
A Hollywood bidding war with massive implications for Netflix (NFLX) stock is entering its final month. Paramount Skydance (PSKY) has extended the deadline for its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to Feb. 20. The new deadline sets up a high-stakes showdown that could reshape the streaming landscape and determine Netflix's competitive position for the next decade.
The drama intensified on Thursday when Paramount pushed back its tender offer deadline while maintaining its $30-per-share, all-cash proposal to acquire all of Warner Bros. Discovery. The move came just days after Netflix sweetened its own bid to $27.75 per share for Warner Bros.' studio and streaming assets, excluding the cable networks that Paramount would absorb in its competing offer.