Streaming Into the Void - May 17, 2026 - Season 6, Episode 44 - Will the Paramount-WBD Merger Be a War or a Cake Walk?

This week, the battle lines are being drawn for the future of broadcast and streaming as forces array themselves to stop Paramount-WBD and Fox fights for NFL rights. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Mark Ruffalo Knows "I'm Already On A List" For Opposing Paramount WBD Paramount’s Warner Takeover To Breach Comcast SkyShowtime Venture U.S., EU lawmakers pledge European scrutiny of Paramount's WBD deal Paramount Skydance Defends WBD Merger by Arguing That Neither Paramount+ nor HBO Max Could ‘Catch Up’ to Netflix, Disney or Amazon on Their Own Newsom Grows Antitrust War Chest As California Mulls Paramount-WBD Merger FCC Commissioner Calls For “Rigorous” Review Of Foreign Ownership Investment In Paramount's Proposed Acquisition Of Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount Skydance says $110B WBD merger needed to compete with Netflix, other streaming rivals Paramount Skydance Defends WBD Merger by Arguing That Neither Paramount+ nor HBO Max Could ‘Catch Up’ to Netflix, Disney or Amazon on Their Own Rupert Murdoch’s High-Stakes Blitz Against the NFL - WSJ Lachlan Murdoch: "There Is No Tension, Really, With the NFL" NFL Responds To TV Broadcaster Gripes, Shared By Donald Trump, About Games Shifting To Streaming 'Reacher' Renewed for Season 5 at Amazon Prime Video Amazon Greenlights ‘Rose Hill’ Series Based on Elsie Silver Romance Novels Fourth Wing TV Series Ordered at Amazon ‘Reality Retreat’: Julie Chrisley, Hilaria Baldwin, Kenya Moore and Kim Zolciak Among Stars of New Amazon Series About ‘Accountability’ and ‘Truth-Telling’ 'Jury Duty' Renewed for Season 3 at Prime Video Will Smith To Star In Action Movie 'Supermax', Amazon Takes WW Rights 'The Night Agent' To End With Season 4 On Netflix Netflix's Shark Movie Sequel 'Under Paris 2' Starts Filming in France ‘Big Mistakes’ Renewed for Season 2, Dan Levy Transitions to First-Look TV Deal at Netflix ‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ Scores Early Season 4 Renewal at Netflix 'Running Point' Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix ‘Love Is Blind’ Renewed for Boston-Set Season 11 'The Lincoln Lawyer' To End With Season 5; Tricia Helfer, 6 More Cast AMC+ Acquires exclusive US streaming rights to Doctor Who (2005-2022) 'When Calls The Heart' Prequel 'Hope Valley: 1874' Renewed For Season 2 At Hallmark+ What We've Been Doing Send Help Widow’s Bay Man on Fire Two Point Museum - Arty-Facts Magic the Gathering: Secrets of Strixhaven