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Netflix–Warner Bros. class action alleges harm from 'audacious' tie-up

By Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger ( December 9, 2025, 19:32 GMT | Insight) -- A new class action filed in a California federal court seeks to block Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, alleging the deal would substantially lessen competition in the US subscription video on demand (SVOD) market and entrench the industry’s most powerful incumbent. The lawsuit argues that American consumers, including SVOD purchasers, will bear the brunt of this decreased competition, paying increased prices and receiving degraded and diminished services for their money.A new class action filed in the Northern District of California seeks to block Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, alleging the deal would substantially lessen competition in the US subscription video on demand, or SVOD, market and entrench the industry’s most powerful incumbent....

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