Zhi Tong Cai Jing·2025-12-27 04:09Group 1 - Paramount and its partner RedBird Capital are considering extreme measures, including potential litigation against Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), alleging bias in the bidding process favoring Netflix (NFLX) [1] - The Ellison family controls 77.5% of Paramount-Sky and RedBird Capital holds approximately 22.5% [1] - Internal sources at Paramount claim that Warner Bros. Discovery's CEO David Zaslav favors Netflix's cash and stock proposal due to a close relationship with Netflix's CEO Ted Sarandos [1] Group 2 - Paramount has made at least six full acquisition offers to Warner Bros. Discovery, increasing the bid from $30 per share and introducing over $40 billion in personal equity financing guarantees from Oracle founder Larry Ellison [2] - Warner Bros. Discovery acknowledges the necessity of the revised offer but expects a higher price from the consortium led by David Ellison [2] - Market expectations suggest that the bid may rise to approximately $33 or $34 per share [2]