Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) CEO David Zaslav tau cog lus tias 2023 yuav yog WBD lub xyoo tom qab cov xov xwm loj tshaj tawm cov txiaj ntsig plaub lub hlis twg uas tsis tau hla lub rooj tsavxwm rau hnub Thursday.
"Qhov no tau cog lus tias yuav yog xyoo zoo siab rau peb lub tuam txhab," nws hais rau cov tub ua lag luam thaum lub tuam txhab cov nyiaj tau los Q4 hu. "Qhov feem ntau ntawm peb qhov kev tsim kho tshiab yog qab peb ... peb yog ib lub tuam txhab tam sim no."
Zaslav, uas tau tshaj tawm ntau zaus tias lub tuam txhab lub tswv yim "ua haujlwm," tau hais tias qhov nyiaj tau los yuav qis dua 4x thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo no.
Cov xov xwm tawm tsam loj heev tseem tshaj tawm tias nws yuav hloov kho nws $ 3.5 nphom tus nqi txuag kev sib koom ua ke rau $ 4 nphom hauv ob xyoos tom ntej. Qhov ntawd yuav tau nrog los ntawm kev hloov kho cov nqi ntawm $ 5.3 billion.
Cov khoom lag luam tau ua qee qhov poob hauv kev lag luam tom qab teev raws li cov tub ua lag luam tau zom Zaslav cov lus; shares pib poob ntau npaum li 4% tom qab tso tawm.
Zaslav tau hais txog lub tuam txhab IP yuav yog tus tsav tsheb kom pom tseeb hauv nws txoj kev vam meej, tshaj tawm kev tsim khoom tshiab rau ntau yam "Tus Tswv ntawm Rings" cov yeeb yaj kiab, nrog rau kev tsom mus ntxiv rau nws qhov kev hloov kho tshiab ntawm DC Universe.
"DC yog lub sijhawm tsim muaj txiaj ntsig loj tshaj plaws rau peb," Zaslav hais, hais txog cov yeeb yaj kiab tshiab "Superman" thiab "Batman" tau tsim tawm rau xyoo 2025, nrog rau cov yeeb yaj kiab "The Flash" yav tom ntej.
Nws kuj tau hais txog qhov kev cia siab ntau dua ntawm HBO Max / Discovery + lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav no, hais tias cov ntsiab lus ntxiv yuav raug tshaj tawm ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm tau teem rau lub Plaub Hlis 12. Zaslav kuj tau lees paub. lus ceeb toom ntev dhau los tias Discovery + yuav ua haujlwm ua ib qho kev pabcuam streaming ib leeg nrog rau lub platform sai-rau-launch combo platform.
Lub tuam txhab ntxiv tsuas yog 1.1 lab tus neeg siv them nyiaj hauv lub quarter thib plaub txawm tias HBO Max rov qab rau Amazon Prime Video Channels (AMZN), ntxiv rau qhov debuts ntawm cov thawj series zoo li "Lub Xeem ntawm Peb," "Lub Dawb Lotus," thiab "Lub Tsev ntawm Zaj."
Tus lej ntawd tau poob qhov kev pom zoo kwv yees, txawm hais tias poob hauv kev faib ncaj qha rau cov neeg siv khoom tau los ntawm $ 217 lab - $ 511 lab kev txhim kho xyoo tas los.
Tus thawj coj tau lees paub qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm lub taub hau thiab cov kev sib tw tsis tu ncua yuav ua rau lub tuam txhab nyob rau xyoo tom ntej, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog hais txog kev tshaj tawm.
Cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev tshaj tawm hauv xov tooj poob los ntawm 17% hauv lub quarter thib plaub, lossis 14% tsis suav nrog kev sib pauv txawv teb chaws, tom qab poob 11% (ex txawv teb chaws pauv) hauv Q3.
Ua ke nrog macro headwinds nyob rau hauv kev lag luam ad, WBD kuj tau embroiled nyob rau hauv controversy rau yav tom ntej ntawm CNN nrog lus xaiv swirling xov xwm network tuaj yeem muaj peev xwm muag tau.
Zaslav tseem ceeb kaw qhov ntawd thaum lub sijhawm hu, hais tias, "Chris Licht thiab pab pawg tau tsom mus rau kev tsim cov cuab yeej cuab tam rau lub sijhawm ntev thoob plaws xov tooj cua thiab digital uas tsim nyog rau lub ntiaj teb no lub npe zoo."
Nws tau cog lus tias "ntau suav nrog ntau lub suab thiab cov kev xav" ntawm lub network, ntxiv tias: "Peb yuav tsum ua kom raug ... Tsis muaj qhov twg yog qhov tseem ceeb dua hauv kuv qhov kev xav."
Zuag qhia tag nrho, Zaslav rov hais dua nws txoj kev ntseeg siab hauv lub tuam txhab yav tom ntej tom qab a ntxhov siab 10 muaj restructuring kev siv zog: "2023 yuav yog ib xyoo ntawm lub tsev - thiab peb mus."
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