Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on If He Sees Paramount-Warner Bros. As Competition, and If He Courted Casey Bloys: ‘We Had a Very Well-Publicized Lunch’

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Michael Schneider

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If Ted Sarandos is concerned about any competitive edge that a Paramount/Warner Bros. merger might pose, he’s not showing it. Speaking Wednesday at the Bloomberg Screentime conference, Sarandos was mostly dismissive of any rivalry: “It’s looked on paper so far it’s one and one,” he said, referring to the company’s two streaming services. “So I don’t know if one and one is two, or one and one is one and a half, or one and one is three.”

When asked about rampant rumors that Sarandos had been courting HBO/HBO Max content chairman Casey Bloys for a job or production deal, the exec downplayed it. “He’s a good guy. For some reason, we had a very well-publicized lunch. We have eaten together many times … He’s going to be in a very good position wherever he does. He’s a super talented guy.”

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