Hollywood giants strategically reshape their empires, separating crown jewels from declining assets as the streaming wars rage on.
beat sheet
Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery are spinning off cable channels, retaining studios, networks and streaming as the new priority in a cord-cutting landscape
Disney and Paramount are also prioritizing their most valuable brands like ESPN, ABC, CBS and Paramount+ over legacy cable channels like Freeform, MTV and Comedy Central
call sheet
Dana Walden, Jeff Shell, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Paramount Global, ESPN, ABC, CBS, Paramount+, Freeform, FXX, Disney Junior, Skydance, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, BET, Bank of America, Real Housewives, Below Deck