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Peacock Curiosity, Paramount’s Future & The Great Streaming Rebundling

The inside conversation surrounding the biggest unanswered questions in the industry: can NBCUniversal’s streamer make it, what happens to Paramount, the future of Disney+, and much, much more.

Shari Redstone
President and chairwoman of Paramount Global, Shari Redstone. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Julia Alexander
October 11, 2022

So many conversations I have with Hollywood executives eventually touch on a single question: Will our multi-streaming platform universe one day evolve into a cable-style bundle that features multiple services? And will this future arrive sooner or later? This question has bubbled of late thanks to general bear market industry anxieties, and reporting from CNBC and the Wall Street Journal, among others, suggesting that media executives have engaged in talks about potential partnerships.