeon sounds weird.
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radical_rhino
12/20/2023
04:19 PM
#9
Those 2 companies own most cable channels between them.
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pokedude900
12/20/2023
04:20 PM
#10
Punished_Blinx posted...
Looney Tunes being on Nickelodeon sounds weird.

I'm like 90% sure Tiny Toon Adventures was on Nick when I was a kid.
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The-Apostle
12/20/2023
04:29 PM
#11
pokedude900 posted...
I'm like 90% sure Tiny Toon Adventures was on Nick when I was a kid.
That and Animaniacs were on Fox, though it's possible reruns of them aired on Nick.
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SpawnShadow
12/20/2023
04:31 PM
#12
Huh, was kind of expecting WBD would merge with NBCUniversal instead of Paramount. Maybe Comcast wasn't willing to pay as much as Zaslav wanted to get?
creativerealms
12/20/2023
04:31 PM
#13
Punished_Blinx posted...
Looney Tunes being on Nickelodeon sounds weird.
I'm old enough to remember watching Looney Tunes on Nick. This was before Nick even had its own cartoons.
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Hayame_Zero
12/20/2023
04:31 PM
#14
The-Apostle posted...
That and Animaniacs were on Fox, though it's possible reruns of them aired on Nick.
It did. I don't think Animaniacs aired on Nick, but I know Tiny Toons did.

Tiny Toons started out as syndicated before moving to Fox later. That's how it was able to be on Nick.
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thronedfire2
12/20/2023
04:32 PM
#15
Prestoff posted...
How are these mergers happening with the anti-trust legislative in place?

because they're hardly the only media companies?

now, 4 more mergers down the line there might be a problem
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mario2000
12/20/2023
04:33 PM
#16
Punished_Blinx posted...
Looney Tunes being on Nickelodeon sounds weird.

Looney Tunes used to air on Nickelodeon.
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pokedude900
12/20/2023
04:35 PM
#17
Hayame_Zero posted...
It did. I don't think Animaniacs aired on Nick, but I know Tiny Toons did.

Animaniacs definitely aired on Nick years later. They had a modified intro where they mentioned it at the end.
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creativerealms
12/20/2023
04:39 PM
#18
pokedude900 posted...
Animaniacs definitely aired on Nick years later. They had a modified intro where they mentioned it at the end.
Yep then there was the Pinky and the brain Nick opening where they plastered the Nick logo all over it.
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SpawnShadow
12/20/2023
04:39 PM
#19
pokedude900 posted...
Animaniacs definitely aired on Nick years later. They had a modified intro where they mentioned it at the end.
Pinky and the Brain also aired on Nick with a modified intro, though since there wasn't a Simpsons couch gag-style replaceable line in the theme song they could change to something like "Nick-el-aney", they instead slapped the Nickelodeon logo everywhere :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EcPux4PBbI
rwbonesy
12/20/2023
04:40 PM
#20
fml
i just recently subscribed to Walmart+ in part to get free Paramount+
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littlebro07
12/20/2023
04:40 PM
#21
Giant_Aspirin posted...
i still hang onto Max because I love HBO. if this means I get content from Paramount+ as well, then cool deal.

this as long as the sub doesn't go up (it likely would)

I get paramount+ for free with walmart+ >_>
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Hayame_Zero
12/20/2023
04:40 PM
#22
Yeah, that's actually coming back to me now.

Freakazoid was also on Cartoon Network too.
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Ivynn
12/20/2023
04:42 PM
#23
The-Apostle posted...
That and Animaniacs were on Fox, though it's possible reruns of them aired on Nick.

They debuted on Fox, and after they ended, reruns would air on Nick, then years later would air on Cartoon Network.
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masterpug53
12/20/2023
04:58 PM
#24
creativerealms posted...
I'm old enough to remember watching Looney Tunes on Nick. This was before Nick even had its own cartoons.

This. Late 80's, early 90's IIRC. I was a country boy with no cable, but on the weekends I stayed with my grandparents in the city, and got to watch Looney Tunes and Inspector Gadget on Nick on Saturday nights.

EDIT found the old intro from that time. Boy it takes me back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUce28rFbfE
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Hayame_Zero
12/20/2023
05:02 PM
#25
creativerealms posted...
I'm old enough to remember watching Looney Tunes on Nick. This was before Nick even had its own cartoons.
Yeah, I remember watching the debut episode of Tiny Toons, and also when Nicktoons first debuted. They didn't have their own internal animation studio until 1991. Everything before that was mostly older cartoons.
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