UK clears Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros

The UK government and its antitrust watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), have approved Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-06 · 13:32 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

UK clears Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros

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The UK government and its antitrust watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), have approved Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. This decision was made on Thursday, with both entities clearing the deal after initial concerns regarding media plurality and competition were addressed. The CMA concluded that the takeover would not negatively impact competition within the film distribution, children's television, and streaming services sectors. Despite this approval, the mega-deal still faces a significant hurdle in the United States.

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Initial concerns were raised by the UK government over media plurality and by the antitrust watchdog over competition.

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found the takeover would not weaken competition in film distribution, children’s TV, and streaming services.

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The deal still faces a key hurdle in the United States.

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UK government has approved Paramount Skydance's US$110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Britain on Thursday gave the green light to Paramount Skydance’s US$110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, as the entertainment and media mega-deal still faces a key hurdle in the United States.The UK government and the antitrust watchdog both cleared the deal after initially raising concerns over media plurality and competition, respectively.The competition-and-markets-authority" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="7307" data-entity-type="organization">competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that the takeover would not weaken competition in film distribution, children’s TV and streaming services.

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