Q4 revenue growth of 6% against the 12% decrease in combined operating expenses led to a significantly reduced EBITDA loss of roughly $200 million, a $500-plus million improvement year-over-year, notwithstanding a largely content-driven 6% increase in cost of revenue. Sure. The advertising environment in the U.S. remains very . Starting with the Studio segment. Aug 9, 2022, 8:40 AM. Apply Here: NickOnlineOpenCall.nick.com Parents/guardians please email: NickOnlineOpenCall@nick.com for more info. Newt Scamanders relationships and past remain enigmatic, so any glimpse into his formative years will be huge for the character. https://forms.gle/pSmy15EJENw7foXi9 Advertisements The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within Warner Bros. On direct-to-consumer, we are making meaningful progress on our goal to achieve real profitability in streaming, a key and powerful segment of our company. The dreaded post-merger Warner Bros Discovery layoffs have reached the programming operation overseen by HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys. Do your homework, find out if the casting call is legit, find out who the casting director is for the show or movie and make sure everything matches up. This company is found in the years 1923. Elvis is a 2022 biographical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and Jeremy Doner.It follows the life of the American rock and roll singer and actor Elvis Presley, told from the perspective of his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.It stars Austin Butler as Presley with Tom Hanks as Parker, while Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh . Brought to you by Wizarding World Digital, a partnership between Warner Bros. and Pottermore. So that storytelling IP. International, some areas actually trending up now, others still difficult. And we are excited for Mike and Pam to lead the studio into its next chapter, which in 2023, will see output more than double. Thank Sure. A year-over-year increase in corporate expenses were due to a number of factors, almost exclusively related to external market factors such as an incremental $120 million related to underlying rates on our securitization facility. To that end, linear ad sales is a top priority at the moment, particularly as we balance both cyclical headwinds and ongoing secular challenges, much of which we've dealt with for the last several years. Webcast. It's 1 of the biggest value creation opportunities for us. It's about the sustainability and the longevity the free cash flow being delivered by that segment. 7,362 Followers, 2,443 Following, 99 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Warner Bros. We expect 2023 pro forma adjusted EBITDA to be in the low to mid $11 billion range, representing growth of low to mid-20%, against pro forma adjusted EBITDA of $9.2 billion in 2022. 3 min read. And I think I just only add go ahead. So we're excited about the fact that we're going to take all of the Discovery content and put it together with the HBO Max content in a much better platform. Taking a step back here, though, I mean, the reason why -- one of the reasons why we carved out the linear business, the network business is, one, separate segment is to be completely transparent about where those trends are moving. The scatter market overall is very slow, I would say, steady to maybe a little bit better than it was in the fourth quarter. And so we're feeling more and more confident about that. Distribution revenues on the whole were impacted primarily by subscriber declines in the U.S. and lower affiliate rates in certain European countries, while larger contractual rate increases in the U.S. and premium sports packages in Latin America helped to offset part of this impact. A replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call until August 11, 2022. I'm confident that we will get there, particularly with some of the operational and content-driven initiatives implemented by Kathleen Finch and her team. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City.It was formed after the spin-off of WarnerMedia by AT&T, and its merger with Discovery, Inc. on April 8, 2022.. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 23, 2023 4:30 PM ET, Andrew Slabin - Executive Vice President, Global Investor Strategy, David Zaslav - President and Chief Executive Officer, Gunnar Wiedenfels - Chief Financial Officer, Jean-Briac Perrette - Chief Executive Officer and President, Global Streaming and Interactive. Gunnar will take you through all of the financials in our outlook, but I'm very pleased that we see our net leverage clearly below 4x by the end of this year, below 4x by the end of this year. And I think our diversity, we have all these different assets that have -- that are different. These are huge numbers, particularly in today's day and age of binge viewing, when there is so much content to choose rooms. So David, as you said, '22 was a year of really heavy lifting and you had challenges really in every division, whether it was film, advertising, CNN, et cetera -- I mean, macro, et cetera, D2C. We are not conducting any type of audition. And Brett, just to be clear, the Discovery content would still be available on the bigger relaunched combined product. And then, Gunnar, you sound very bullish and confident on the D2C targets, the $1 billion of EBITDA in '25. Operator. Discovery, Q4 2022 brought a hefty price: A net loss of USD 2.1 billion due to declining ad sales revenue figures. Warner Bros. didn't even have the courtesy to give the "Batgirl" cast and creative team a bat signal that their movie was being locked away in Arkham. And the best thing that we have going for us right now is all of that hard work that we did, and it was probably two years of work that we did in 10 months, it's now almost -- it's overwhelmingly behind us. Looking ahead within the Studio, 2023 will be a pivotal year, particularly behind our larger and broader release slates at both Warner Bros. Pictures and DC, not to mention a wonderful start with Hogwarts Legacy on the game side. However, we remain very enthused about the trend line here, and I have greater and greater confidence in our ability to achieve our long-term segment targets of breakeven in the U.S. in 2024 and $1 billion of profitability in 2025 globally. This phenomenon can go for eight, 10-plus weeks for each series. Open casting calls are something of a tradition in the Wizarding World. David Zaslav Praises CNN Adding More GOP Voices; "Balance Strategy" Is "Important," Warner Bros Discovery Boss Says + Discussion: The Wrap, . Thank you, Jessica. Here through this post, we are also providing complete necessary details about the Warner Bros Pictures Casting Directors Dates Roles. Discovery, for canceling "Batgirl . And basically, we create a flywheel of our own, where we own the full ecosystem, the subscription, the ad-lite and the ad free. Reportedly Cancels 'Wonder Woman 3' Warner Bros. - David Spade, 'Nothing Personal' 2022. Discovery is a storytelling company and we are very fortunate to have a huge share of the most beloved and globally recognized storytelling IP in the world, including Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Superman, Batman, Lord of the Rings, and we intend to take full advantage of these one-of-a-kind franchises across our various platforms. Sorry, Robert. You've been ahead of the curve here, but it seems like everyone these days is reshaping their streaming strategy in pretty profound ways, whether it's their org structure, their content spend, types of content investments, philosophy around content exclusivity and licensing, international, pricing and just so much more. And so we were able, in many ways, to Monday morning quarterback. The sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is slated for release 16 November 2018, and filming begins this summer. We have full command and control of our business, and we are one company now. We definitely are planning for an inflection on the revenue side. Again, creating shows that people want to watch. And there's a number of uncertainties as you wouldn't be surprised to hear. And HBO is streaming's new must-see TV with all of its cultural impact and excitement. That's what we're looking to primarily deliver. Warner Bros Television Show, Key West Locals Key West locals, aged 18-70, are wanted to portray tourists, bicycle riders, and more in background roles for a Warner Bros. television project.. We do see the weekly bookings right now ticking up slightly if you compare January and February with maybe the November, December timeframe, looking a little better; retail, fast food, entertainment, a little better; telecom, small, but coming back; but then you've got other areas like technology is still completely depressed. TM & WBEI. And as I've said before, net-net, that's not a segment where I would expect a sustained revenue growth. But as David said, we've got sports and news that today are really untapped in the streaming world, and those are optionality for what we might be willing to do in the future, and we'll share more of that on the 12th with you with more detail. Our next question comes from Ben Swinburne with Morgan Stanley. Clearly, as we have pointed out as a key risk since the summer, underlying advertising trends, particularly in the U.S., have continued to soften through the fourth quarter, and that was further exacerbated by general entertainment audience declines. And my second question is about this pending relaunch MAX product. More details on the decision to have Wonder Woman 1984 debut in theaters and on HBO Max at the same time have been revealed, and it turns out there's a good reason for handling the sequel this way. Casting Australia (@warnerbroscastingau) Or is that something that might fuel that service? To participate in the Warner Bros. Today, I'm thrilled to announce that Mike and Pam signed a deal to make multiple Lord of the Rings movies. Reiterating my earlier point, I'm very pleased with where we ended the year and encouraged with our ability to balance choppy macro tides with success in repositioning the company for future growth. And together, we are focused on making our businesses better and stronger. We are committed to continue executing our strategic initiatives to drive top line performance and with much repositioning behind us, we are beginning to fully lean into the opportunities ahead of us. I would now like to hand the call over to Mr. Andrew Slabin, Executive Vice President of Global Investor Strategy. And at the end of the day, the consumer is at a point in time where they want more choice and better breadth of choice from fewer services, because they just don't have either share of wallet to be able to spending on five, six, seven services anymore. We'll do a full presentation on April 12, which will lay out this significantly improved product, the launch, what will be on it. We've heard the word curated. At Warner Bros. On FAST, look, the strategy is, I think, back to some of the questions earlier, at the end of the day, one of the advantages we feel like we have is the question keeps coming up about windowing. They are also looking for actors between 16 and 18 to portray both Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore as teenagers. Q4 revenues decreased 9% year-over-year, while adjusted EBITDA decreased 2%, helped by a reduction in consolidated SG&A by 22%, a bit more than we guided to. We have profitable subscribers that are very happy with the product offering of Discovery+, why would we shut that off. 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