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Netflix-Warner deal should face in-depth UK review, lawmakers say

By Jon Menon ( January 27, 2026, 17:24 GMT | Insight) -- Netflix’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would lead to an “unprecedented concentration of power” within the television and film production markets, according to several lawmakers and former policymakers who are urging the regulator to conduct an in-depth probe of the deal. A probe should examine the potential impact on consumer choice, competition and plurality, the lawmakers wrote in a letter to the Competition and Markets Authority.Netflix’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would lead to an “unprecedented concentration of power” within the television and film production markets, according to several lawmakers and former policymakers who are urging the regulator to conduct an in-depth probe of the deal....

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