Merger Update: Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery

Invitation to Comment: Anticipated acquisition by Paramount Skydance Corporation of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

The CMA is issuing this 'invitation to comment' to allow interested parties to submit to the CMA any initial views on the impact that the transaction could have on competition in the UK. The CMA has not yet launched its formal investigation into this transaction. This invitation to comment is the first part of the CMA's information-gathering process

Invitation to comment: closes 27 April 2026

To assist it with this assessment, the CMA invites comments on competition issues from any interested party.

These comments should be provided by the deadline set out above to:

Paramount.WarnerBrosDiscovery@cma.gov.uk  

Principal Case Officer: Daniel Norcott 

E-mail: Daniel.Norcott@cma.gov.uk  

Tel no: 020 3738 6353 

Principal Case Officer: Marta Freire

E-mail: Marta.Freire@cma.gov.uk

Tel no: 020 3738 6485

Case Officer: Shivani Malik 

E-mail: Shivani.Malik@cma.gov.uk  

Tel no: 020 3954 8481 

and

Case Officer: Erin Mackenzie

E-mail: erin.mackenzie@cma.gov.uk

Tel no: +44 131 515 2260

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