Jin Rong Jie·2025-12-27 05:12Group 1 - Paramount and 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, while Redbird Capital holds approximately 22.5% [1] - Internal sources from 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 has acknowledged the necessity of the revised offer but anticipates a higher price from the consortium led by David Ellison, with expectations of the bid rising to approximately $33 or $34 per share [2]