NEW YORK - Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
WBD,
tab tom foob Paramount Global
PARA,
hais tias nws cov neeg sib tw tau tshaj tawm cov ntu tshiab ntawm cov yeeb yaj kiab nrov tshaj plaws "South Park" tom qab Warner them rau cov cai tshwj xeeb.
Warner hais tias nws tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus hauv 2019 them nyiaj ntau dua $ 500 lab rau cov cai rau cov uas twb muaj lawm thiab cov ntu tshiab ntawm cov yeeb yam tsis zoo, raws li kev foob foob rau hnub Friday hauv New York Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Siab.
HBO Max, Warner's streaming platform, tau teem sijhawm kom tau txais thawj ntu ntawm lub caij "South Park" tshiab hauv xyoo 2020. Tab sis lub tuam txhab tau ceeb toom txog kev kis thoob qhov txhia chaw, kev foob hais tias.
Txawm hais tias Warner txoj cai tshwj xeeb rau kev ua yeeb yam kom txog rau thaum 2025, lub tuam txhab liam South Park Digital Studios, uas tsim cov yeeb yam thiab muaj npe raws li tus neeg raug foob hauv qhov foob, tau muab ob qhov kev sib kis tshwj xeeb rau Paramount, uas tau tshaj tawm rau lub Cuaj Hlis 2020 thiab Peb Hlis 2021.
Qhov kev foob hais tias qhov tshwj xeeb kis thoob qhov txhia chaw yuav tsum tau muab rau Warner raws li daim ntawv cog lus thawj zaug. Qhov kev txav mus los, hu ua "kev hais lus dag" hauv kev foob, tau tsav cov yeeb yam cov kiv cua mus rau qhov sib tw Paramount platform. Yuav luag tag nrho South Park ntu premiere ntawm Comedy Central, ib qho ntawm Paramount's cable channel, foob hais tias.
Qhia cov neeg tsim Matt Stone thiab Trey Parker, uas tau pib ua yeeb yam hauv xyoo 1997 thiab saib xyuas cov franchise, tsis muaj npe nyob rau hauv qhov kev foob.
Tau txais txoj cai streaming rau "South Park" yog cov txheej txheem kev sib tw vim tias kev lag luam muaj txiaj ntsig zoo nyiam cov neeg siv khoom ntau dua, cov neeg tshaj tawm thiab cov kiv cua ncaj ncees uas Warner qhov foob hais tias feem ntau yog cov hluas.
Lub tsev hais plaub 24-nplooj ntawv tseem hais txog $ 900 lab qhov kev pom zoo hauv 2021 ntawm Paramount cov chaw haujlwm thiab South Park Digital Studios rau cov ntsiab lus tshwj xeeb ntawm Paramount Plus streaming kev pabcuam, uas tau pib rau tib lub xyoo.
Warner hais tias qhov kev pom zoo yog kev txhob txwm tshaj tawm "lub tswv yim" ntawm Paramount, nws cov chaw muag khoom hauv MTV Kev Lom Zem Studios thiab South Park Digital Studios kom "hloov ntau ntawm South Park cov ntsiab lus ntau npaum li ua tau mus rau Paramount Plus txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawb nqa lub platform streaming no."
Warner tau them $ 1,687,500 rau ib ntu thiab liam tias nws tseem tsis tau txais tag nrho cov ntu uas tau cog lus tseg, ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj ntau dua $ 200 lab.
Paramount Global tsis teb tam sim ntawd rau email los ntawm Lub Koom Haum Xov Xwm nrhiav kev tawm tswv yim ntawm kev foob.
Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warner-bros-discovery-sues-paramount-over-500-million-south-park-deal-84fe27f4?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo