The streaming executive argued that Netflix continues to operate in a competitive environment and said that previous price rises had been paired with expanded content investment and platform upgrades.

Netflix and Warner Bros. both have streaming services, but they are very complementary. In fact, 80 percent of HBO Max subscribers also subscribe to Netflix. We will give consumers more content for less.

In 2012, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos infamously said the company's aspiration was to "become HBO before HBO becomes us." But with the streaming giant set to spend $83 billion to acquire what it once aspired to be,

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that the company would commit to a 45-day theatrical window with its purchase of Warner Bros. “I just said I would do that under oath,” Sarandos told Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO),

HBO remains a pretty obvious outlier, and one of the big gets for whichever rival company ends up snatching up all or part of the company and ramming it down its gullet. Netflix, for its part, is swearing not to screw up this particular golden goose too badly.

The first month of 2026 comes to an end this week, and it’s been a month of great streaming movies and an even better month for great streaming TV. Still, some top streamers have been holding onto the best for last, as two highly anticipated series and more get underway this week. Here’s what to look forward to steaming this week.

Jason Bateman stars alongside David Harbour in HBO’s upcoming dark love-triangle series, with first-look images revealing tense relationships.