We're now going to turn to that merger of Skydance in Paramount a long time in the making,

the two gentlemen behind that transaction. First on CNBC, Skydance Media founder and CEO David Ellison

and Redbird Capital Partners, founder and managing partner, Jerry Cardinal. Gentlemen, thank you both

for being with me a couple of days after, of course, you announced the transaction. David,

I'd love to start with you because in the interim, since the announcement, you've been talking about technology

transformation inside Paramount that I think in some ways you think and have told people

will position it for growth. I'm curious as to what that actually means beyond those words.

Yeah, absolutely. First, just thank you for having me. Last time I'm curious as to what that actually means beyond those words. Yeah, absolutely.

First, just thank you for having me.

Last time I was here was Top Gun Maverick.

So it's a pleasure to be back talking about Paramount.

This is very much a business in transition.

It has absolutely remarkable assets.

You have Paramount Pictures, which is 100-year replica studio, CBS, which has been the number one broadcast assets. You have Paramount Pictures, which is a hundred-year replica studio, CBS, which has been

the number one broadcast asset for years, incredible reach assets, remarkable sports package with the NFL,

Nickelodeon, iconic brands and kids and family. But we believe to meet this moment that technology

and content need to work seamlessly together.

The core Paramount will always be a content company, it always be a storytelling company, an

entertainment company, and we believe that we need to make Paramount the number one destination

for the most talented artists in the world. But we also believe technology will transform

every single aspect of this company,

from infrastructure to studio in the cloud to the use of artificial intelligence,

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