Warner Bros. Discovery to split, dividing TV and streaming services

Published on 09/06/2025 - 15:27 GMT+2

Media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery announced connected Monday that it would divided into 2 nationalist companies by adjacent year, carving disconnected its TV web operations from its streaming service. 

The move to rotation disconnected 1 institution devoted to streaming and a 2nd devoted to accepted tv comes arsenic nan institution struggles pinch a diminution successful wide business.

The organisation said nan caller Streaming & Studios group would see Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, DC Studios, HBO and HBO Max arsenic good arsenic their movie and tv libraries. 

The Global Networks institution will see CNN, TNT Sports, Discovery+ and different integer products. 

Shares successful nan institution jumped much than 9% up of nan marketplace opening.  

Current Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav will proceed arsenic nan caput of Streaming & Studios, while nan company’s main financial serviceman Gunnar Wiedenfels will go CEO of Global Networks. 

Both executives will proceed successful their existent positions until nan institution separates. 

“By operating arsenic 2 chopped and optimised companies successful nan future, we are empowering these iconic brands pinch nan sharper attraction and strategical elasticity they request to compete astir efficaciously successful today’s evolving media landscape,’ Zaslav said successful a statement. 

The US media elephantine said nan divided would unlock worth for shareholders and create opportunities for some businesses.

The divided still needs last support from nan company’s committee but is expected to beryllium completed by nan mediate of adjacent year.

Warner Bros. Discovery was created only 3 years agone aft a merger betwixt Warner Media and Discovery.