EXCLUSIVE: David Zaslav isn’t happy with Netflix. The Warner Bros. Discovery boss has been railing against his rival’s payment terms in a move that could potentially open up a new front in the streaming wars.
It’s a topic that has come to the fore after one big TV series – The Sandman, the Warner Bros. Television-produced fantasy drama was recently renewed for a second season at Netflix.
The crux of the issue is that Zaslav is unhappy with the way that Netflix deals are structured, essentially paying producers over the course of 18 to 24 months.
This is not a new discovery, Netflix changed the way that it parses payments a few years ago. But Zaslav is now in charge of one of its largest outside suppliers – Warner Bros.
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