I personally see no reason to stay on wbd if other networks are interested. Zaslav has been guyting that company so...ya idk if he wants to lowball I'd at least entertain the idea of talking to other places .
I have to strongly disagree just because WBD has been so supportive of them and they gave them three shows, and even when people are constantly harassing them about the ratings, they constantly defend them. I don’t know if another channel that has the same reach and exposure that would be willing to take three television shows. I also doubt any of those channels would pay them too much more than what WB is offering them. The only real difference would just be that they wouldn’t necessarily want the pay-per-view on a streaming deal depending.
To be fair, I don’t even think WBD is going to lowball them or anything. I think they’re going to get a significant rights increase. My only thing is I don’t think it’ll offset the pay-per-view revenue, but I do think the offer will be fair enough for the actual rights.
But like I said if the max subscription increases the way that I think they will based on what those pay-per-view’s generally see they should be in a great position to negotiate a strong renewal in 3 to 5 years.