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#52026M12278EU Merger Notice for Paramount Skydance’s Planned Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

🇪🇺European Union··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

Paramount Skydance plans to acquire full control of Warner Bros. Discovery through a share purchase, and the deal has been notified to the European Commission for merger review. The notice matters mainly for media, streaming, film, television, sports broadcasting, and gaming businesses. Competitors, customers, suppliers, and other interested parties have 10 days from publication to send comments to the Commission using case reference M.12278.

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Key Changes

  • Paramount Skydance has notified the European Commission of its plan to acquire full control of Warner Bros. Discovery.
  • The Commission is carrying out an initial review to determine whether the transaction falls under EU merger rules.
  • Interested third parties have 10 days from publication to submit comments to the Commission.

Obligations

What this law requires

medium

Interested third parties wishing to comment on the proposed concentration must ensure their observations reach the European Commission within 10 days of publication of the notice.

interested third parties submitting observations
Not later than 10 days following publication on 17 June 2026
reporting
low

Any observations submitted to the Commission must specify the case reference: M.12278 – PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE / WARNER BROS DISCOVERY.

interested third parties submitting observations
When submitting observations
disclosure

Affected Parties

Paramount SkydanceWarner Bros. Discovery+2 more…

Tags

EU merger review,media,streaming