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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>U.S. telecoms giant AT&T Inc<\/a> is nearing a deal to combine its media assets, including CNN and HBO<\/a>, with Discovery Inc, the owner of lifestyle TV networks such as HGTV and TLC, according to news reports citing unnamed sources.

The deal would mark the unwinding of
AT&T<\/a>'s $108.7 billion acquisition of U.S. media conglomerate Time Warner<\/a> in 2018, and it would underscore its recognition that TV viewership has moved to streaming, where scale is required to take on the likes of Netflix Inc<\/a> and Walt Disney Co<\/a>.

The combination would create a new company separate from AT&T that could be valued at $150 billion, including debt, the Financial Times reported. Discovery currently has a market value including debt of about $30 billion.

A deal could be announced later this week, according to Bloomberg News, which first reported the news.

Spokespeople for AT&T and Discovery declined to comment.

The proposed deal would put together one of Hollywood's most powerful studios, home to the Harry Potter and Batman franchises, with Discovery's stable of unscripted home, cooking and nature and science shows.

With the acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T sought to create a media and telecoms powerhouse combining content and distribution. Yet this proved a costly strategy as it simultaneously sought to expand next generation wireless services, most recently borrowing $14 billion to buy more wireless spectrum.

AT&T has been seeking to unwind its debt-laden acquisitions and lighten its balance sheet. In February, it agreed to sell a third of satellite TV service
DirecTV<\/a>, which it purchased in 2015 for about $68 billion, to TPG Capital in a deal valuing the business at $16.25 billion.

HBO and HBO Max now have 63.9 million global subscribers, compared with more than 100 million for Walt Disney Co's Disney+ and 207.6 million for Netflix.

Discovery, whose portfolio includes Animal Planet and the
Discovery Channel<\/a>, reaches 88.3 million homes in the United States. Its streaming service Discovery+ which launched in January has 15 million subscribers.
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AT&T接近结合媒体帝国处理发现:报告

解除的协议将标志着美国电话电报公司的1087亿美元收购美国媒体巨头时代华纳2018年,和将凸显其识别电视收视率已经流,规模是需要承担Netflix Inc .和华特-迪士尼公司。

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美国电信巨头美国电话电报公司正接近达成协议,将其媒体资产,包括CNN和HBO,发现公司的主人生活方式的电视网络,如HGTV和薄层色谱,据新闻报道援引未具名消息来源。乐动扑克

该协议将标志着解除美国电话电报公司(AT&T)1087亿美元收购美国媒体集团时代华纳在2018年,将凸显其认识到电视收视率已经流,哪里需要规模等Netflix Inc .)华特-迪士尼公司

结合将创建一个新的公司独立于AT&T可能价值1500亿美元,包括债务,英国《金融时报》报道。发现目前市场价值包括约300亿美元的债务。

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AT&T和探索传播的发言人则拒绝置评。

拟议的交易将好莱坞最强大的工作室之一,《哈利·波特》和蝙蝠侠系列,与发现稳定的让人意想不到的家里,做饭和《自然》和《科学》节目。

收购时代华纳,美国电话电报公司(AT&T)试图创建一个媒体和电信巨头结合内容和分布。然而,这被证明是一个代价高昂的策略,因为它同时寻求扩大下一代无线服务,最近借了140亿美元来购买更多的无线频谱。

美国电话电报公司(AT&T)一直在寻求解除其负债累累的收购和减轻其资产负债表。今年2月,它同意出售卫星电视服务的三分之一DirecTV,它在2015年购买了约680亿美元,TPG资本交易业务估值162.5亿美元。

HBO和HBO马克斯现在有全球6390万用户,而迪士尼公司超过1亿Netflix的迪斯尼+和2.076亿。

发现,其投资组合包括动物星球和探索频道,达到8830万户家庭在美国。它的流媒体服务发现+ 1月份推出1500万用户。
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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>U.S. telecoms giant AT&T Inc<\/a> is nearing a deal to combine its media assets, including CNN and HBO<\/a>, with Discovery Inc, the owner of lifestyle TV networks such as HGTV and TLC, according to news reports citing unnamed sources.

The deal would mark the unwinding of
AT&T<\/a>'s $108.7 billion acquisition of U.S. media conglomerate Time Warner<\/a> in 2018, and it would underscore its recognition that TV viewership has moved to streaming, where scale is required to take on the likes of Netflix Inc<\/a> and Walt Disney Co<\/a>.

The combination would create a new company separate from AT&T that could be valued at $150 billion, including debt, the Financial Times reported. Discovery currently has a market value including debt of about $30 billion.

A deal could be announced later this week, according to Bloomberg News, which first reported the news.

Spokespeople for AT&T and Discovery declined to comment.

The proposed deal would put together one of Hollywood's most powerful studios, home to the Harry Potter and Batman franchises, with Discovery's stable of unscripted home, cooking and nature and science shows.

With the acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T sought to create a media and telecoms powerhouse combining content and distribution. Yet this proved a costly strategy as it simultaneously sought to expand next generation wireless services, most recently borrowing $14 billion to buy more wireless spectrum.

AT&T has been seeking to unwind its debt-laden acquisitions and lighten its balance sheet. In February, it agreed to sell a third of satellite TV service
DirecTV<\/a>, which it purchased in 2015 for about $68 billion, to TPG Capital in a deal valuing the business at $16.25 billion.

HBO and HBO Max now have 63.9 million global subscribers, compared with more than 100 million for Walt Disney Co's Disney+ and 207.6 million for Netflix.

Discovery, whose portfolio includes Animal Planet and the
Discovery Channel<\/a>, reaches 88.3 million homes in the United States. Its streaming service Discovery+ which launched in January has 15 million subscribers.
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