Ellison Keeps Up the Pressure: Paramount-WBD Bid Framed as Pro-Competition, Takes Swing at Netflix

Paramount CEO David Ellison published an open letter to the UK creative community pledging to invest in content, keep HBO independent, and sustain a robust 30-film-per-year output with a 45-day theatrical window as Paramount pursues a Warner Bros. Discovery deal. He frames the merger as a way to strengthen competition against dominant platforms and explicitly targets Netflix’s path, while Netflix maintains confidence in regulatory approval. The letter emphasizes pro-competition, pro-creative community, and pro-consumer goals.