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A while ago, Discovery announced that they're going to be merging with WarnerMedia in 2022. I already said my opinions on it in other threads ago, and I still think it could be interesting on what Discovery plans are for WarnerMedia, considering that they want strengthen HBO Max and Discovery Plus now more than ever.
With that said though, that got me thinking for a long while, what WarnerMedia is going to do with Discovery Family after the 2022 Warner-Discovery merger?
That's a question has been going on my mind lately that lead me to four explanations:
1. We already got Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Cartoon Network is gearing up with their new rebrand and Cartoonito. On top of that, CN is now going to be having blocks that geared towards preschoolers, families, and girls. While Boomerang is still Cartoon Network 2, but at least they had some relevance with Warner properties at their disposal. So I find it very odd that Warner is going to have Discovery Family when CN was going to do the similar thing as DF(but better).
2. With Hasbro out of the question, I'm not 100% sure if WarnerMedia is fully confident on Discovery Family since they hasn't been relevant for a long time and they barely have any new content. Just MLP reruns and cheap reality shows.
3. There's no other family channels in the U.S right now. Back in the day, there use to be a lot of family channels on cable like Odyssey, Fox Family/ABC Family, and The Hub, but now all of them are gone because they couldn't stand a chance against the big three kids networks and streaming has becoming very popular with families, leading cable TV to it's downfall. Sure, some may argue there was Hallmark and Freeform as current "family" channels, but the more I look into their content, and the more I think about it, that's not really the case at all. So Discovery Family is the ONLY channel in the U.S right now that aired and produced family-friendly content, unlike their competitors. Such a shame that we don't see that now, but you know, it is what it is.
4. Not a lot of people had Discovery Family, so it's gonna be a tough sell for WarnerMedia to actually do something with it, unless they tried to revitalized it and make it into basic cable, but I seriously doubt it.
However, with Tom Aschiem working at CN right now with their Redraw Your World branding and Cartoonito, if the merger goes through, it could see a possibility that Tom will take over Discovery Family as well (if Discovery sell off their assets to Warner).
Think about it. Warner Bros will not only have Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Adult Swim, but also Cartoonito and Discovery Family.
It really does makes me wonder about the possibilities of WarnerMedia handling Discovery Family. I really hope it turns out for better because there's no other family channel on cable right now, and considering Discovery's relationship with Hasbro at this point, they had nowhere to go but up.
Let me know what do you guys think?
With that said though, that got me thinking for a long while, what WarnerMedia is going to do with Discovery Family after the 2022 Warner-Discovery merger?
That's a question has been going on my mind lately that lead me to four explanations:
1. We already got Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Cartoon Network is gearing up with their new rebrand and Cartoonito. On top of that, CN is now going to be having blocks that geared towards preschoolers, families, and girls. While Boomerang is still Cartoon Network 2, but at least they had some relevance with Warner properties at their disposal. So I find it very odd that Warner is going to have Discovery Family when CN was going to do the similar thing as DF(but better).
2. With Hasbro out of the question, I'm not 100% sure if WarnerMedia is fully confident on Discovery Family since they hasn't been relevant for a long time and they barely have any new content. Just MLP reruns and cheap reality shows.
3. There's no other family channels in the U.S right now. Back in the day, there use to be a lot of family channels on cable like Odyssey, Fox Family/ABC Family, and The Hub, but now all of them are gone because they couldn't stand a chance against the big three kids networks and streaming has becoming very popular with families, leading cable TV to it's downfall. Sure, some may argue there was Hallmark and Freeform as current "family" channels, but the more I look into their content, and the more I think about it, that's not really the case at all. So Discovery Family is the ONLY channel in the U.S right now that aired and produced family-friendly content, unlike their competitors. Such a shame that we don't see that now, but you know, it is what it is.
4. Not a lot of people had Discovery Family, so it's gonna be a tough sell for WarnerMedia to actually do something with it, unless they tried to revitalized it and make it into basic cable, but I seriously doubt it.
However, with Tom Aschiem working at CN right now with their Redraw Your World branding and Cartoonito, if the merger goes through, it could see a possibility that Tom will take over Discovery Family as well (if Discovery sell off their assets to Warner).
Think about it. Warner Bros will not only have Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Adult Swim, but also Cartoonito and Discovery Family.
It really does makes me wonder about the possibilities of WarnerMedia handling Discovery Family. I really hope it turns out for better because there's no other family channel on cable right now, and considering Discovery's relationship with Hasbro at this point, they had nowhere to go but up.
Let me know what do you guys think?