Netflix boss defends bid for Warner Bros as Paramount deadline looms

"This is a business deal, it's not a political deal."

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"This industry would be much smaller under that [Paramount] ownership than it would be under Netflix."

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"Our deal is growth. We've been growing and growing and growing this business since we started."

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"An average Netflix member watches seven movies a month. An average person in the US goes to the cinema twice a year."

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"I don't see Netflix as a direct competitor to the big-screen because when people watch a great film at the cinema, the next thing they want to do when they come home is watch more films."

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"buying assets we don't currently have"

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"the sentiment about that around Hollywood is rampant"

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"When people ask me, ‘Which one do you prefer?’ I do tell them I think neither is great here."

— Matt Belloni , Other

"Those are the first steps"

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"The Warner Bros. Discovery board has determined it was in their long-term best interest to sell these assets. So there is going to be a deal."

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"We’ve been very clear in the past that we have no interest in owning legacy media networks."

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"Nothing is a must-have for us to meet the goals we have for the business."

— Ted Sarandos , Executive

"None of those mergers were a fundamental shift in the competitive landscape."

— Greg Peters , Executive

"We're trying to figure out how to incorporate the latest technology, including AI and generative AI."

— Greg Peters , Executive

"buying assets we don't currently have"

— Ted Sarandos , Executive