Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, CEO of Netflix, visited the Warner Bros. studio. Discovery in Burbank, in the United States, this Wednesday. The visit came on the same day that Warner turned down the aggressive offer that Paramount had proposed, amid the dispute with Streaming over the company’s purchase. The information comes from the Hollywood Reporter.
In a letter, Warner asked its shareholders to maintain the agreement signed with Netflix. “We believe our merger with Netflix represents greater and more certain gains for our shareholders, and we look forward to presenting the attractive benefits of this combination,” the document said.
The studio tour was guided by Warner CEO David Zaslav. The vehicle interpreted what happened as a “not at all subtle” indication of preference for the Netflix offer. The agreement between the platform and the company is still awaiting approval from the US government.
The visit still functions as a sort of readjustment, on Netflix’s part, to the statements made by Sarandos when the deal between streaming and Warner became public. At the time, the CEO suggested that going to the movies was a tradition of the past and that while Warner films would still be released in theaters, distribution and exhibition windows would undergo changes to make them more “comfortable for viewers.”
This Wednesday (17), in a letter published by Netflix to celebrate the rejection of the offer, Sarandos and Peters stated that there were no plans to change the screening time of films in cinemas.
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