{"data":{"id":2456,"lang":"en","title":"Judge Delays Ruling on Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Antitrust Settlement","summary":"A federal judge delayed ruling on Paramountʼs antitrust settlement over its $110B Warner Bros. Discovery deal after opposition groups won a last-minute hearing.","category":"business","category_label":"Business","published_at":"2026-09-28T18:01:09Z","updated_at":"2026-09-28T18:01:09Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2456-judge-delays-ruling-on-paramount-warner-bros-discovery-antitrust-settlement","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2456?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2456.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/David-Ellison-and-Rob-Bonta.png","word_count":158,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/deals-ma/paramount-warner-bros-merger-state-ag-settlement-ruling-delayed/","domain":"thewrap.com"},{"url":"https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-merger-delayed-settlement-challenge-1237112480/","domain":"deadline.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2530,"title":"Soudkyně odložila rozhodnutí o antimonopolní dohodě Paramountu a Warner Bros. Discovery","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2530-soudkyne-odlozila-rozhodnuti-o-antimonopolni-dohode-paramountu-a-warner-bros","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2530?lang=cs"},"content":"Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín postponed her decision on approving Paramount Skydanceʼs antitrust settlement with 12 state attorneys general over its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, after the Block the Merger Coalition and LULAC won leave to file last-minute amicus briefs opposing the deal.\n\nThe settlement, negotiated with the California AGʼs office and other states, would bind Paramount for five years to release 30-32 theatrical films annually, spend an extra $300 million a year on U.S. production, and keep a 45-day theatrical window before a 90-day streaming hold. Breaches carry $30 million per-film penalties and could force divestiture of assets including a 49% stake in Miramax, BET, Comedy Central and VH1.\n\nSen. Cory Booker has raised public-interest concerns the parties must answer by Monday, and opposition briefs are due Friday at noon Pacific. Paramount CEO David Ellison had expected the deal to close within two weeks if the settlement was approved; the delay leaves that timeline in limbo."}}