I bought all of J Straczynski’s Babylon 5 script books as well as his autobiography, and in both he wrote extensively about the creative bookkeeping of Warner Bros. Yes, they do license shows and movies and cartoons back to themselves or to their own networks and streaming platforms, and they will intentionally deny distribution rights to rivals even though the result is Warners making less money.
You will never be able to logically explain Hollywood mathematics, but good luck trying. Kevin M. (RPCV) On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > They coalesced the library back in the 1990s when then-Time Warner gained > full control of Turner... and multiple reports, not all of which I can > still find, suggested that WB wants to go back to the pre-TBS days and sell > the old 'toons only to linear broadcast (e.g. MeTV Toons, which is not > coming to our local cable any time soon due to colossal licensing fees that > are passed on to distributors) and FAST streaming services, with > commercials inbetween... > B > > M-D November, March 18th: > > Saying Looney Tunes are "children's fare" shows that Zazlav didn't > actually grow up with Looney Tunes. Because they were NOT written for > children. > > Someone make this make sense. How does dropping the Looney Tunes library > help WBD financially? Doesn't Warners own the library outright? It's not > like they're paying to license the shorts... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/851d8691-1cf4-476d-a045-b2b61576ba02n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/851d8691-1cf4-476d-a045-b2b61576ba02n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CBG670drgFZuOZyvmztPQK4CeLe77VWteyJnBykynF9w%40mail.gmail.com.
