Will The Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Change Hollywood Forever?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Today, Laura and Paddy are joined by TV critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan to discuss the future of the entertainment industry after Netflix agreed to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery for $72 billion. But with regulators and rivals still waiting in the wings, it might just be the start of the saga.
And one of the biggest controversies in Eurovision history has been in the news. Four countries (Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia and Ireland) have pulled out over Israel's continued participation in the competition. Remaining countries have until next week to confirm whether they will participate but it raises some difficult questions for the BBC amidst petitions for the them to boycott too.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell It was made by Rufus Gray with Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The social producer was Darren Dutton. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to Hollywood, Patty. |
| 0:07.0 | Yes, we're going to do TV news. |
| 0:10.0 | We are. We're going to do entertainment and showbiz today, |
| 0:13.0 | because sometimes, every now and again, that is also whoppingly great news from the entertainment industry. |
| 0:19.0 | So newscast today will be Hollywood cast because |
| 0:22.1 | Netflix is going to buy Warner Brothers, one of the iconic 20th century landmark institutions of |
| 0:29.7 | the United States popular culture and global culture, really. And today we will have an excuse to do |
| 0:35.2 | one thing which is always a source of great joy, |
| 0:42.0 | which is delve into one of the finest Eurovision brains in the land, |
| 0:43.9 | which happens to belong to you. |
| 0:45.8 | I wondered who you were going to say then. |
| 0:50.2 | Well, we've got one guest who knows both subjects, Netflix, Warner Brothers and Eurovision. |
| 0:51.3 | You can judge for yourself. |
| 0:52.4 | Judge for yourself. |
| 0:54.0 | This is Saturday's newscast. |
| 0:56.7 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:59.5 | Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. |
| 1:01.1 | I was the tattle tail in the class. |
| 1:03.8 | Can I have an apology, please? I trust almost nobody. |
| 1:06.5 | That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. |
| 1:08.1 | Next time in Moscow. |
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