Warner Bros. Discovery
American mass media and entertainment conglomerate
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| March 24 2025 | WBD announces the purchase of a 30% minority stake in Dubai-based OSN Streaming Limited for $57 million to expand its Middle Eastern entertainment market presence. |
| 2025 | The EMEA division sold TVN Group and folded remaining assets into Warner Bros. Discovery Poland, gaining no oversight over the separate Polish unit. |
| 2025 | The Two Princes television production by Warner Horizon Television with release date to be announced (TBA) |
| March 6 2025 | Cartoon Network vs. Jellystone!: Crisis on Infinite Mirths aired on Max, marking a crossover special event. |
| February 2025 | Rooster Teeth is purchased by co-founder Burnie Burns's company Box Canyon Productions after its closure in May 2024. |
| 2025 | Warner Bros. Animation is set to release 'Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires', a direct-to-streaming film planned for Max, co-produced with DC Entertainment, Ánima, Chatrone, and Particular Crowd. |
| January 1 2025 |
Former Bell Media-operated Investigation Discovery (previously Court TV Canada) relaunched as Oxygen
Bell Media's Investigation Discovery Channel Rebrands as Oxygen True Crime on January 1, Becoming the Ultimate Destination for Armchair Detectives in Canada
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| January 1 2025 | Investigation Discovery launched in Canada under Rogers Media operation |
| 2024 | HBO channel rebranded from SoHo |
| 2024 | Merry Little Batman released on Amazon Prime Video, a direct-to-streaming animated film co-produced with Amazon MGM Studios and DC Entertainment. |
| 2024 | Premiere of the 'Tiny Toons Looniversity: Winter Blunderland' special on Max and Cartoon Network |
| 2024 | Premiere of the 'Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special!' on Max |
| 2024 | LazyTown Entertainment was sold to Magnús Scheving |
| 2024 | Motor Trend Group was sold to Hearst Communications |
| 2024 | All3Media was sold to RedBird IMI for £1.15 billion ($1.45 billion) |
| December 2024 | Acquired distribution rights to the Locksmith Animation film library (post-December 2024). |
| December 12 2024 | WBD announced plans to reorganize studios, networks, and streaming divisions into two units: 'Streaming & Studios' and 'Global Linear Networks' in mid-2025, aiming to provide greater strategic flexibility. |
| November 2024 | WBD reached a legal settlement with the NBA, securing NBA highlights access, continuing NBA TV and NBA.com operations, and gaining international game rights. A separate agreement with Disney involved sublicensing NBA studio show Inside the NBA. |
| November 19 2024 | Planned merger of Discovery+ (India and Philippines) with HBO Go (Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asian countries) to form Max. |
| September 18 2024 | Cartoon Network (Poland) was replaced by Cartoon Network (CEE) and RSEE. |
| August 2024 | WBD reported a $10 billion loss in the second quarter, attributed to continued losses in direct-to-consumer segment and devaluation of linear TV assets. |
| August 16 2024 | Kathleen Finch announced her retirement as the head of Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, to be succeeded by Channing Dungey at the end of the year. |
| July 2024 | CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced 100 employee layoffs to consolidate television and digital operations, followed by additional WBD employee cuts in Max, production, business affairs, and finance. |
| July 24 2024 | NBA announced new media rights agreements with Disney, NBCUniversal, and Amazon, ending its nearly 36-year association with TNT. WBD threatened legal action, claiming contractual rights were misinterpreted. |
| July 18 2024 | Financial Times reported that WBD executives were discussing potentially breaking up the company to separate unprofitable linear TV networks from Warner Bros. studio and Max. |
| June 24 2024 | Entered into a distribution deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to handle physical distribution for multiple studios and collections. |
| May 2024 | Stuff revealed the new news bulletin service would be called ThreeNews. |
| May 2024 | Rooster Teeth Animation closed alongside its parent company. |
| April 2024 | Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand announced the shutdown of its news department Newshub in July 2024, citing declining local advertising revenue. |
| April 16 2024 | Warner Bros. Discovery and Stuff jointly confirmed that Stuff would produce 6pm news bulletins for Three, starting 6 July, with Stuff planning to hire less than 40-50 former Newshub staff. |
| April 10 2024 | Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed Newshub would air its final bulletin on 5 July 2024, rejecting a staff proposal for a reduced news bulletin service. |
| January 2024 | Root Sports Northwest sold its stake to the Mariners |
| 2023 | Velma animated series debuts on HBO Max, representing a controversial modern reimagining of the Scooby-Doo character. |
| 2023 | Rooster Teeth, a digital media company managed by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Games, became defunct. |
| 2023 | Premiere of the 'Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special' on Max |
| 2023 | AT&T SportsNet was shut down by Warner Bros. Discovery, marking the end of the sports network's operations. |
| 2023 | Ricochet produced the television documentary 'Air Fryers: Are They Really Worth It?' |
| 2023 | Warner Bros. Pictures Animation launched as the new branding for the studio's animated feature film division. |
| 2023 | Warner Bros. Animation produced 'Merry Little Batman', a direct-to-streaming film released on Amazon Prime Video, co-produced with Amazon MGM Studios and DC Entertainment. |
| December 2023 | Warner Bros. Discovery announced the purchase of Turkish streaming platform BluTV, with operations in the MENA region. |
| October 2023 | The company continued its restructuring efforts, focusing on reducing debt and improving overall corporate efficiency by further cutting operational costs. |
| August 2023 | Warner Bros. Discovery announced further strategic changes, including potential asset sales and continued efforts to reduce operational costs. |
| August 28 2023 | Checkered Past channel launched by Turner Broadcasting System |
| August 28 2023 | Checkered Past channel launched |
| June 2023 | Chris Licht was fired from CNN in early June. |
| June 2023 | Warner Bros. Discovery announced major strategic changes, including consolidating streaming services and reducing content production budgets to streamline operations. |
| June 23 2023 | Following concerns from Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Paul Thomas Anderson, TCM was placed under Warner Bros. Pictures Group heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, who pledged to protect its programming. |
| June 20 2023 | WBD conducted layoffs affecting approximately 100 employees in the U.S. Networks division, including multiple Turner Classic Movies (TCM) executives like Pola Changnon. |
| April 2023 | The company implemented a major reorganization of its content strategy, focusing on profitability and streamlining operations across its media and entertainment divisions. |
| April 12 2023 | Max streaming service is officially unveiled, replacing HBO Max. |
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