Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos insisted his streamer will still support Warner Bros.’ movie theater output once the deal to buy Wbd for $82.7 billion goes through.
“It’s not like we have this opposition to movies into theaters. My pushback has been mostly in the fact of the long exclusive windows, which we don’t really think are that consumer-friendly” Sarandos said on a Friday morning investors call. “But when we talk about keeping HBO operating, largely as it is, that also includes their output movie deal with Warner Bros., which includes a life cycle that starts in the movie theater, which we’re going to continue to support.”
“I wouldn…