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# Skydance’s combined TV empire edges out YouTube in total viewing share
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/skydances-combined-tv-empire-edges-out-youtube-in-total-viewing-share/
- Published: 2026-10-11T01:38:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T01:38:19.000Z
- Description: TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that Skydance now owns nearly 190 shows, more than 70 cable channels and two major streamers after closing its Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery acquisitions.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Kayla Cobb, Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery and becomes Skydance

**Why it matters.** Advertisers now face a single owner controlling Paramount+, HBO Max, CBS, CNN and dozens of cable networks, concentrating negotiating power over premium ad-supported inventory.

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